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[–] 62 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (21 children)

The revolution freed the slaves in Cuba, ended its colonialism by the US, provided free medicine and education for every citizen, reformed land so there were no big landlords any longer, created vast amounts of infrastructure in rural areas that did not have any before this, and much, much more. The ones killed by the revolution were the fascists in the Batista regime. Marxism-Leninism is the ideology of the liberation of the working classes around the world.

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  • [–] 36 points 16 hours ago (12 children)

    Cuba has more doctors per sq. inch than another country in NA. Everybody in Cuba is highly educated despite it being a place where not the smartest people vacation to. Only reason Cuba is not an economic power house is because of the embargo that's been going on for 50 years.

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  • [–] 31 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

    indeed. the biggest reason socialism fails is because capitalists keep kneecaping it, not because its a flawed system.

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  • [–] 12 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

    The narrative that socialism has always failed is also wrong, too. Cuba is doing far better than they would have for its people had it remained a sugar colony. China is quickly advancing to the top of the world stage. Socialism does work, despite siege, even if it would do better without it.

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  • [–] 6 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

    Shit I'd argue Cubans got it better then Americans rn. At least thier cancer gets treated.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 hours ago* (1 child)

    Their scientists also developed a very potent cure for Alzheimers disease named NeuralCIM. Dr. Bill Blanchet, a US doctor is helping US patients to get treatment in Cuba. AFAIK the only western country doing a clinical trial with it is Canada.

    https://peertube.world/w/bNvRKtYhHeFB6CxQnmNERf

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  • [–] 11 points 15 hours ago

    Right now the genocidal blockade is preventing vital cancer-treating medicine from entering Cuba, so while Cuba does have numerous advantages over the US even with its imperialism, right now the people are being starved and cut off of vital necessities.

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  • [+] -9 points 17 hours ago (7 children)

    "everybody I don't like is a fascist"

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  • [–] 13 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

    I don't like fascists, and Fulgencio Batista certainly was.

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  • [–] -1 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

    Is that the only person che murdered? The post sugeested a few other people. Were all the murdered gays also fascists?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

    Gay people weren't murdered. The revolutionary government did continue the former reactionary policy towards gay people and imprisoned them, but this was corrected and overturned through the newly implemented democratic system. Today, Cuba is one of the most LGBTQIA+ countries on the planet thanks to their popular Family Code.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

    That's not what the OP claims. And they are not talking about today's Cuba, so you might as well tell me how ancient Greece viewed it, equally irrelevant.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

    The OP is wrong, lmao. And modern Cuba has only been a state since 1959, Batista's regime is living memory for some. Be more serious.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

    I've literally never been wrong about anything at any point in my life... I did just finish blackshirts and reds, thanks for the rec. I'm starting Communism: A History by Richard Pipes next. Then the Soviet Century by Lewin.

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