Fidel Castro has died

Re:Fidel Castro has died by gaius on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:00AM (#13042777)

None of that is true. I've been to Havana; I've seen the buildings where 3 families are crammed into an apartment meant for one, where the windows are covered with cardboard because there's no glass, the electricity is on a few hours a day, where the concrete is crumbling so badly you could break it off with your fingers.

And I've seen just outside town the gorgeous villas with manicured gardens and water features, where members of the Party live. There's inequality in the West but nothing like there is in the "worker's paradise".

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by crdoconnor on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:12AM (#13042803)

Try working on minimum wage in London.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by gaius on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:26AM (#13042840)

My first job in London in the 90s was £3/hr. But tell me more about this "minimum wage" - £7.50/hr isn't it?

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by crdoconnor on Saturday November 26, 2016 @09:09AM (#13043537)

First tell me more about how much rent you paid in the early 90s.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by varjag on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:22AM (#13042827)

There are legal, efficient ways out of poverty in the UK. There are none on Cuba.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by IslaDeEncanta on Saturday November 26, 2016 @12:20PM (#13044701)

Cubans do not live in poverty. There are neither rich nor poor. And if you think there's an "efficient" way to escape poverty in the UK, you've never been poor.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by varjag on Saturday November 26, 2016 @01:26PM (#13045125)

Cubans are poor, and even those who are better off (within Cuban legal bounds) still live miserable lives compared to an average UK poor.

Unlike the USA, the UK has efficient universal healthcare and access to quality education, plus working safety net for the citizens. It might not be easy to rise from the poverty, but it is possible and indeed, most Britons are doing OK.

As to your small personal dab, I grew up in a Communist country and am familiar with the package, don't need no lectures from guys in Che t-shirts.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by throwaway-hn123 on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:55AM (#13042914)

I bet you've spent a lot of time in some of the estates in Tottenham, Harlesden or Haringey.

You went on a tourists' visit of poverty. Try doing the same in London, and let's see how you do there, bruv.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by gaius on Saturday November 26, 2016 @07:41AM (#13043221)

I have and the worst sink estate in London is nothing like as bad as Havana, at least not in terms of the physical infrastructure. Crime is probably worse in London.

And yes I am aware that as a tourist those are the bits I was allowed to see; I'll wager the "real" Cuba is far worse.

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Re:Fidel Castro has died by gaius on Saturday November 26, 2016 @08:41AM (#13043445)

When were you in Cuba?

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