You are allowed access the internet in Cuba
You seem to be quite alright with all of it.
Cuba has nothing to learn from the US in terms of human rights.
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In 1959 the Yanks owned:
- 40 percent of the sugar producing land
- Almost all of the cattle ranches
- 90% of the mines
- 80% of national utilities
- The oil industry
Cuba was a sex and gambling slum, ruthlessly exploited for whatever resources it had in the classic colonial fashion. To top it off, Batista had murdered 20,000 people since seizing power in '52, with total US support. This is the paradise Castro stole from the Cubans.
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Olivier Stone-fuckin legend
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That was a deal they did to drive the Spanyards out . It caused huge problems in US did the war .
Did it ever occur to people that the Cubans mightnât actually need GPS devices which track their every move, McFlurries or overpriced Somalian roasted coffee, selfie fucking sticks and all the materialistic bullshit that prevails in western society these days. Listening to American commentators with their bleached white teeth and hair plugs is nauseating.
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Under Batista, a third of the population of Cuba lived in absolute poverty. Castro eradicated that.
In 1958, under the Batista dictatorship, half of Cubaâs children did not attend school. The literacy campaign begun by Castro in 1961 led, in 1970, to Unesco declaring Cuba the country with the highest primary and secondary school enrolment in Latin America.
No gains, though, eh @anon7035031?
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/aug/05/cuban-development-model
was that JFK?
Thatâs a smashing post.
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Ha ha hA : nice sitting on my middle class hole in Ireland expecting the dagos and spades in Cuba to have the same comforts I have . How hip and cool you are .
Is that better or worse than pretending theyâd have them without Castro?
I donât know and donât care . My beef here is certain folk eulogising a murderous dictator , I have a basic principle here. Many here donât share that .
Yes, but the things you âdonât know and donât careâ about are also important. Another principle that many donât seem to share.
Dimwit
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Heâs living on his knees and doesnât even know it
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Youâd feel sorry for him if he wasnt such a dick
He held onto power for half a century and handed it over to his brother.
No excuse.
You asked a hypothetical question. I could not answer . The bottom you is that you and your fellow travellers are eulogising a dictator. That says it all. Nice , smug middle class professionals having a bit of escapism .