Fidel Castro — "I became a Communist by studying capitalist political economy, and when I had so…"
I became a Communist by studying capitalist political economy, and when I had some understanding of that problem, it actually seemed to me so absurd, so irrational, so inhuman, that I simply began to elaborate on my own formulas for production and distribution.
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Cuban revolutionary who overthrew Batista in 1959 and led Cuba's communist state for 49 years through 11 US presidents.
Closely associated with
Che Guevara (his revolutionary partner) and Hugo Chávez (Latin American successor in Venezuela).
For an intellectual contrast, see
Ronald Reagan, Cold War US president — Reagan's hardline anti-communism and economic-warfare strategy made Cuba a test case for the entire late-Cold-War US foreign policy — the institutional power Castro's island state spent 49 years resisting.
Details
From 'My Life: A Spoken Autobiography'.
Date: Unknown, likely reflecting on his early political development