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"By all measures..." No, not by all measures. By some statistics, sure. But Cuba is an oppressive police state. Sure, humans can live long, healthy, literate li
by InclinedPlane 11y ago
"By all measures..." No, not by all measures. By some statistics, sure. But Cuba is an oppressive police state. Sure, humans can live long, healthy, literate lives in captivity. Yet what value is literacy when the state regulates what you can read and what you can say?
- mercurial 11y ago> But Cuba is an oppressive police state. So, like Vietnam? [1] 1: http://www.ibtimes.com/vietnam-police-state-where-one-six-works-security-forces-1401629 http://www.ibtimes.com/vietnam-police-state-where-one-six-wo...
- logfromblammo 11y agoUniversal literacy enables samizdat-style dissenter communication.