The song (“Che”) doesn’t even seem to focus more on the idea that he has been completely turned into a commercialize image.

So anyone know the background of this

  • Heifer [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    From pitchfork of all places (of course they can’t ask a pointed question for shit), I read

    Did the socialist concepts of the Project of Living Artists lead to “Che,” that gorgeous paean to Che Guevara, on the first Suicide album?

    A:

    He was a hero. More than Castro, he was the real guy. He wanted to continue the revolution. And of course the American government hunted him down in Bolivia and killed him. As much as I hate the guy, Bin Laden’s whole way of thinking is kind of like Che Guevara; for the Muslim world, he’s their Che. Che was glamorous—a wall poster icon of radical chic. A revolutionary pin-up.

    • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Kinda interesting that radlib idea of revolution is limited to destruction of the old order, while completely ignoring the building of the new society.

      • blight [any]
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        2 years ago

        i think the martyrdom is more important to them actually. better to die than take power

      • Huldra [they/them, it/its]
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        2 years ago

        The destruction of an existing state is a very simple and direct goal to have, but building a new state/order that will be functional and sturdy enough to withstand the old order trying to heal its wound is never going to be a simple or very direct process comparatively, and if you aren't ideologically prepared for this its extremely easy for thoughts of betrayal and despair to set in.