How much is a revolutionary worth?

About 49 Euros.

In all my years, and they are going to be 40 this next June, I have never, EVER felt comfortable with these posters of Ché Guevara. I find them utterly problematic. Not because I don't think that revolution as a meme is not valid. What bothers me about this particular picture is the almost saintly qualities invested on the man.

Revolution is not pretty, it's never peaceful. Revolution is disruptive and always at a cost. Revolutions are not carried on the shoulders of messiahs, saits, martyrs or virgins. Revolutions are waged by people, common everyday people. Revolutions are not waged by icons or memes but flesh and blood and very mortal people.

What is even more upsetting is that this image of Guevara was popularized by Fidel Castro himself. He sold la revolució as if it were the rapture.

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