Symbolism of social protests

A highly problematic graffity in one of the major European Universities. The portrait resembling Che Guevara and inscription: "No, to the fascism! Yes, to the revolution." This kind of graffity is as a part of the youth protest movements sweeping through the wealthy Western countries, and reflects the basic flaws of these protests:

1. Protesting for the sake of protesting - indeed the sign specifies what is opposed (fascism), but does not set any goals that should be achieved by the revolution. Apparently, the revolution, i.e. the process of destroying the existing social and economic order, is already sufficient to satisfy the authors of the graffity.

2. Inability to distinguish between democratic and totalitarian systems: indeed, more often than not, revolutions brought to power regimes no less opressive than fascism. To give just a few examples, one may recall the Communist revolutions in Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Korea and Cuba, the Islamic revolution in Iran, the Arab revolutions of the 60s and 70s that brought to power Gaddafi and other Middle Eastern dictators.

3. Symbolism of Che Guevara, reflecting basic ignorance. Indeed, despite the heroic image in the popular culture, Che Guevara was an active participant of the repressions carried out by Castro regime. Unlike Castro, however, he was an active proponent in exporting revolution to other countries and participated in many bloodlettings beyond Cuba. Ignoring Che Guevara's crimes out of admiration for his "coolness" is similar to collecting "cool" Nazi memorabilia - a hobby which would make many people feel sick.