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Che Guevara | Symbol of Revolution (Republish)

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Revolutionaries Often Rise from Privilege

Many revolutionaries emerge from middle and upper-class backgrounds due to the advantages these families provide, including access to education, resources, and exposure to diverse ideas. Wealthier individuals often have more time and opportunity to study various ideologies and travel, which broadens their understanding of economic systems and societal issues. This combination of privilege and opportunity allows them to develop critical perspectives that challenge existing norms, leading to revolutionary thoughts and actions.

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communist revolutionaries of kind of the post-World War II era, once communism has been established in the Soviet Union and in China, why are so many revolutionaries even today, why do they come from middle and upper class families? I'm genuinely curious to get your take on that. I have my theory, but I mean, you mentioned he was from a pretty wealthy, or at least a moderately wealthy for that part of the world family. So why do you think so many revolutionaries are middle to upper class?
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That's a great question, and I want to hear your theory for sure. So short answer, why he was specifically, I don't know. I know that his family was a huge influence on that. He had time to study it. He had access. He was able to learn to read. He had access to books, and he read them. I mean, he was pretty well read. He had a desire to travel. know that his travels provided solutions to what he was seeing and his family had. So when you think about his experience talking to his family and then telling him, this is a better ideology or this is a better application of economics, he's taking that and then he's traveling all over. He traveled extensively. He's seeing this oppression

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