A letter to the Editor

this video compares not so much people but ideologies. However people come to power is not the point. It is how they use the power they have gained. Both men pomised utopias and one has failed. Utopias cannot be done no matter how you distribute the wealth.

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[DataRelater]

Yes and No.

I agree we can't get all gooey-eyed over everything Obama says or promises.

But this analogy falls flat.

Castro used/uses violence, murder and imprisonment to gain power, silence political enemies, and enforce impractical socialist programs.

Until that starts happening in the USA, this is not a credible analogy.

Whether it may happen someday is a matter for a separate video...which I'd honestly love to see.

*That* deserves exploration.

[johnorigen]

You said: "Castro used/uses violence, murder and imprisonment to gain power, silence political enemies, and enforce impractical socialist programs".

I would say manipulation comes in more forms than violent.

[nikonhaka]

Excellent video. Too bad more people didn't wake up to this before the election. There were many people saying the same thing, sadly Kool-Aid drinkers outnumber the Kool under fire thinkers. Welcome to America...tell me where are we go to be able to go in our rafts?

[johnorigen]

.."where are we go to be able to go in our rafts?"

You will have to use your American no-how and do it on your own without government assistant.

[angeilbabe10200]

uh I am really honny today! Anybody is bored too and want to msg meh

[barneyquicksilver]

Just because we disagree with the current President doesn't mean we are prejudice. I don't care what color he his, his policies are destroying the country!!

[OpenComments]

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[OpenComments]

The problem with anti-psychiatry is that the aim of many groups is to get you off medication, without much concern for the consequences. People with mental problems are given medicine for a reason. A life on psychiatric medication can be frustrating, because it will dull you down to some extent, and it will take away a bit of whom you are. Living without can be infinitely much worse.

[me2goodfoyou]

oh yea this totally makes sense since a president definitely has that much power here in the US....WTF?!!

[Theresa Smith]

You are such a short sighted idiot. Obama buys your loyalty with trinkets. Wake up! You probably don't earn much so you don't pay much in income taxes, so it doesn't matter to you how much they are. You probably have your kids on Medicaid or a state supported children's health care programs so you are good there and why shouldn't you suck everything you can from the government? You don't pay for it. The thing is most Americans don't think they just follow a crowd like a bunch of sheep.

[Theresa Smith]

For God sakes learn to spell.

[Andy Peterson]

Well done, bravo!!