Communism in Cuba?

Question

what was it all about? why do people disagree with communism in cuba? how does the adoption of communism help the place? and any extra info you would know about communism in cuba!

Answer 1

People are poor in Cuba, but their 'Human Development' indicators are high. Reports by the various UN organs show that Cuba demonstrates the only viable model for meeting the basic needs of the global population.

It is also praised as a 'good neighbour' due to the generous assistance it gives to the nations of the world, and positive, patient outlook shown to the United States.

Communism began in Cuba because the Soviet Union gave support to the uprising began by Fidel Castro, to liberate the people from a violent, corrupt despot who allowed the US to enjoy a proprietorial relationship to Cuba.

At this time people backed the revolution as a necessary salvation from the system of exploitation, and later from the grave US threat which killed so many in Latin America.

Cubans are extremely proud of their system, despite the fact they despair at its many flaws (few people seriously suffer due to deprivation though).

Some Cubans disagree with Communism because they feel they could enjoy greater prosperity through a free market. They believe they could maybe run the country better than Fidel, or even run a fairer system based on a Social Democrat model.

Answer 2

Originally the revolution in Cuba was about a change in government from the dictator government who was corrupt and encouraged US citizens to come and make Cuba a playground basically spending money and so forth. If you think about it, it was a good system if the government hadn't been corrupt. But after the revolution and rise of communism the push was to remove the difference between rich and poor by basically stealing from those who had done well and giving their money away. Soviet Russia supported the communist rise because it gave them a platform to hit D.C. from because otherwise their missles couldnt reach. Since the adoption of communism in Cuba their economy has been in the toilet with maybe the only thing good being free health care. In the end no one really wants communism in Cuba not even a mjority of Cbans because their freedoms are few and monitored by their military establishment. Communism's days are numbered in Cuba because when Castro and perhaps even his brother dies their legacy will be hard to hold together with their popualrity no longer there to hold things together.

Answer 3

Cuba is an epic tragedy, we're talkin' Greek tragedy here. Numero Uno, bad as it gets, etc. First the Spaniards exploited 'em for about four centuries, then the U.S. did its bit. You've probably heard about Teddy Roosevelt's famous ride up San Juan Hill. The blowing up of the battleship Maine, got us into that one, and while Teddy's intentions were honorable, that wasn't the case with those who came after him. Fast forward to the '50's, and the American Mafia had essentially taken over Cuba. Batista was their paid-for-whore, so it's no small wonder that Fidel, Che, and all the rest of the Cuban patriots equated the USA with filth, corruption, and every evil thing you can think of. I'm sure the US government tried to buy off Fidel, but by then it was too little and too late. He'd totally given up on us. I told you this was a tragedy of Greek magnitude, didn't I? So he sucked up to the Russians, went through the whole Cuban Missle Crisis (closest the world has ever come to nuclear war -- to this day the world doesn't know how close it was-- I remember by Marine Lt. Colonel Father telling my Ma (when they thought I was asleep) that if the missles didn't come out in the morning, we were gonna invade 'em. He gave my Ma detailed instructions about how to get me and my brother out of school, when he called, and take us to the salt flats where the people from the base were gonna hide out in caves to ride out the nuclear holocaust. That's the first time I can remember when I was scared out of my skin. But as for Cuba, I have no animosity toward the Cubans or the Communists. We were all in that time and place and did what we had to do. I remember something my dad said about being stuck in the South Pacific during WWII. He said, "The average Jap was there for the same reason I was. His country put him there. If he'd had anything to say about it, he'd have been anywhere else. And I've got to admit, that Cuba has come as close as anyone can to making communism work, albeit, by cheating a bit. Fidel doesn't have Russian to support him anymore, so he's switched to building luxury hotels in Havana and other cities to lure rich Europeans. Americans are still forbidden to travel to Cuba -- thank you, President Kennedy! The evil men do lives after them, whilst the good is oft intered with their bones -- thank you William Shakespeare! Cuba's medical system ought to be the envy of the world. Fidel has done his level best to take care of his people, unlike most dictators who stuff their Swiss bank accounts with the money they've stolen from their poor downtrodden people. Unfortunately, Cuba's resources are extremely limited, which affects the level of medical care they can provide, despite Fidels or anyone else's good intentions. It may not be the best, but it's the best Cuba can do with the resources they have. I wish I could say the same about my own country!

Answer 4

Cuba is style-of interior an identical boat as China- they are the two extra like dictatorships that have blended economies. I see Cuba having a revolution in approximately 15-50 years, with the clarification being the large pay branch between public and private sector jobs (a doorman at a motel could make extra desirable than a doctor).

Answer 5

Lets phrase Communism THIS way - Take your family ( mother, father, you, and say, 3 siblings ). You work at a good job as a teenager, make good money. You have a deadbeat brother, and two younger siblings who are too young to work. When you get home, your parents demand 80% of your paycheck(bad), and because your brother sucks up to them, they give some to him(bad). They live good off your hard work (bad) and buy luxuries with them (bad?), sharing none with you(bad), and help give your younger siblings good health care(good?), and buy them toys occasionally to keep them content, and blame you if you don't share(bad). Now, would you really want to give up that much money so others that do nothing and benefit you in no way, get your money without your say-so? Sure, sure, they're your FAMILY, but that is what Communism claims, that as a society, you're all Equals ( ie, they drag the best down to the level of the worst ) and belong to the same extended Family, and the Motherland or Fatherland knows best, and you're just a starry-eyed idealist who knows nothing about serving your country, etc if you complain about losing that much money. In reality, only those in power really live well, off the productivity of the masses. Sure, there are some benefits ( the Russians invented Lasik, because they figured it was better to have a work force with good eyesight than constantly replacing glasses and all those doctors visits ), and universal ( if not cutting-edge ) health care. But usually, a Communistic society suffers from the fact that those that are most productive aren't rewarded for their behaviour, except in non-monetary ways. Russia had socialised farms in the '70s and '80s, but in spite of that, 40% of their total farm output came from personal farms and small plots that only equaled 10% of the total farm land acreage. People are willing to work for themselves first, and others second, and no Socialistic or Communistic or Authoritarian government can make people put self-interest aside. Like the scenario above, if you are working hard, and some other authority takes your money ( parents, spouse, etc ) and decrees that others "deserve" your money , would you work as hard? Heck no! And THAT is why any system that subverts the reward system of economics will NEVER succeed in the long term. It's ok to voluntarily give it away, but when you are forced to give it up, the resentment builds, and the result is lack of efficiency in any industry. No reward, no desire to excel. No way could any intelligent human wish to adopt Communism as a way of life.

Answer 6

I don't know much about Communism in Cuba. I would not want to live there.

However, their life expectancy is significantly higher than ours, and Infant morbidity and mortality is WAY LOWER than ours!