The labour minister announces a major reform to the communist country's state-controlled economy.

uhh can anyone debunk this if it isn't true, or clarify if this is some dengist thing

Labour Minister Marta Elena Feito said the list of authorised industries had expanded from 127 to more than 2,000.

Only a minority of industries would be reserved for the state, she said.

  • CommieElon [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Small businesses have been operating in Cuba for a while now. Most Cubans have a side job or side business alongside their “main job”. I think this move just legitimizes the informal economy that exists alongside the state economy. Not really a big deal as the media is making it out to be unless someone wants to correct me.

    There were some articles I was reading on Cuban cooperatives which the state is trying to push as a form of middle ground for their economy. So I hope Cuba at least moves to a more market socialist economy in the near future to continue their development.

    • asaharyev [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Even Cuba seems to be submitting to the gig economy, I guess.

        • Pezevenk [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          It's not a socialist economy if it's doing the same things capitalist economies are doing lol

          • kronkfresh [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            im imagining a world where apps like uber exist but the only cut from the courier's labor is whatever is required to develop and maintain the app/infrastructure. non-profit uber. it would be great, and an excellent service job. drivers could be making bank if companies like grub hub and uber weren't, well, companies

          • StolenStalin [comrade/them,they/them]
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            4 years ago

            Ah yes its got a bunch of homeless jobless people without healthcare dying of covid like its capitalist neighbor.

            My real question is.

            If a REAL communist society managed to spring up. How long would the US wait to nuke it? So many leftist people i see dont think about how the US and capital will react (and interact/interfere). Not just physically but with spies and propaganda and embargoes.

            Its almost like we were trained from birth to have some sort of automatic reaction to certain places and groups and leftism doesnt automatically remove brainworms.

            • Pezevenk [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Ah yes its got a bunch of homeless jobless people without healthcare dying of covid like its capitalist neighbor.

              There is plenty of poverty in Cuba and there are plenty of capitalist countries that do far better in terms of healthcare and overall living standards. Of course, it isn't a fair comparison because these countries have gotten much richer via imperialism and, well, not getting embargoed and bullied. However you are explaining why they failed, which doesn't show they didn't fail. They did. It's mostly not their fault, but they did.