From wombat_socho, I learned of "Suicidalism," on Armed and Dangerous (http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=218 and "Gramiscian Damage" (http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=260), which outline some very important ideas. I'm referring here to the former essay, ( Read more... )

A great irony of the musical Evita is that it was meant to be anti-Peronist and pro-Communist, but in picking Che Guevera as the spokesman for the auctorial POV, the writers unintentionally subverted their own message. The Peronists, especially during the period shown, were far less destructive to Argentina than Castro was to Cuba (and Che was ( Read more... )