Reply #76: So Cuba is not a communist state, [View All]

[passy]

Fine lets just say that it is a socialist state, I can live with that as after all it is quite peaceful and lenient when compared with North Korea for example.
"it's socialist. With some authoritarian characteristics I don't like."
I guess the Soviet Union under Gorbachev was socialist too, but sadly they still had the KGB and they restricted travel outside of the Eastern Bloc, is it that kind of authoritarian characteristics you don't like?
Now I'm not dissing Cuba or what has been achieved under Castro nor am I comparing it to the US, but as the saying goes you have to break the eggs to make the omelet and you can't deny that oppression of the opposition by violent means ever took place in Cuba.
If you truly believe that any leader can stay in power this long without resorting to violence then all I can say is that Castro is a modern day saint whose goodness and fairness must be greatly appreciated by his people for everyday that passes.