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this is exciting! even more exciting would be when the regime collapses. what sort of war crimesque stories would we hear? ex. who was sending the messages on t

this is exciting! even more exciting would be when the regime collapses. what sort of war crimesque stories would we hear? ex. who was sending the messages on the number stations? imagine one day, north korea....the horrors that would be unveiled while the world sat by looking the other way. it would be the biggest embarassment of humanity. in our modern day and age, in this day of UN and international bullshit, we allow a nationwide gulag to operate and continue to attack south korea.

WaxProlix 11y ago
Are you seriously comparing Cuba to NK? A country whose internal economic structuring during McCarthyism netted them an economic and political blackballing by their nearest trading neighbor (one of the largest economic powerhouses in the world) and all their allies, but which still managed to produce one of the world's best healthcare systems and even send their surplus of doctors on numerous humanitarian missions... how is this even remotely the same as a country that chose to cloister itself and actively deny its citizens rights? Or have I just been trolled, maybe...
- marcoperaza 11y ago
  To use your words, Cuba actively denies its citizens rights. There is no freedom of speech, press, or assembly. Internet access is closely monitored and heavily restricted. For a long time it was illegal to even leave Cuba. My family had to tell a web of lies to escape decades ago. Cuban doctors are forced to work overseas for pittances and have minders to keep them from defecting. The same goes for Cuban athletes, who routinely defect despite the regime's efforts to stop them. The Castros funded communist horrors across South America and even in Africa. Today they prop up their autocratic allies in Venezuela. The idea that Cuba has "one of the world's best healthcare systems" has been thoroughly debunked too. Further, what you call "economic restructuring" most others would see as illegal confiscation of property. It's little reported today, but one of the original reasons for the US embargo against Cuba is the nationalization of American-owned property without compensation. Communism produced only poverty and hardship everywhere it has been implemented, what makes you think that Cuba would have been any different save for the embargo? Finally, as someone who's family witnessed the horrors of Castro's Cuba firsthand, and decided to flee to America with little more than the clothes on their backs, I'm saddened to see someone who's clearly intelligent and articulate repeat such brazen lies. The difference between Cuba and North Korea is just a matter of degree.
- neurohax 11y ago
  >one of the world's best healthcare systems Where were you when that was proven to be propaganda? Even the cuban government banned Michael Moore's documentary because it was full of BS. Oh and the doctors are not free, the cuban government profits by charging the host government an amount per doctor (who gets a miserable share of such charge in the most "capitalista style").
marcoperaza 11y ago
All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

WaxProlix 11y ago

Are you seriously comparing Cuba to NK? A country whose internal economic structuring during McCarthyism netted them an economic and political blackballing by their nearest trading neighbor (one of the largest economic powerhouses in the world) and all their allies, but which still managed to produce one of the world's best healthcare systems and even send their surplus of doctors on numerous humanitarian missions... how is this even remotely the same as a country that chose to cloister itself and actively deny its citizens rights? Or have I just been trolled, maybe...

marcoperaza 11y ago
To use your words, Cuba actively denies its citizens rights. There is no freedom of speech, press, or assembly. Internet access is closely monitored and heavily restricted. For a long time it was illegal to even leave Cuba. My family had to tell a web of lies to escape decades ago. Cuban doctors are forced to work overseas for pittances and have minders to keep them from defecting. The same goes for Cuban athletes, who routinely defect despite the regime's efforts to stop them. The Castros funded communist horrors across South America and even in Africa. Today they prop up their autocratic allies in Venezuela. The idea that Cuba has "one of the world's best healthcare systems" has been thoroughly debunked too. Further, what you call "economic restructuring" most others would see as illegal confiscation of property. It's little reported today, but one of the original reasons for the US embargo against Cuba is the nationalization of American-owned property without compensation. Communism produced only poverty and hardship everywhere it has been implemented, what makes you think that Cuba would have been any different save for the embargo? Finally, as someone who's family witnessed the horrors of Castro's Cuba firsthand, and decided to flee to America with little more than the clothes on their backs, I'm saddened to see someone who's clearly intelligent and articulate repeat such brazen lies. The difference between Cuba and North Korea is just a matter of degree.
neurohax 11y ago
>one of the world's best healthcare systems Where were you when that was proven to be propaganda? Even the cuban government banned Michael Moore's documentary because it was full of BS. Oh and the doctors are not free, the cuban government profits by charging the host government an amount per doctor (who gets a miserable share of such charge in the most "capitalista style").

marcoperaza 11y ago

All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.