Fidel Castro | 卡斯特罗

Fidel Castro’s political life already ended when he compromised with the Holy See. Today’s Castro has become no more than a tool for differential diagnosis, distinguishing defenders from appeasers: the former straightforwardly calls him a communist and convict; the latter employs rhetoric to evade his real identity.

Ever since elements from the Hebrew (Judaeo-Christian values), Classical (Graeco-Roman secular humanism) and Germanic (feudalism and common law) traditions merged to become the predominant and prevailing features of the West, the world had been dominated by defenders of these traditions. As challengers of these Western traditions evolve, appeasers shift the targets they appease. In contrast, defenders rarely switch the traditions they uphold, despite they have – perhaps no less frequently – changed how they name themselves (conservatives, liberals, democrats, republicans…).

卡斯特羅的政治生命，早在他跟羅馬教廷和解之日就已經結束。今天的卡斯特羅只是一個簡潔的鑑別工具，將保守主義者和綏靖主義者區分開來。前者會直截了當地將他稱為共產主義者和罪犯，傻瓜都能看懂。後者會用修辭術迴避他眾所周知的身分，只有知識份子才有耐心去理解。

自從希伯萊、希臘和日耳曼的因素凝聚為西方正典以後，世界的統治權始終屬於正典的維護者。綏靖主義者隨著挑戰者的新陳代謝，不斷改變他們綏靖的對象。他們的競爭對手雖然不斷改變名稱，卻很少改變自己維護的對象。