RIP Fidel Castro
RIP Fidel Castro
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- _niko6
RIP comandante, the last of his kind, ultimate symbol of anti- globalization.
The fact that he went in, with a handful of men and women, and started a revolution in Cuba, and held power for 50 years all the while sticking up by his middle finger to the United States is nothing short of remarkable.
Say what you will about the freedom on the island and the human rights record, but his people are some of the smartest, well educated and well trained people on earth. Given the little resources it has, Cuban's doctors and medical system are renowned the world over.
I think even though they have a standard of living way below what we're used to in the west, life for the average (poor) citizen is much better than life for the average (poor) citizen in most countries in Latin America, South America, Mexico and even the United States where crime, guns and gangs are rampant.
Had great experiences every time I've been there, love the people and the island and the cigars lol, but I have a feeling it's all going to go to hell as soon as the first Golden Arches go up.
- Although having said this I've never heard of anyone building a makeshift raft and defecting into Cuba lol_niko
- the people are absolutely useless and dependant on the gov't. anyone who was smart and resourceful left the island a long time ago. everyone lives in miseryhotroddy
- fidel lived in an ivory tower.hotroddy
- lol niko is utterly clueless, go change your underwear nikoterry_cloth
- have you been to cuba or are you talking out of your ass again?_niko
- this is my personal experience, never said it was a paradise, just offering my observations, if you want to debate my points go ahead but don't be a troll._niko
- you can set your watch by terry_cloth comments - reliable as clockworkFax_Benson
- lol, nope, never been to cuba, i have worked with cubans that have told me pretty much the exact opposite of what you said though. i'll take their word over yoterry_cloth
- -urs. so, whose ass is doing the talking? have you been to cuba niko, their standard of living is better than in the US? you sure you've been to cuba niko?terry_cloth
- lol yes many times, , i think you never bother reading peoples notes and just get triggered by keywords lol._niko
- yea, so triggered, totally. tell me more about how cuba has a better standard of living than the US, fucking retardterry_cloth
- Lol read my notes , I compared Cuba to Haiti not the United States you triggered snowflake lol_niko
- honesy why bother trolling? You never have anything of substance to say or have any arguments, you just resort to name calling which is weak as fuck._niko
- "is much better than life for the average (poor) citizen. . .and even the United States where crime, guns and gangs are rampant."terry_cloth
- oh what was that? what were you saying?terry_cloth
- idiotterry_cloth
- why compare to haiti and not DR or PR?hotroddy
- ^a much better comparison. anyways, sorry about the name calling niko, you're not an idiot, your just saying idiotic shitterry_cloth
- Fair enough but you take a poor black kid in Cuba and compare him to a poor black kid in Detroit or any US ghetto I'd argue that the Cuban kid has it better._niko
- Free education for life, free universal health care, no guns, less if any drugs, less if any violence and less if any racism._niko
- For a small nation of only 11 million, they punch way above their weight in healthcare, education etc. They have produced some of the greatest literary works in_niko
- ...the Spanish language, their athletes consistently over perform in the Olympics, baseball, chess and boxing._niko
- Again, until you've been there, spoken to the people on the ground and lived their amazing culture, you have no idea how proud and strong these people are._niko
- And really, to rule for 50 years, outlast 10 presidents (since Eisenhower!) survive 66 assassination attempts while thumbing his nose at the world's superpower_niko
- Is nothing short of remarkable._niko
- Do you know that Cuba sends 10's of thousands of medical and other professionals abroad to help impoverished third world countries?_niko
- Not bad for a brutal regime https://en.m.wikiped…_niko
- wow, _niko, you go somewhere for vacation and you think you live the same life of the local, fuckn lol, what is this lunacy, It takes a minimum of a year livingGeorgesII
- in a country to start seeing the layers of life, but you believe because you talked with people that would be disappeared if they spoke what was on their mindGeorgesII
- makes you an expert, godammit, I've been living here 2 years and I can't even hazard to know what all german thinks, but you go there for vacation, spend US $$$GeorgesII
- and that makes you some kind of expert, shit this is both funny and sadGeorgesII
- +1 Georgespablo28
- Lol Not an expert just my opinion. Where did I say I was an expert. By the same token does it make you a fucking expert in Cuba by not having been there?_niko
- But you and everyone else seem to have an opinion on Cuba as well._niko
- You say he did tons of bad things I say he did tons of good. He did both. Is one of us right and the other wrong? Did anyone say he was an angel?_niko
- Can you name me a government with a spotless human rights record? I'll look internally to Canada and see what a shitty job we've done with our natives._niko
- You want to look at america's human rights record? Or maybe Mexico or any other Latin or South American country. Are any spotless?_niko
- Or you want to talk about any country in Africa or the Middle East? China maybe? No lets talk about little Fidel and his little island._niko
- "Say what you will about the freedom on the island and the human rights record" I stopped reading there, for fucks sake...ernexbcn
- Well, least both regimes share some common ground. They both have prison camps used for torture on Cuban soil. - ducks for cover.monoboy
- niko, you are fighting a battle you won't win. You are debating tools that have showed their own head so deep their own ass...pr2
- ...that it's impossible for them to see the light.pr2
- Long live la revolucion camaradas!valentim