Can you imagine what Cuba would be like today economically if 100 times larger Big Brother America did not have it's cowboy boot on Cuba's throat for 50 years ...
Two problems with this narrative:
* The mean nasty US has no foot - booted or otherwise - on the Island of Cuba, except for Guantanamo Bay Naval Base ... for which the mean nasty US pays rent. Further, other than during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US has not blockaded Cuba, not even partially.
* From 1959 through 1989 (or so) Cuba has a technologically advanced patron, the USSR. How did Cuba remain an economic hell-hole despite those 30 years of patronage and subsidy?
Star Retard Fred Sanders (14,558 posts)
10. Cubans have been defecting for 50 years, as economic interests can overwhelm all else.
Ummmm ... those Cubans sought something much greater than economic opportunity, something Freddo seemingly cannot/will not see, freedom.