Reply #11: A terrible form of abuse is the suffering brought about by poverty and inequity of....

[Mika]

.... rapacious exploitation and über consumerism based economies.

Yeah, Cuba might have had the highest #s of TV's per capita pre-revolution (one TV in every suite of the plantation mansions), but the vast majority of Cubans were abjectly poor without any safety net whatsoever.

Now, despite being a small island economy under extraterritorial sanctions, Cubans have world class social infrastructures that treats and protects everyone well, but their per capita electronic gadgetry stats do lag somewhat compared to über consumer economies.


Sadly, many seem to equate access and ability to afford electronic gadgetry to be one and the same with freedom and democracy.


Thanks for posting your observations. :hi:

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