Reply #46: Not entirely accurate, and a bad excuse [View All]

[MellowDem]

Cuba's national security and autonomy has not been under threat for a couple decades now, not the last 48 years. And you say that the most important aspect of the Cuban system is that it is administered by a Cuban dictator, instead of a foreign one? I realize Cubans are far better off now than before, but if you want to use that as a reason to keep them under a dictatorship, that is disgusting. You don't think the Cuban people are capable of democracy?

And, under your system of "a certain degree of authoritarianism", you are leaving a lot to chance. Sure, you can have the generous and wise king who looks after his people, or you can get the asshole who wants to spend lavishly on himself and cow the people with fear. That's the chance you take when your current authoritarian dies and a new one has to step in. It is always a dilemma and huge crisis, often one that leads to widespread suffering and civil war... unless you keep it in the family, like good ol' Revolutionary Castro is doing. Ironic that such a revolutionist is now using a hereditary system of government, one of the most ancient, to pass on power.

Cuba is not a democracy, and there is NO reason it should not be. Cuba is not under any threat anymore, it's just a bunch of bullshit to keep the Castro family in power. You know, with your line of reasoning, you should think Bush should suspend democracy since the 9/11 attacks. After all, we're in a war on terror, and this is no time to have such "luxuries" as democracy.