| Not that a socialist Cuba, even with the embargo, is such a terrible thing: Twice as many doctors per capita than the US, 44 times as many college graduates and doctoral degrees as before the revolution, an increase in life expectancy of 15 years, the complete dissolution of even functional illiteracy, free education all through professional studies, and the fact that they regularly export literacy programs, health care workers, and, well, lots and lots of doctors.
Besides, what this thread is missing is an indication of what the Cuban people think of the last five decades in their country.
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |