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Beau explains Castro's rise to power in Cuba, warns about deceptive anti-establishment rhetoric, and urges genuine transformation for America's future.
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Well howdy there internet people, it's Beau again.
We've talked about it on this channel before.
International events and international affairs, once the headlines start,
we don't get the back story. Because once it's news and once there's headlines,
we've already missed all the rising action. We don't get the origin story behind a lot of events
and how they came to be. So today we're going to talk about how Castro came to power.
Because I'm not sure many people know. All right, it's the 1950s, it's Cuba,
and there's this guy. He's got a military background and he wants a little more power.
So he paints himself as a man of the people, a populist, and he kind of reaches out
and gets some backing from a superpower, kind of becomes their puppet. Realizes he can't win
an election, but if you can't win at the ballot box, there's another way to do it. So he stages a coup.
And like many of his ilk, when he comes to power, well he starts curtailing civil liberties.
Good man of the people that he is. Gets rid of the ability to strike.
Staffs the government with his buddies. Turns into a kleptocracy.
They just start using their power to feather their own nests at the expense of the people.
That starts a revolutionary spirit of the country. Can't have that, so he starts curtailing dissidents.
The economy goes stagnant. The gap between the haves and the have-nots, it increases.
Income inequality grows. He cuts deals with international criminals.
And that revolutionary spirit keeps growing. So the executions come.
Now the high number is 20,000. My reading, my best guess, I'm not an authority, 10 to 15.
I've seen numbers as low as a few hundred. I'm pretty sure those aren't right.
And that's it. That's how Castro came to power. He overthrew that dude. That guy's name was Batista.
See, the conditions have to be right for revolution. You have to have certain things.
You have to have a government that isn't responsive, won't institute reforms.
So therefore people feel like revolution is the only option. They've got to be corrupt.
Be more interested in feathering their own nests than helping the people.
Be comfortable. People only care about the pebble in their shoe.
If everybody's comfortable, even if the government is corrupt, well, that kind of turns a blind eye to it.
But when that income inequality grows, people feel like they can't get a fair shake in the game.
They have to reset the game. You need all those conditions. Sometimes other things can substitute for them.
But you really need that. We've got most of them in the US.
Now, luckily in the US, because of our infrastructure and because we are incredibly comfortable,
we have a chance for that peaceful revolution.
The thing is, we just need to make sure that those who are pushing that,
that are saying that they are going to make America great again, that they're really going to.
Because a lot of times, anti-establishment rhetoric, it's not really anti-establishment.
It's not for the people. It's just designed to put a new set of people in charge so they can do the exact same thing.
We've seen this recently.
History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. And a lot of things are rhyming right now.
Anyway, it's just a thought. Have a good night.
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