Brad wrote:
But the idea of a gerontocrat who hopes to rule his country nearly
absolutely for 50 years giving lessons in political institution design is
funny, isn't it?
I'll respect Brad's criticism of Castro's dictatorship when he shows that
he's in favor of democracy, by critiquing the
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Cuban health care)
your stats are consistent withe the UN ones i just posted.
right, maybe the rest of the world,
to speak more accurately, i should compare per income quintiles btwn Cuba
and US taking acount purchasing power parity. also, unemployment figures
and other social indicators (crime, homeless, housing, etc.).
anyone out there have those data for Cuba? if not, why not? wouldn't Fidel
want to
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I am not nearly as aggressive a defender of Cuba as Yoshie, and I am very
concerned about the lack
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G'day Norman,
Can't help you with too many facts - perhaps Louis might come to the rescue.
But Cubans do enjoy universa
How about ending the experiments in El Salvador and Guatamala? Those
experiments with the market are not "kind of cruel" but brutal.
I don't understand how capitalism is judged only by US and Europe and not how it
is functioning in Indonesia, etc.
Gene Coyle
Brad DeLong wrote:
agreed,
As opposed to what, Brad, the sort of lovely regimes we've installed and
supported all over Latin and Central AMerica? We destroyed Nicaragua's
revolution--are the Nicaraguans better off? I have profound unhappiness with
the lack of democracy in Cuba, but unlike the countries in the US
at the facts - if they are available. engineers love facts!
norm
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I am not nearly as aggressive
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yes, i know the US has treated Cuba and other S.A. countries shabbily ever
since it became a world power. can't do much
Rosser
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agreed, Fidel, a dictator, head of the "dictatorship of the proletariat",
ha
up in Cuba. if US boats start heading south, then
it's time the US adopted Fidel's system!
norm
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Norm,
No. The relevant comparisons are with other
Latin American and Caribbean nations. On those
measures the lot of the poorest people in Cuba,
and even those in the median positions, look pretty
clue what to do.
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I agree that Brad's illusions are grotesque. It in no way follows from
what
Fidel says that no cha
The US has had no effective change of goverment in 41 years. Capital has
ruled throughout.
Such an incisive analysis. Are we next to be told that there is no
fundamental distinction between the Nazi party and Lyndon Johnson
because they are both forms of rule of the bourgeoisie?
It's amazing
someone wrote:
The US has had no effective change of goverment in 41 years. Capital has
ruled throughout.
Brad wrote:
Such an incisive analysis. Are we next to be told that there is no
fundamental distinction between the Nazi party and Lyndon Johnson because
they are both forms of rule of the
I am glad you appreciate my analysis. There are important differences,
important enough to support other capitalist nations
in a war against Germany. However, the US apparently did not think these
differences warranted going to war except very late in the game. In fact
many supported the Nazi
ccurate analogy.
Cheers, Ken Hanly
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"The United States, such a vocal advocate of multi-party syste
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