Concerning recent articles about the survival of the revolution in Cuba, and the reasons that may contribute to its self-destruction, I have not found a single one dealing with the nature of property. Several reasons determine the self-destruction of Communism –suppression of democracy and its concomitant freedoms, repression, the notion of the supreme leader’s infallibility …
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Leading by example
In all countries the average man and woman are aware that the living standard of heads of state and governments, and their relatives, is much higher than their own.
Despite the wealth of information that Internet provides, it is nearly impossible to read a tiny fraction of the speeches, declarations, press conferences and interviews that kings, queens, presidents, and prime ministers have given or issued in the last century. Yet, in a six-year research, I haven’t found one speech from a democratic leader exhorting its people to live austerely, renounce to consumerism, and patiently endure privations.
Double Standards
Forty-seven years ago, in the small hours of New Year’s Day, 1959, Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba and his reign of terror crumbled in a matter of hours. He had led a coup d’ état against a constitutionally elected government on March 10, 1952. On March 27 of that same year, the Eisenhower administration formally recognized the usurper.
A latter-day King
Louis XIV allegedly said “I am the state.” What might have prompted him to affirm that, or something to that effect, was that in his time —17th-century France—the idea that the interests of the state should go before those of the monarch was rapidly gaining ground.
On August 29, 2007 the Cuban Boxing Federation announced that the national team won’t compete in the world championships in Chicago (…)
Fiftieth Anniversary of Communism in Cuba
I have been fortunate to witness two remarkable, although quite different, political events in my lifetime.
The first took place in 1959. In the early hours of January 1, dictator Fulgencio Batista, his relatives and closest collaborators fled Cuba.
