But, as he would warn, the real question is another: what will become of the future of humanity without the conviction that it is possible to chart a different course from the current one, which seems headed for self-destruction? What will become of the world without the determination of those who refuse to live without a price? “Dignity is never individual; even the dignity of the loneliest man on earth is collective,” Fidel once said.

He was human, but it is extraordinarily easy to romanticize any human who thinks like this. May all of us strive to think and wholeheartedly believe this way – and live accordingly.

lots of right-wing latin guys with military background but zero class consciousness and lots of CIA money

all of them were uncle sam’s slaves and they’re only revered currently by crazy-ass fascist psychopaths

one communist guy branded as “dictator”

his people still remember him fondly