"Castro was known for working long hours and he primarily woke up late-rarely before ten or eleven a.m.-and started his working day around noon and would work until late at night, often only going to bed at 3 or 4 am."
"[H]e was repetitive and obsessive. In discussions with his colleagues or foreigners, he would repeat the same things over again on a continuous loop until they were convinced he was right. It was absolutely impossible to contradict him on any subject whatsoever. Anyone who attempted to convince him that he was wrong or even making a suggestion that it could be improved slightly was making a "fatal error". Fidel would then make a mental mark of the individual as an "idiot", and would wait for the right time to retaliate against them."
Honestly though, as frustrating as that attitude may be to deal with on an interpersonal level, and how it can lead to issues with regards to personal blind spots, it's much better to have to deal with that than to have an uncommitted wind sock of a person who changes their stance every time the wind blows and always shares the opinion of the last person to whisper in their ear.
Obviously if you want to take this approach and be successful it helps to be correct, which means you are taking on the burden of careful and rigorous study. And it's not like Fidel could never be moved in his opinions or convictions. His evolving stance on Religion is a good example of that.
Yeah, and he revised his opinion on homosexuality as well. Somewhere between recognizing the good parts and then discarding the bad in a continuous process of evolution or development where the good meets the bad. I wonder if any German philosophers have thought of this idea and then it was applied politically somewhere? :curious-marx:
Two things I learned about Castro yesterday:
"Castro was known for working long hours and he primarily woke up late-rarely before ten or eleven a.m.-and started his working day around noon and would work until late at night, often only going to bed at 3 or 4 am."
"[H]e was repetitive and obsessive. In discussions with his colleagues or foreigners, he would repeat the same things over again on a continuous loop until they were convinced he was right. It was absolutely impossible to contradict him on any subject whatsoever. Anyone who attempted to convince him that he was wrong or even making a suggestion that it could be improved slightly was making a "fatal error". Fidel would then make a mental mark of the individual as an "idiot", and would wait for the right time to retaliate against them."
Folks, Castro was a top tier shitposter.
the ideal strategy for someone who's right all the time
Just have to remind myself personally however big my beard or decisive my diction I'm not Castro :fidel-sarcastic:
:fidel-cool:
Honestly though, as frustrating as that attitude may be to deal with on an interpersonal level, and how it can lead to issues with regards to personal blind spots, it's much better to have to deal with that than to have an uncommitted wind sock of a person who changes their stance every time the wind blows and always shares the opinion of the last person to whisper in their ear.
Obviously if you want to take this approach and be successful it helps to be correct, which means you are taking on the burden of careful and rigorous study. And it's not like Fidel could never be moved in his opinions or convictions. His evolving stance on Religion is a good example of that.
Overall, I'd give Fidel a rating of "Based"/10.
Yeah, and he revised his opinion on homosexuality as well. Somewhere between recognizing the good parts and then discarding the bad in a continuous process of evolution or development where the good meets the bad. I wonder if any German philosophers have thought of this idea and then it was applied politically somewhere? :curious-marx:
Heckin relatable, dawg