Showing posts with label The Motorcycle Diaries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Motorcycle Diaries. Show all posts

Friday, February 27, 2009

2/26 Apples to Apples

In Bolivia, Che supported a group of individuals that tried to destabilize the Bolivian government. This is exactly the same thing that the United States is doing in Afghanistan. The only difference is that Che was trying to get rid of a democratic government and establish a communism ally, the United States is trying to protect their armed forces by training better Pakistani and Afghani forces.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

2/17 TMD Intro

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Little did I realize that it would be this strange human specie that would motivate me to do great things in the years to come. Some things would be wonderful, and others would be terrible; but they would all be great.
Revolution. A single word with multiple meanings. No revolution was ever successful without bloodshed. Revolution is exactly what the people of Latin America need in order to get them out of the harsh environment. We must change our capitalistic economies and embrace socialism. Only through socialism can our brotherly love be expressed.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

2/12 Ideology

Freedom to Petition
Maintaining one's freedom to petition is arguably the most important right. A government that does not allow the people to voice their discontent, will quickly lapse into a suppressive totalitarian regime.
All of an individuals rights stem from a free population that retains the right to petition their government for change.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Das Kapital meets Easy Rider



The idea of Easy Rider is that laid back, roaming around from place to place, and not caring attitude. This relates to Ernesto's humanitarian trip around Latin America. During his trip he must have witnessed all of the unstable Latin American governments. That, in addition to all the poverty, must have convinced him that capitalism is bad and that the government should take a stronger role in helping the poor.
Das Kapital is all about the drawbacks of capitalism, and how capitalism only functions at the expense of something else.
Pretty much, Ernesto is a traveling communist and that is why it is said that this book is a hybrid between the two distinct philosophies.