Can any leftist explain?

[Diogenes]

 

[Hawkeye10]

60 years of America strangling the people of Cuba has been effective.

 

[Diogenes]

Well that's one leftist heard from, I guess.

Any others?

 

[Nordberg]

60 years of America strangling the people of Cuba has been effective.

Effective at what? Most of the people have lived in poverty. Was that the goal? It is a potential trading partner and vacation spot for Americans. It would be a boon to our economy. If you want to show their system is bad, give them an example of a better one. There are a lot of Cubans trying to build businesses., like restaurants and repair shops. Cuba is not our enemy.

 

[Diogenes]

Now two leftists are arguing about US policy in a thread that asked them to explain why no American refugees are fleeing the US to Cuba.

 

[Nordberg]

Now two leftists are arguing about US policy in a thread that asked them to explain why no American refugees are fleeing the US to Cuba.

It is because we have kept them poor as hell. Out boycott has been a cruel way to prove Communism/socialism does not work. It failed to do that because we fixed the experiment in our favor.

 

[Diogenes]

It is because we have kept them poor as hell. Out boycott has been a cruel way to prove Communism/socialism does not work. It failed to do that because we fixed the experiment in our favor.

You do know there are all the other nations on Earth they could trade with, don't you?

 

[Diogenes]

The Root Causes of Cuban Poverty? The only blockade is the one imposed by Havana. Regime elites oppose competition.​

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuba-protests-poverty-communists-11627238910

 

[Diogenes]

The U.S. Is Not Responsible for Cuba’s Poverty — Communism Is​

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/the-u-s-is-not-responsible-for-cubas-poverty-communism-is/

 

[AProudLefty]

The U.S. Is Not Responsible for Cuba’s Poverty — Communism Is​

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/the-u-s-is-not-responsible-for-cubas-poverty-communism-is/

There it is. Communism is responsible.

 

[Diogenes]

It’s not the US embargo that keeps Cuba poor​

Most of the world does business with Havana.

Although much is made of Cuba’s special relationship with Russia and Venezuela, it trades with most of the countries that would be considered close US allies.

With a halfway competent government, Cuba could be a fairly wealthy nation, able to brush off the American embargo as a minor inconvenience.

It’s not the US embargo that keeps Cuba poor, it’s the brothers Castro

And removing the embargo won't automatically change that.

qz.com

 

[Into the Night]

60 years of America strangling the people of Cuba has been effective.

Cuba is in America, Hawk, and it strangles itself. Communism doesn't work.

 

[Into the Night]

Effective at what? Most of the people have lived in poverty. Was that the goal? It is a potential trading partner and vacation spot for Americans. It would be a boon to our economy.

Communism isn't a boon to any economy, Sybil. Like any form of socialism, it is based on theft of wealth.

If you want to show their system is bad, give them an example of a better one.

Already exists, Sybil. It's called 'capitalism'.

There are a lot of Cubans trying to build businesses., like restaurants and repair shops. Cuba is not our enemy.

They're not allowed to by their government.

 

[Into the Night]

It is because we have kept them poor as hell.

The United States isn't Fidel Castro, Sybil.

Out boycott has been a cruel way to prove Communism/socialism does not work.

No need to prove communism and socialism do not work. They are based on theft of wealth.

It failed to do that because we fixed the experiment in our favor.

What 'experiment' is that, Sybil?

 

[AProudLefty]

Already exists, Sybil. It's called 'capitalism'.

That's what he said. Reading isn't your thing.

 

[Into the Night]

That's what he said. Reading isn't your thing.

That post did not mention capitalism at all, moron.

 

[AProudLefty]

That post did not mention capitalism at all, moron.

It is implied.

 

[Into the Night]

It is implied.

It was not, moron.

 

[AProudLefty]

It was not, moron.

Ok what was he talking about? What system is better than Communism?