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Re:Cuba's power grid fails, plunging country into darkness by jrflowers on Saturday October 19, 2024 @12:00AM (#41885555)
I’ve always wondered —- if communism is so inherently flawed that it will by definition go away on its own, why bother punishing or fighting it? The US embargo on Cuba seems kind of silly if communism would evaporate on its own
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Re:Cuba's power grid fails, plunging country into darkness by proc0 on Saturday October 19, 2024 @12:01AM (#41885558)
I literally stated the opposite of that.. it keeps re-emerging because it takes advantage of feelings. People want to fix the problems of the world, communism offers solutions that don't work but sound nice.
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Re:Cuba's power grid fails, plunging country into darkness by jrflowers on Saturday October 19, 2024 @12:07AM (#41885565)
I see, I misunderstood you. You were saying that there is no issue inherent to the tenets of communism that would make it fail
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Re:Cuba's power grid fails, plunging country into darkness by graeme on Saturday October 19, 2024 @07:13AM (#41887160)
You're referring to the govt failing to maintain itself in power, whereas OP is referring to a govt failing as a functional system for the improvement of society.
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