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What widely-praised historical figure do you think was actually not very admirable when you scrutinize them? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[โ€“] waterbogan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Why is this so far down? Not a nice person

some verified, well-documented quotes from Guevara himself:

  • "Individualism must disappear!"

  • "I am the most important thing in the world..." (I suppose the irony escaped him.)

  • "Certainly, we execute! And we will continue executing as long as it is necessary!"

  • "We don't need proof. We manufacture the proof."

  • "Besides, to execute a man we don't need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it's necessary to execute him. It's that simple."

  • "I'd like to confess, Papa, at that moment I discovered that I really like killing."

  • "The happiest days of a youth's life is when he watches his bullets reaching an enemy."

  • "The people's cooperation can often be coaxed by the use of systemic terror."

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What's some really unpopular opinion you have? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[โ€“] waterbogan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This thread has almost 1400 replies, thats getting up there towards reddit levels of traffic. They are OK in the short term but the damage has been done and there is now a big viable alternative with decent amounts of traffic. I have noticed it is definitely quieter there