Fidel Castro's Charismatic Authority

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This part of the study indicates the three major factors that made Cuba choose to stay communist other than liberalizing the state. Cases and evidences are elaborated in this section for a more translucent research.
Fidel Castro’s Charismatic Authority
One of the factors that greatly pushed Communism to rule in Cuba is the personal charisma of the former President Fidel Castro. This characteristic is traceable from when he was still a child, and has remained with him until his venerable days. Growing up in a private Catholic school, Castro was influenced with a lot of Spanish values instilling in him the sense of discipline, dedication, and assertiveness. These three values combined together are classified as to be Charisma.
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“Charismatic authority is rooted in the belief system of the followers rather than in some transcendental characteristics of the leader. When no one is disposed or able to believe in the omnipotence omniscience, and moral perfection of the leader, he cannot be said to exercise charismatic authority no matter how strong, wise, or moral he perceives himself to be.” (Fagen, 1965)
In a survey that was conducted by Lloyd Free in Cuba in April and May 1960, 86% of the 500 respondents from Havana were in favor of Fidel Castro’s regime. Another survey was conducted by Free in the rural and other areas of Cuba where 43% of the 500 respondents were said to be fervent supporters of Fidel Castro. With the given statistics, it is inviolable that Fidel Castro is being supported by the majority of the citizens of Cuba. (Fagen, 1965)
2. “An ‘individual personality’ or leader capable of generating a charismatic authority relationship in one context may fail completely to generate that relationship in some other context. There are no universal charismatics. This is clearly a corollary of the first proposition and suggests that the set of followers is always bounded by at least two factors. There are some who are never reached physically by the messages of the leader and remain at best what shall be called potential followers. And there are others who, although reached, do not for a variety of reasons respond in the prescribed manner. These individuals are called the non-followers.” (Fagen,

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