All of the above mentioned stories do not change the sad fact that the Cuban revolution did not produce a social model relevant for the eventual Communist future. I visited Cuba a decade ago, and on that visit I found people who proudly showed me houses in decay as a proof of their fidelity to the revolutionary “Event”: “Look, everything is falling apart, we live in poverty, but we are ready to endure it rather than to betray the Revolution!” When renunciations themselves are experienced as proof of authenticity, we get what in psychoanalysis is called the logic of castration. The whole Cuban politico-ideological identity rests on the fidelity to castration — no wonder that the Leader is called Fidel Castro!
That analysis is weird. Concocted entirely in vacuum as if there aren’t tangible reasons obstructing the achievement of a higher standard of living instead it just sounds like he thinks people are electing to live in dwlapidared housings to evidence their devotion to the revolution. Fucking whaco.
Blaming a tiny island 90 miles from the coast of, and under attack from, one of the most vicious empires in human history, for not being prosperous while under attack.
Yeah he’s one weird dude. I’ll never forget this one.
But ya here’s the article: https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-left-fidelity-castration-slavoj-zizek-fidel-castro-cuba-che-communism
One gem from it:
That analysis is weird. Concocted entirely in vacuum as if there aren’t tangible reasons obstructing the achievement of a higher standard of living instead it just sounds like he thinks people are electing to live in dwlapidared housings to evidence their devotion to the revolution. Fucking whaco.
Blaming a tiny island 90 miles from the coast of, and under attack from, one of the most vicious empires in human history, for not being prosperous while under attack.