Hello Cuba!
You have been totally disillusioned by the broken promises of communism. But you see pictures of people living in the streets of America and you hear about all the violence and this sure does not sound appealing. What's a disillusioned Cuban to do? Tomas is feeling your pain. You see my amigos the evils that you experience in Cuba as well as the awful stuff you hear about that goes on in the states has one main root cause - collectivism.
Certainly these two countries of ours have developed their own nuances of collectivism like two hybrids of a rose plant. However, roses will always be roses and a collectivist will always be a collectivist. They are "groupers." In both nations we are more alike everyday however. Here's how:
1. We both use the same monetary systems - the fiat type. In your case Cuba uses two fiat money systems but the net result is the same. The government can print up as much as they like and reduce the purchasing power of us regular slaves.
2. Both our nations the government is in charge of and owns our bodies. They prescribe what is legal to ingest and violations of the government's edicts can result in long prison terms.
3. Our governments are heavily involved in human sexual behavior and reproduction. Though not consistent over the years our rulers have set forth varying legal sexual behavior and contractual relationship laws for private consenting adults. Tax law has been employed to manipulate birth decisions and at the same time tax money is spent on abortions. These decisions are made in both countries in the highest political offices in the land.
4. Cuba and the U.S. have governments deeply involved in the rearing of all children. In both countries the government can and does remove children from their parents' custody then requires the parents to plead and prove themselves worthy to merit return of their own children.
5. Our labor is taxed and regulated by our central national and local governments. In short, we are somewhat slaves suspended between being in the same circumstance as black slaves of the old south like convicts in each nation for violation of the above mentioned slave laws and others - and serfs having about 1/3 of our labor constantly being culled like in the middle ages. We are getting the Al Capone Special whether we like it or not because have they got an insurance policy that we'd have to be crazy to resist.
6. Americans and Cubans are numbered by the government and each individual must carry travel papers and present them any time a government official demands to see them.
7. Both nations set up road blocks, stop all vehicles and interrogate the passengers.
8. Our countries are heavily involved in manipulation of the publics' perception using media assets. In Cuba the people know the government controlled media is not reliable but in America the people unfortunately believe the media is somehow independent from the government which of course they are not. Therefore it makes manipulation of Americans' perception much easier than in Cuba. Essentially, Cubans know what is going on in Cuba but can't do anything about it. Americans don't have a clue and are not about to go about changing things by finding out.
I could go on for quite awhile amigos but I hope you get my point. We are both slaves to our government masters. I have no interest in running your life. I don't want any more power than to mind my own affairs. To sum up I want a new arrangement with a people and a government that recognizes the God given rights of the individual.
How about it Cubanos? I don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting Americans to wise up. They still think of themselves as free. At least you guys know the deal. You know what I'm talking about in Cuba - government sucks. So if you're interested in designing an honest government that recognizes the sovereignty of the individual I've got some ideas I've been trying to run by you ALL.
Certainly these two countries of ours have developed their own nuances of collectivism like two hybrids of a rose plant. However, roses will always be roses and a collectivist will always be a collectivist. They are "groupers." In both nations we are more alike everyday however. Here's how:
1. We both use the same monetary systems - the fiat type. In your case Cuba uses two fiat money systems but the net result is the same. The government can print up as much as they like and reduce the purchasing power of us regular slaves.
2. Both our nations the government is in charge of and owns our bodies. They prescribe what is legal to ingest and violations of the government's edicts can result in long prison terms.
3. Our governments are heavily involved in human sexual behavior and reproduction. Though not consistent over the years our rulers have set forth varying legal sexual behavior and contractual relationship laws for private consenting adults. Tax law has been employed to manipulate birth decisions and at the same time tax money is spent on abortions. These decisions are made in both countries in the highest political offices in the land.
4. Cuba and the U.S. have governments deeply involved in the rearing of all children. In both countries the government can and does remove children from their parents' custody then requires the parents to plead and prove themselves worthy to merit return of their own children.
5. Our labor is taxed and regulated by our central national and local governments. In short, we are somewhat slaves suspended between being in the same circumstance as black slaves of the old south like convicts in each nation for violation of the above mentioned slave laws and others - and serfs having about 1/3 of our labor constantly being culled like in the middle ages. We are getting the Al Capone Special whether we like it or not because have they got an insurance policy that we'd have to be crazy to resist.
6. Americans and Cubans are numbered by the government and each individual must carry travel papers and present them any time a government official demands to see them.
7. Both nations set up road blocks, stop all vehicles and interrogate the passengers.
8. Our countries are heavily involved in manipulation of the publics' perception using media assets. In Cuba the people know the government controlled media is not reliable but in America the people unfortunately believe the media is somehow independent from the government which of course they are not. Therefore it makes manipulation of Americans' perception much easier than in Cuba. Essentially, Cubans know what is going on in Cuba but can't do anything about it. Americans don't have a clue and are not about to go about changing things by finding out.
I could go on for quite awhile amigos but I hope you get my point. We are both slaves to our government masters. I have no interest in running your life. I don't want any more power than to mind my own affairs. To sum up I want a new arrangement with a people and a government that recognizes the God given rights of the individual.
How about it Cubanos? I don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting Americans to wise up. They still think of themselves as free. At least you guys know the deal. You know what I'm talking about in Cuba - government sucks. So if you're interested in designing an honest government that recognizes the sovereignty of the individual I've got some ideas I've been trying to run by you ALL.
posted by Tomás Estrada-Palma at
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