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I reposted here since this is the best thread for this topic:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> 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.
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 national unemployment rate (only 6%) than America
* Lower crime rate than America
So far, I've looked at it from an economic position and I would agree that
Cuba's economy is in poor condition. But why blame the form of government?
Isn't it pretty obvious that the sanctions are a REASON, not "excuse," that
Cuba is not a properous nation? How can any nation as small as Cuba thrive
in the global market if they are not allowed to do business without
restrictive sanctions imposed by a superpower like America?
If you really think about it, Cuba is a small enough country where Communism
COULD be very successful. I guess in order to have a favorable opinion of
"Communism," one must divorce it from the context of Marx, Lenin or Mao, and
the former U.S.S.R.
Dan
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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'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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| 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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