“In his frequent basketball matches, Fidel has started using a new move he simply calls ‘The Step.’ It is undeniably effective, yet is its goodness equally undeniable? As revolutionaries we must not merely pay attention to ends, but to means. I worry that this flash and pomp is not befitting of the revolutionary leader. It serves to separate him too much from those caught in the chains of a maudlin life, marred by oppression and economic strife. Yes, it leads to a basket, but at what cost to the communal spirit?”
- Journal Entry by Che Guevara, 12 December 1962
Che Guevara got dunked on so hard by Castro that he theory nerded out, declaring the Euro Step to be at a ‘cost to the communal spirit’
I’m so split on that battle because there’s so many good lines (ches first verse especially) and then there’s also “muh Venezuela” and “Cuba bad” and dated references