Social Ecology

A nation, like Cuba for example, is a living thing that must maintain an ecological balance so as to accomplish three vital functions: gathering sustenance to feed and provide for the organism, reproduction of the organism to replenish and revitalize the stock and even increase in population and lastly develop an adequate defense to make the first two activities possible. A healthy organism is one where these three things remain in balance, which is to say that the time and effort providing for one of these biological needs does not adversely diminish the time and resources available for the other two.

With the human body it is easy to see how to exist in harmony with the earth environment. You get up everyday and go to work to create the wealth necessary to provide for your human needs like food, medicine and security and let's not forget about reproducing. However, as a young man Tomas spent way too much time chasing the ladies which left little time for producing much wealth or thinking about my security or health. As a result it almost cost me my life when I contracted encephalitis and lapsed into a coma for two weeks. When I awoke I knew something was not right with my life and I found out pretty damn quickly what it was. I realized then that I would need to keep my life in balance with the proper time and energy devoted to work and play. I knew my body would require adequate work along with proper rest. I concentrated on daily nourishment of my body and my mind. Doing these things made Tomas a healthier, more secure person and still there was adequate time for romance.

My point is Cuba is sickly. The simple reason for this is the organism is spending way too much time and resources on security at the detriment of reproduction and wealth production. Besides way too much national wealth being wasted on military armaments designed to defend against the Yankee boogie man that has never attacked, it is the time wasted getting around economic restrictions. Simply put, individual Cubans must have government permission with respect to any wealth creation or transfer which means all the national resources devoted to securing this apparatus actually blocks a great deal of wealth from ever being created. So because there is not enough to go around Cubans defend themselves by stealing what is available and transacting on the black market. The Cuban government is locked in an economic war with the Cuban people leaving the entire economy miserably out of balance.

Go ahead and do your dialog Raul but this is the problem in a nut shell. There is not enough time in a day for even the smartest man in the world to tell everybody what to do. The answer is so simple. Stop wasting time trying to make all the decisions about every aspect of wealth creation, and the people will stop wasting time trying to get around government restrictions which will leave the people plenty of time for making lots of wealth. This will lead to an increase in the Cuban population which will further increase the Cuban economy. Removing all restrictions on property ownership, not implementing an income tax and letting the clever Cuban people do their thing will unleash a miracle. Sorry but doing this will greatly diminish the need for any government services once the people are legally allowed to provide for themselves. But to fund the limited government use the land value tax based on location. Then the Cuban economy and the nation itself will be in balance and prosperous.

How about it Raul? You have seen the problem and it is you. You and the rest of your gang are in the way of the Cuban people's prosperity. Get out of the way or be run over.