Concludlng Remarks W HILE Castro is at present the undisputed ruler of Cuba, institutionalization is eventually bound to undermine h1s persona! dictatorshlp. It 1s axiomat1c that no State can possibly rule without an adm1n'1strative apparatus. The reconstruction of the Cuban government therefore necessitates the creation of an enormous bureaucratie administrative machine. The Communist Party, the armed forces, the educational establlshment, the economic agencies, the trade unions, the local, regional, provincial and national governments, etc., relentlessly compete for more power. As these formidable power blocs expand and become more firmly entrenched, Castro's machine will be obliged to share power with them. Persona! rule will give way to a collective dictatorship and tyranny will be perpetuated. The institutionalization of the Cuban Revolution is, however, still 1n its early stages. Thus far, the first att.empts in this direction indicate that the institutionalization of the Revolution serves only to re-inforce the persona! dictatorship of Fidel Castro and his faithful lieutenants. Powerfully abetted by the massive support of the Soviet bloc of «socialist countries, and its own massive internai apparatus, the CaS\ro regime is still powerfully entrenched. The Cuban people unable to revoit by force of arms are wagtng a relentless guerrilla war of passive resistance against the Police State. They have, in the course of their struggles developed ingenious ways of harassing and even seriously frustrating the plans of their tyrants (loafing, slowdowns, evading laws, sabotage, sporadic acts of violence, ridicule, etc.). The rebellion could provlde a solld base for a mass underground movement comparable to the anti-Batista resistance movements. On the other hand, the ability of modem totalitarian regimes -both · «right, and «Iefb- to survive mass discontent indefinitely --even for generations- must not be underestimated. Many hard battles wm have to be fought, many lives lost, before victory will have at last been achleved. 63
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