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You’re trading one form of corruption for another. Once Castro was given enough time in power, he proved to be no better than Batista. I think Che’s idealism may have been better suited for the role, but that wasn’t the plan. With Cuba’s small scale and valuable exports, they should be able to successfully run a socialist or communist nation without intervention.
This is entirely false. Life expectancies rose dramatically, slavery was abolished, literacy rates rose dramatically, and the economy was democratized under Castro. To claim Castro is "no better than" the US backed fascist slaver is incredibly out of touch with reality.
Further, global trade is a necessity. No country in the Global North runs on its own, rather, they function based on Imperialism and plunder the Global South. If, say, France were to be cut off from the countries it plunders, it would collapse. The resiliance of the Socialist system therefore has proven itself.
You should read up on Cuban Democracy. Not only is Cuba now more democratic than under Batista, a fascist slaver US puppet, Cuba is more democratic than countries like the United States.
Once Castro was given enough time in power, he proved to be no better than Batista
You're a fucking moron or a white supremacist if you think Castro was not better than Batista.
And you are as well; thinking that Castro wasn't a dictator who jailed political dissidents and rivals ala Soviet style.
Don't be as dumb as a tankie.
A .worlder do apologetics for the fascist Batista regime? It must be a day that ends in Y.
A .ml user defending an authoritarian reigme? Big surprise there.
Criticism of the defense of an authoritarian regime is not the defense of fascism.
Nice false equalivance.
Your key issue was that Castro "jailed political dissidents." The political dissidents jailed by Castro were supporters of the Batista Regime, who were slavers, fascists, and colinizers working with the United States. The "authoritarian action" you are criticizing was jailing fascists and slavers, this is definitionally implying that you support Castro letting slavers and fascists run free, ergo defending fascism.
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I visited Cuba some months ago. Amazing what they can and have done better than supposedly "first world" countries like the US in terms of healthcare, houselessness, etc. Of course they also have many issues but almost all of them can be traced to the blockade.
The blockade is utterly indefensible. A crime against humanity.
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No, Cuba is a dictatorship because after the guy in the green killed the guy on the throne, he just tool his place on the throne instead of holding free and fair elections.
Westerners continue to be the most brainwashed people on earth.
Im a different poster than the last person and generally unfamiliar with the Cuban electoral structure, are they able to run non-communist/non-Marxist candidates? If they cannot legally do so they do not have free elections using the standard definition of "free elections".
Yes they are, even wiki would show you there's 28 unaffiliated members in Nation Assembly, and also you may read about how it look here - Cuba is way more democratic than literally every capitalist country.
"Free" elections in Cuba would just mean immediate US vassalage. Influencing elections in the Caribbean and Latin America is a practically a US hobby.
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Yes, you can, though they lose because the Cuban people ultimatley support their system.
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You should read up on Cuban Democracy. Not only is Cuba now more democratic than under Batista, a fascist slaver US puppet, Cuba is more democratic than countries like the United States.
You're insane.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Cuba
The Communist party, the only party, nominates all candidates to the assembly. No candidate has ever lost election.
Cuba plays pretend democracy.
Watch the ableism with the claims of "insanity."
You really need to do more research. In Cuba, candidates are nominated by the people. The Party plays no role on this process. The actual elections are done with those that have been nominated, logically people will not change their mind. The United States hasn't had a third party Candidate win the presidency either, that's a silly sticking point for you.
I think it's amazing when US people try to claim that other countries they know jackshit about are undemocratic, while having a Dr. Seuss-ass electoral system with legalized bribing that exclusively elects ghouls everyone despises.
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