The Cuban State as False Religion (Part 1)

Totalitarianism is a twist of Christianity, a corrupt and worldly copy that seeks power for…

The Daily Signal

Christians are called to be the conscience of their time, to bring eternal principles to society where a republic can be built. So, if a regime wants to undermine a strong republic, it must undermine those who are willing to sustain it. The regime needs to conflate spiritual joy with political joy. By subverting the position of those who believe in justice and free elections, the regime achieves political power by eroding the social fabric.

Cuba is an iconic example of that danger that only comes step by step.

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A recent visit by Cuban dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel to a municipality in eastern Cuba made the responses of several women go viral on state television. They expressed their admiration for the dictator in a religious key.

One said that seeing Díaz-Canel had reminded her of “the god Fidel,” another considered that the visit of the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba had been “a gift from God” and that, by placing “his blessed feet” in that town, “the local problems were going to be solved.”

The women also reported negative reactions: Two of them said they bristled at the mere mention of the meeting.

Sharing the same faith is the glue that keeps society cohesive. It is the way in which the community is generated and strengthened, and it is the means for the transmission of moral pillars. The Guevarian purpose of creating the “New Man” has a giant obstacle if faith asks that the “old” be valued, the tradition and moral knowledge accumulated over centuries.

Therefore, what totalitarianism has proposed substitutes for these elements. For God, the state; for the messiah, the leader; for faith, ideology; for the community, mass organizations; for rituals, acts of revolutionary reaffirmation.

Totalitarianism is a twist of Christianity, a corrupt and worldly copy that seeks power for men. Authors such as Norberto Fuentes have recognized “the religious idea of altruism” that surrounds (falsely) the Cuban Revolution…