Re:The Cuban CDN
by Nutomic on Friday August 19, 2016 @02:05PM
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I was in Cuba this January, and I didn't get the feel that this was illegal. We bought the cards on a busy street in Havanna with no problems at all. Also, we paid 2 CUC and were told the official price was 1 CUC.
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I did the same last October. It's definitely illegal, only ETECSA kiosks are allowed to sell the cards. But resellers are ubiquitous and it seems that the authorities mostly turn a blind eye.
Like in all other mixed economies, EVERYTHING is illegal, but the authorities mostly turn a blind eye.
EXCEPT when they want to destroy your life or make you suffer for any reason, then they'll look at you specifically.
It's not just mixed economies:
https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp...
US is a mixed economy too :P
The U.S. Embassy in Germany agrees with you.
>The United States is said to have a mixed economy because privately owned businesses and government both play important roles.
Make everyone a criminal so you have an excuse to get rid of those you don't like.
Re:The Cuban CDN
by tuna-piano on Friday August 19, 2016 @03:26PM
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From what I saw a few times, it seemed to be pretty similar to a drug dealer standing on a street corner in a bad part of town in the US. Careful, but still kind of obvious. A couple times they made "pssst" noises to me as they showed me a card. I have no actual idea how much authorities targeted the dealings, besides seeing the level of inconspicuousness of the sales.