> Socialism is not necessarily unworkable; rather, in a world full of forces trying to destroy you — for example, under decades-long economic blockade by the United States — it is impossible for Cubans to live a normal life

Socialists are the most disingenuous people in the whole world. Cuba wasn’t “blockaded” for decades. The US wouldn’t trade with it. But Spain and Germany are its second and third largest trading partners. You can rent BMWs in Cuba: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-cubacar-bmw-car-rental-hav...

Also, saying that not being able to freely trade with capitalist economies is the reason Cuban socialism didn’t work is a pretty ironic comment.

We know socialism doesn’t work because after the Chinese tried it tens of millions of people died and they switched to authoritarian capitalism instead. India and Bangladesh tried it for decades, and Indians and Bangladeshis are streaming into capitalist countries today—refugees of socialism. Even the fucking Germans couldn’t make socialism work. If the Germans and Chinese can’t make your thing work then it doesn’t work.