Cuban Story - Cuban Revolution (5 of 5)

[RnBramwell]

Flynn could not have understood that it is *not enough* to laud a man who kicked out a dictator, if that man's ideas do not truly free individuals from other men (of the new state).

There is a reason 1000s of Cubans die trying to escape Castro, via rickety rafts.

Castro & Guevera were as murderous as the man they deposed. (Guevera was known to attend executions for his own amusement)

It is not enough to oppose evil, one must have an agenda _for_ genuine good. Errol did not grasp that.

[elarrebat]

@RnBramwell Perhaps

[ComradeRedBolshevik]

Well done comrade.

[submariner200]

Castro and his cronies are the traitors that betrayed the cuban revolution.

[dalepremier]

@submariner200 betrayed?  as if their intentions were not orchestrated from the beginning? LW liberals ALWAYS have great intentions, don't they? lol

[submariner200]

@dalepremier The problem is that Castro hided his communist intentions,when cubans realized he was steering the country towards socialism it was to late.This is the reason why after he consolidated his power he began to shoot cubans and repressed them,Now I always said liberals are a step away from being communists,the most funny part is they defend communism from a free country!

[dalepremier]

@submariner200 Amazing isn't it? Sadly there are only few remaining even in our own country that think like us

[submariner200]

@dalepremier Yes,everything is the way it is because people do not take time to learn from people that have lived in such criminal regime and due to the lack of information they tend to talk without knowing what they are talking about.The cuban regime is a totalitarian regime based on a criminal ideaology,if you travel to poland the minute people begin to mention communism they lock you up,they became so traumatized with communism they made it illegal in that country.

[dalepremier]

@submariner200 My wife is from Lviv Ukraine (Near Poland) - When she was there the hot water was off at 11:00 every night due to rationing. Some days there was cold water only, some days hot, and some days no water at all. There was no one to ask, "When will the water come back on?". They live on $300/mo and squeak by. I started showing my wife videos of Cuba and she thought first that she was looking at Ukraine. Why anyone would want that life, only because they hate Capitalism is beyond me

[submariner200]

@dalepremier I believe you but there are people that like to live and hear false promises,Ukraine is economically today doing better than Russia since they decided to split from communism,the only thing communism brings to the table is hunger,destruction,poverty,bur­eaucratism,death and repression to bad some people are to stupid to realize the contrary.

[Reznov29]

@dalepremier well ever seen in what conditions billions under capitalism, the majority of people in the world live in? not only they don't have any water to take showers at all, they barely have any to consume and barely any food. Millions live on under $2/day, I know communism has been messed up, and I don't align my self with any "communist" regime, but believe me your wife was luckier then billions of people today, I have felt what it's like to live with one bread a day.

[MJkaterina21]

@submariner200

I'm Polish and I agree that we're not ready yet to talk about communism in a non-emotional way. Note, however, that communism doesn't have a "single face": this system was IMPOSED on Poland (People NEVER EVER agreed with it, as we've always been a country of entrepreneurs and individualists), but it was ACHEIVED by the People of Cuba. The Revolution brought about lots of positive changes. What I ask myslef now is: Were there better time for Cubans in the past, before Fidel?

[submariner200]

@MJkaterina21 Lady,I grew up during the cold war and during the 80's in Cuba we had a hidden radio where we listened to the news from the BBC,we had to be careful because of the communist state police was always tracking down people or what they call defector who listened to clandestine radio,We used to listen all your struggles and empathized a lot with the Polish nation and Les Waleza.

[UDSS]

Well Castro did destroyed US imperialism in Cuba. But he never gave the workers freedom. In Cuba a bureaucracy came to power, a bureaucracy based on the soviet system.

That bureaucracy is still popular, because Fidel Castro remained head of state until 2008. But now times are changing. Raul Castro will reintroduced capitalism slowly, because that is what all Stalinist leaders do. Cuba must become genuine socialist, the workers must rule and not the bureaucracy of the Cuban communist party.

[moccha1993]

Thank you for uploading this! Long live the socialist world republic!

[rhoniker]

This nigga got owned

[kongu2552]

kill shot!!!!!!

[napajedlacek]

CASTRO BETRAYED REVOLUTION !

[akumie]

Viva cuba, puta norte america

fuck usa who think they own so many countries

we salut the dead soldiers of usa who died outside of there country for fighting wars that had nothing to do with self defence

[parkie101010]

Thanks for calling folks who took the time to watch fuckers. Maybe its different as a Canadian. I've been to Havana more than once and know it well. Its your loss to the south of us. In many ways also a dodgy example. Having stayed with a family times are amazingly hard, Cuba has become a Canadian Hawaii without the mob influence and what a shame due to the embargo that we all know to bring basic things like aspirin, tampons and things for the children. Viva Cuba. Viva Canada. A PM here agreed.

[EdwardRommel]

@parkie101010

Why doesn't Castro allow free and open elections?...what is he afraid of?

[Sheepytown]

@EdwardRommel Election Fraud.

[UDSS]

@EdwardRommel

Castro thinks that those who oppose socialism would try to poison the minds of the Cubans. Fidel Castro is what we Marxists call a reformist ( post Stalin ) Stalinist. He believes that all enemies of socialism have right to freedom of speech. Cuba and North Korea are both Stalinist. But in Cuba Stalinism is very reformed and not that hardcore totalitarian, like in North Korea.

But still Cuba remains a bureaucratic dictatorship, which is not genuine socialist.

[EdwardRommel]

@UDSS Without free and open elections there is always massive corruption because absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Cuba needs free and open elections, freedom of speech, assembly and press, a Parliament with multiple parties and hopefully separation of church and state.

Compare and contrast Puerto Rico with Cuba....P.R. is happy, wealthy and democratic....Cuba is unhappy, poor, and a dictatorship...so sad. It didn't have to be that way!

[Beatboard20]

That's what the U.S. wants you to think.

[CorrectionPen]

i thought fidel castro turned out to be a dictator worse than batista. didnt he ban religious and nationalize all private property in cuba? the people in cuba got screwed over right??

[storyb23]

@CorrectionPen yes, that's what the United States wants us to think. But here is this 50 year old documentary, the sheer proof showing that Castro was benevolent and still is to this day as he grows old and weary.

Nationalize means to put the property into the hands of the public, the whole country. It's like a public library, it's nationalized, we own it because it is paid for with our tax money. It is ours to use whenever we desire. It's not a bad thing.