Cuban history provides a sobering reminder that it is not always the
dictators that you need to worry about but sometimes the collective will of the people.
As reported in the New York Times on January 20th 1959, the people of
Oriente Province, recalling the terror of Baptista's army, "approved the
firing squads".
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Originally Posted by New York Times, January 21st 1959
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Jan. 20 (AP) -- In this birthplace of Cuba's revolution, citizens nod with satisfaction at the sound of the firing squads.
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So come the revolution, it could be one's fellow townsfolk who calls
for you to be the first to go in front of the wall.
Depending on which side of the gun you find yourself on, it will be
deemed either mob rule or democracy.