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Re:Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’ by coliveira on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:06PM (#15366504)
There are many problems in Cuba, but what this article is saying is based on pure propaganda. Of course these doctors are not receiving money as they would in the US, this is the whole point of a communist system. In the other hand they didn't have to pay anything for education during their whole life, unlike the US where just a few people have the money and/or opportunity to go to medical school. It is just like going to Cuban managers and saying that they wished to live in a capitalist system where they would made 10 times more than their poor friends. It doesn't make it right.

In other words, this article is trying to attack Cuba for what it did right as a communist country, not for what it did wrong. If this were the worst that came out from Cuba, then it would be pretty close to perfect.

Re:Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’ by trgv on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:38PM (#15366793)
Ehhhh, up to a point.

The thing you're not mentioning is that these doctors don't live in Cuba. They live in capitalist countries in which the government doesn't (even try to) provide X, Y, and Z.

Sure, the doctors got a free education, and that's worth a lot. But at some point they'll have paid off the value of that education and after that point, they're still being taxed at some very high rate and they're seeing no benefit from those taxes because they live in Brazil. Seems like exploitation to me.

Re:Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’ by eradicatethots on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:52PM (#15366906)
It’s rare to see an article about exploited people met with “yes they’re actually exploited, and that’s very sad” on this website.
Re:Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’ by agumonkey on Friday September 29, 2017 @12:49PM (#15366877)
That says something about human nature. Many want to satisfy themselves in a way that money conveys.

I wonder if other countries (US, France, England...) students would see things like this Cuban doctor if they had full medical education for free. Would they think relatively to the tuition system ? would they say that being able to cure people is so worthy they'd do it for free.

Re:Cuban Doctors Revolt: ‘You Get Tired of Being a Slave’ by rvail2 on Friday September 29, 2017 @01:08PM (#15367067)
Your response sounds a lot more like propaganda than the article.