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Old 02-19-2008, 07:41 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Elbmek View Post
Communist is great, on paper, but in real life cannot flourish - but did it in Cuba? I would be very interested in peoples views of communist Cuba.
Sure it flourished. Free health care for all [cue Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life . . . ]. A high literacy rate so people could read the state controlled press.

Of course, dire poverty, lack of services, and the strong desire to flee to the freedom that the US offered kind of diminishes that flourishing, don't you think?
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