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The Cuban economy today is a shadow of what it was before the USSR fell apart, which makes it a moot point to claim they are dysfunctional despite foreign supp
by thomassmith65 9mo ago
The Cuban economy today is a shadow of what it was before the USSR fell apart, which makes it a moot point to claim they are dysfunctional despite foreign support. The Soviets successfully managed to keep Cuba afloat. Not that that constitutes a ringing endorsement for the Cuban system.
- ch4s3 9mo agoThat’s part of my point. They were a basket case with a ton of free support, and still are while trading with China and Europe. It’s just ridiculous to blame the embargo as ridiculous as the embargo is. If you read what the Soviets had to say about the Cuban government it’s pretty damning.
- thomassmith65 9mo agoI can well imagine. My disagreement is that, as far as I know, the reputation of Cuba's healthcare system is great, and that, as someone else pointed out, the US embargo has real impact. I certainly agree the Cuban system, excepting a few areas like healthcare and regardless of the embargo's impact, does not work.
- ch4s3 9mo agoThat reputation is largely built on fake statistics though. There’s no international and freely published data to support it.