Senate The legacy of Fidel Castro (1926-2016), and the future of Cuba

Fidel Castro has died at 90 years old, surviving multiple threats and assassination attempts since the Cuban Revolution of 1959.

What is his legacy, and what is the future of Cuba?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cubas-fidel-castro-defied-us-054955306.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...us_55e89377e4b0aec9f356957c?adibx0qp60yrjm7vi

 

Great 1950s US cars, cigars, rum, t-shirts stencils with his pal Che Guveara, and doing the best he could with what the US had imposed upon his country?

 

If only he hadn't rounded up homosexuals, tried to end the world in nuclear war, and done so many tyrannical things. If only he'd been willing to give his power back to the people.

I have masses of sympathy and respect for Cuba, but I'll only apologise for Castro up to a point.

 

True. thank goodness the US government has never repressed homosexuals or got to the brink of ending the world with nuclear war, huh?

I'm no fan of Castro, but I'm no fan of lots of political behaviour.

 

It is widely accepted US sanctions strengthened Castro, not weaken the regime. Uncle Sam indirectly kept him in power and gave a lightening rod to rally support among the people; Cubans might have revolted in the 80s, like the rest of central and Latin America, if it wasn't for American sanctions.

 

It only takes 2016 one attempt to kill someone off.

 

I was in no way defending America.

 

You mean the cigar and rum businesses he illegally seized when he took power?

Certainly not defending the Batista regime. But he was scarcely better.

 

great appearances in video games.

 

"Fidel Castro is dead."

"...Who?"

>.< *shows picture*

"The Tropico guy is dead? Woah, ****."

 

Castro was a tyrant, so I can't say that this is the worst thing in the world. One thing I will is that I think the people of the left will be too quick to defend him while being too harsh upon Western political leaders they don't like, while people of the right will be to quick to claim he is 'the worst tyrant ever' while not realising he is probably on par with some leaders they'd give some form of a pass. The partisan hypocrisy is pretty evident with this death. He was a dictator, however was probably a bit on the better side as far as dictators go.

 

Finally, we can focus on the suffering and injustice in Cuba that actually matters.

AMERICAN JOB CREATORS. FREE MARKET

 

From "He's still living?" to "Not anymore". Pretty big news.

 

Does the "both sides are equally bad look how moderate I am" schtick ever get old?

 

Don't know. How is the "I'm a brainless nimrod schtick" working for you, Vivienne?

Edit: actually, I'm happily married; have two daughters I adore; a job that I enjoy, pays well and allows me hours that mean I can spend ample time with said wife and daughters; a top notch health care system; great ski areas; good friends.

Anything else you'd like to know?

 

Do you get all your insults from the fifth grade, or only the ones you use on the JCC?

 

lol... dude, you both sound like children.

 

Thanks harps. Yet another "I'm superior to both sides" brought to you by the harpua posting department!

 

Well, harpua is superior to most posters on the JCC so that checks out...

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/fidel-castro-obituary

Meanwhile the guardian has an excellent obituary on Castro, and even said some of the same things I've said in the deadpool thread. I'm sure they're just defending him, right Havac?

 

There's not really one mention in that article, and I've now read it, of anything he did that was bad. It's basically a puff-obit. Literally not one mention of "gay" or "homosexual" in the article at all, or anything else.

The closest it comes is this:

Which... lol... yes, that's why there were so many fleeing to Miami...

 

I mean it was.