So the trouble most self-styled revolutionaries have, is at a certain point in their feverish pursuit of their inner narrative, blood is spilled (often theirs). That fact, proven time and time again, always seems to surprise them as if this one time the law of checks and balances will not apply to them. This willful ignorance is another example of the magical thinking that runs prevalent among so many. Take Julian Assange, currently ensconced in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. As Golgotha is lonely this time of year he emerged the other day to, predictably, lay all of his troubles at the feet of the U.S.A. who are hell bent on prosecuting him for Wiki leaks. He was a target, all charges were bogus, it was an international conspiracy that put him there. So he says he was forced (the champion of free publicly available information) to seek shelter in the arms of Ecuador, a country with a long and distinguished tradition of press censorship and brutal repression. Whats missing in this story arc is the fact that Julian Assange has been charged with rape in Sweden, a country not known for a sense of humour about these things and believed to be competent both in its investigative and prosecution process. So one would believe that these charges have merit and Julian Assange is a sex criminal on the run who is trying everything he can to avoid the trial and eventual conviction his reprehensible actions have brought upon himself.
There is an expression I have long believed (ignoring it occasionally to my regret) along the lines of "don't believe your own bullshit". So moving onto Mr. Guevara he, with Fidel Castro, led the popular revolution in Cuba against Fulgencio Batista. So the other problem with most self-styled revolutionaries is, like The Highlander, in the end there can be only one. So ignoring the bullshit rule he led the revolution into Bolivia and, abandoned by his "brother" Fidel was hunted down and executed by the Bolivian military (nothing much had happened there since Butch and Sundance). I wonder in the end if Che understood that the law of checks and balances was immune to his charisma, the rightness of his cause, all the money his image would make on t-shirts etc. Julian Assange, like Che, has left a lot of wreckage behind him (Bradley Manning will get of jail in the year never) as well as the women he victimized. His current plea for "justice" (i.e. not being held accountable for his actions) is his personal Bolivia whether he knows it or not. In the end the law of checks and balances is a kind of essentialist karma - justice without the personal satisfaction.
"Maybe I'm a different breed
Maybe I'm not listening
So blame it on my A.D.D. baby"
SAIL - Awolnation
