I have noticed that on wikipedia Cuba's HDI had fallen from .815 being as high as any imperialist european country, and second largest in Latin America to .777 sixth largest in Latin America and only 77th in the world. I have checked wikipedia history and found this
Probably Cuba didn't really fall but capitalists are hiding and/or fudging stats of HDI in socialist countries, same with DPRK.
Jack Sanchez
didnt mean to sage
Blake Garcia
The truth is different and more grim. Cuba was richer during the times of SU, and is still a better place to live than majority of the world. It's just that the rest of the world is so shit that Cuba seems like a paradise
Ian Campbell
Soviet Union bought Cuban sugar at high prices to keep Castro cooperative. Without USSR handholding them anymore the profit margin on Cuba's main export went way down.
Camden Peterson
yeah the USSR subsidized them
Hispanics tend to create better countries than africans yes
Cuba is no paradise lol(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
It still is a better country to live in then neighboring ones. A lot of people around the globe would actually be happy to live like a Cuban. That isn't something to be happy about.
I'm not saying Cuba is bad. For a third world nation it's one of the best, if not the best.
Jackson Hill
with the exception of the US and the bahamas
then why are so many people fleeing Cuba? if people are leaving en mass it could hardly be considered a paradise
Ryan Adams
I haven't looked at living standards in Bahamas. US is self explanatory. Because it's a poor nation. The emigration in Cuba is smaller than in the Dominican republic, which is next door.
Angel Williams
my point exactly. you have cognitive dissonance
Chase Moore
For a third world nation. It has higher job security and it's healthcare is better than in neighboring regions. The live expectancy is the highest among the neighboring regions.
Gabriel Jenkins
then why are people running away at such high rates
Juan Wilson
Not the other guy, but Cuba is a country that makes the best of its poverty. By no fault of its own is it poor (because of the embargo), and for a country as poor as it is, it's also incredibly good at healthcare and education in a way that the US can't even compete with.
Jace Reed
That's a good question. Maybe this needs to be investigated. Who is running away, and why?
Henry Johnson
you're fucking clueless. The US is the imperial capital of course it's gonna have more riches. The Bahamas is an extremely tiny country held up by nothing but a massive fucking tourist industry. You're basically conceding the point here.
they are not. this is just a lie
Chase Smith
Because they are poor? If we go by your logic, there are few places people don't emigrate from. Like I said it's not that more people are leaving Cuba than (capitalist) Dominican Republic. Those pictures you see of people coming from Cuba on rafts are from 90s, which is when Cuba was in an extremely bad state.
Dude, you're one of the poorest, shittiest thinkers on this board. The dude said that in comparison to other shitty, poor nations, Cuba was a paradise, but still poor. You're a hack dude. You're not even consistent enough to be a decent troll.
last I checked the US wasn't under any sanctions With autists like you, I really wonder how anyone on this board can stop themselves from going anti-a.merican
James Brown
which is why it is a better place it live autist
Grayson Williams
I'm glad you can at least understand that.
Jacob Morris
DEAR LIBRUSLS: if cuba is so much better than the US, then why is cuba under embargos and the US isnt????
Juan Bennett
Embargoes means you are so strong you need to be culled.
Jonathan Hernandez
Haiti has a net positive emigration rate?
Daniel Jones
Yes and war torn Libya with Yemen and Iraq. Strange, huh?
Kevin Rivera
Looks like that new r/socialism mod is at it again.
Jace Hall
Until recently the US basically offered free citizenship to undocumented migrants coming from Cuba. Imagine what would happen if they adopted the same policy towards any other South American country…
Jackson Cook
I have never heard of this, and it blows my mind. Bet you wouldn't hear that shit from any "anti-immigration" politician
Landon Adams
this is why you shouldn't put tr*nnies in the moderation team
I don't think the emigration rates are particularly high IIRC. Emigration rates have been higher in nearby capitalist countries (Mexico, Guatemala, for example) than in Cuba.
Jacob Gonzalez
This is true This is also true And also true, no country on Earth is a paradise. Why did this user get banned again?