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Cuba the “sugar bowl of the world” now has to import sugar. Teach the children. Big Governments can wreck anything.

Posted by freedomforall 1 week ago to Government
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"Spare a thought for the people of Cuba. In October, Cuba suffered through a week of extended blackouts when 7 out of 8 power plants were out of action. After power was restored it meant people in Havana, the capital city, got 4 or 5 hours of electricity a day. (So they only had 20 hour blackouts each day, instead of 24 hour ones.) According to The National, people often travel by horse-drawn carts rather than motor cars, and in the countryside, it’s a common sight to see ploughs being pulled by oxen. “Motorways connecting major cities are eerily quiet. ”"
SOURCE URL: https://joannenova.com.au/2024/12/great-communist-successes-cuba-the-sugar-bowl-of-the-world-now-has-to-import-sugar/

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    Posted by Lucky 6 days, 10 hours ago
    "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there 'd be a shortage of sand"
    Milton Friedman

    For those who thought Friedman was using poetic exaggeration, note, Cuba now has to import sugar.

    This is worth reading, Joanne Nova's theme is
    ."Big Governments can wreck anything."

    Comments are good, Australian emphasis eg. east coast states are precariously short of natural gas,
    no surprise when exploration is prohibited, reserves are very large, but 'we to save the planet'.
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    • Posted by freedomforall 6 days, 4 hours ago
      And the corrupt morons in Canberra shut down the primary less expensive source of electricity -
      the coal fired generation plants that could have run for another 10-15 years easily and provided
      power at less than AU$0.10 per kwh to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the rest of
      the Australian east coast.
      They have enough cheap coal to run Australia for 500 years (pre-AI energy wasting devices.)
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  • Posted by Eyecu2 5 days, 4 hours ago
    They have done this to themselves. Were they to stand up and take their country back. They could turn their country into anything that they desire. Therefore this says to me that this is what they desire.
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    • Posted by VetteGuy 5 days, 1 hour ago
      I think the majority of Cubans were sold a bill of goods when they adopted communism. Some, of course, saw what was coming and got out any way they could (and a few that escaped are now speaking out against the communist/socialist element in this country).

      Those that remained are too beaten down to fight back. Once they let the Castros take over, there was no going back. A dictator is hard to get rid of. This should be a warning to us. I hope we learn the lesson!
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      • Posted by Eyecu2 4 days, 20 hours ago
        I have an ancestor who came to Florida from Cuba. I say ancestor because he came to Florida while both were still under Spanish rule. So obviously my scant Cuban heritage has nothing to do with the time frame when Cuba became communist.
        With that said you are correct in that it is easier to maintain than it is to recover and the Cubans would have a tough time making a change. It would be well worth it to rise up and make the change though. Yes there would be truck loads of blood but they did this to themselves and they will pay for it in blood no matter what and have been paying for over 50 years now. So at least making the change would make it better for their progeny.
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    • Posted by freedomforall 5 days, 3 hours ago
      Is the US what you desire?
      It certainly is NOT what I desire, but I have no practical way to change it short of violent revolution.
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      • Posted by Eyecu2 5 days, 1 hour ago
        No, America is not currently what I desire. However I am not unhappy enough yet to rise to violance. Therefore, I have worked within the system in an effort to improve what America is. First, I vote. Second, I am a teacher and I try to reach as many as possible. To hopefully build strong minds that will think for themselves and hopefully lean towards conservative values. Moreover I am active in my community and try to advance conservative values.

        Have I made a difference? I know that I have. Have I turned the tide? HELL NO! But I am fighting and I will only quit once I am dead or win.

        The Cubans on the other hand installed Communism and have pushed back. Except for those who fled.
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