Lmao let’s start with the fact that Cuba lost its sugar economy because the US started releasing plagues in our country. But yea let me not speak on how racist it is to relegate a Black Country to “a sugar plantation”. https://t.co/75LFFoHta0— mambí (@mambi26) March 26, 2021
here we have a unique case of a maoist calling cuba a "banana republic" of the soviet union because it received aid from it
I agree that Cuba should have tried that (and to some extent did). But I also think that Cuba had a number of points like being relatively more modernised that meant a primarily Soviet Model worked better over a more Maoist one.
And I think that's enabled Cuba's ability to maintain a more robust grassroots democratic system than other AES states. Of all the Communist states Cuba has made the least ideological compromises.
Remember when Castro got desperate in the 90s and tried to sell people a bunch of golf courts? Cuba is better than most but let's be honest, right now it is overreliant on Canadian tourism and simply wishes to become either the next Burma or the next Vietnam depending on how much the Americans force them to rely on chinese trade.
I agree that Cuba should have tried that (and to some extent did). But I also think that Cuba had a number of points like being relatively more modernised that meant a primarily Soviet Model worked better over a more Maoist one.
And I think that's enabled Cuba's ability to maintain a more robust grassroots democratic system than other AES states. Of all the Communist states Cuba has made the least ideological compromises.
Remember when Castro got desperate in the 90s and tried to sell people a bunch of golf courts? Cuba is better than most but let's be honest, right now it is overreliant on Canadian tourism and simply wishes to become either the next Burma or the next Vietnam depending on how much the Americans force them to rely on chinese trade.
Oh, they're not perfect, absolutely. But seige socialism is a bitch to deal with.