The laws of capitalism, blind and invisible to the majority… - Che Guevara

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The laws of capitalism, blind and invisible to the majority, act upon the individual without his thinking about it. He sees only the vastness of a seemingly infinite horizon before him. That is how it is painted by capitalist propagandists, who purport to draw a lesson from the example of Rockefeller — whether or not it is true — about the possibilities of success.
The amount of poverty and suffering required for the emergence of a Rockefeller, and the amount of depravity that the accumulation of a fortune of such magnitude entails, are left out of the picture, and it is not always possible to make the people in general see this.

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara (14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che, or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, politician, author, physician, military theorist, and guerrilla leader during the Cuban revolution. Following his execution in Bolivia, he became both a stylised countercultural icon and symbol of rebellion for leftist movements worldwide.

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Pen Names: Pelado • Teté • Furibundo Serna • Fuser • Chancho • Chang-Cho • Luís Hernández Gálvez • Tatu • Adolfo Mena González • Ramón • Fernando Sacamuelas

Native Name: Ernesto Guevara

Alternative Names: El Che • Che • Ernesto Guevara de la Serna • Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna

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