Arbenz's fault was not knowing the nature of the state. When he chopped off a tentacle of the US state, the United Fruit Company, he didn't know that the only w

Arbenz's fault was not knowing the nature of the state. When he chopped off a tentacle of the US state, the United Fruit Company, he didn't know that the only way to survive the inevitable rage of the US is to create his own state - an oppressive and controlling creature who is only good at making war. Arbenz thought that by saying true things on radio he would stop the demon. Democracy is just a way to confuse and domesticate the state.