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| (...) I don't know--but if you take Cuba in comparison with the US pseudo-colonies in the Caribbean that masquerade as independent states, I'd much rather be Cuban. Compare Cuba with the Dominican Republic, Haiti, or even a place like Jamaica, (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: (snipped) (...) Wrong! Medicine is very good in Cuba. They invest heavily in Healthcare. Honest! A friend of my father went there for heart surgery and spoke wonders of the place! (...) It was the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'd go with the utilitarian argument that people don't seem to have much in the way of choices, material goods, freedom of expression, action, or movement, and some desperately want to leave to the extent of risking their lives to do so. Will (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) True. You'd be amazed by the amount of Portuguese people who have gone to Cuba for treatment, especially optic, cardiac, and neurosurgery (spelling?). (...) Dunno. But they do seem cult, public libraries have a lot of movement - then again, TV (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I reposted here since this is the best thread for this topic: (...) Perhaps it would help if you'd expalin what constitutes "failure" in your opinion? Cuba has several strong points: * National health care * Higher literacy rate than America * Lower (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Correct. US embargoes, while bogus on their very face, and not something I support in the general case, are not a sufficient excuse for Communism's failure in Cuba in and of themselves. (...) Thanks for the restatement. (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I don't really know the details of the situation, but I think you certainly could argue that fact-- you'd just have less evidence to present. It depends on how you define failure of a system-- both in quality and extremity. Hence, we can argue (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Okay, here's a new thread just for this topic... As I said before, I don't think it's valid to argue that Communism doesn't work in Cuba because of some inherent flaw in Communism itself. Cuba is under the yolk of heavy sanctions that have prevented (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well maybe since it is DJ who he accused of making false statements, he should reply to him: (URL) A (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Not really. This section of the thread has changed course. I made a quick reference to it (communism) as an example and the topic blossomed. (...) I wouldn't say *that* :) Obviously there are several interested in the topic... (I'm not one of (...) (23 years ago, 27-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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