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February 18th, 2018, 11:49 AM | #371 |
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Even after all those cigarettes you smoked all these years? I'm amazed if you can smell a slaughterhouse standing at the main gate.
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February 18th, 2018, 06:42 PM | #373 | |
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Here is an analysis written between 1993~1995 by the Professor in genetics and humanist Albert Jacquard.
I google translated it, because the text is originally in French. It takes 5 to 6 minutes to read it. Quote:
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February 18th, 2018, 08:32 PM | #374 |
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Professor Jacquard has made some false assumptions in his analysis. He has totally ignored the political dynamics in the United States that made embracing a Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba impossible.
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It seems to me that he spoke about the problem between the Cuban and the American politicians of that time. Instead to negociate, they wanted to show who had the longest "dick". Sadly thanks to the history and manipulation of their American population, US politicians had the longest one. But he doesn't say that Castro was totally correct. He esplains that if the Cuban challenge would have been negociated with American scientists, it could have been quickly and fairly negociated. Sadly the challenge was negociated by arrogant politicians manipulated by liberal interests. All the Jacquard's book is about showing the problems caused by the abuse of private property, speculation, destruction of general interests for private enrichment. This is the only chapter about USA and Cuba. All the rest is about France and worldwide. He's probably one of the bravest French scientists of the last decades. At the age of 73 years, when he was retired and could have spent the rest of his life enjoying of his pension. But no! Shocked by what he read in newspapers, he decided to fight against the absurdities of speculation. He used his academic fame (he was Director of Research at the National Institute of Demographic Studies and Member of the National Advisory Ethics Committee) to sleep outside with immigrants and provoked lazy politicians to show their laxisms. French President, ministers and senators had to rewrite laws and find solutions thanks to his actions. He (with other humanists) won a lot of small battles. Reading his books, we can understand why racists and nationalists have absolutely no arguments to defend their theories. Last edited by Roubignol; February 19th, 2018 at 06:55 AM.. |
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The banking and manufacturing concerns pour major amounts into the political process. Politicians rely of this funding to pay their campaign expenses. By 1960, weapons manufacturers were major players in the mix. The "military-industrial complex" has increased its dominance in American politics since 1960, but was already a major player. The Republican party was the avowed enemy of international communism dating back to the 19th century. As the party of choice for the wealthy and privileged, those elected to national office under its banner only make deals with socialist regimes when it is expedient. Kennedy, as a Democrat, could not afford to be seen as "soft on Communism" without diminishing his power and that of the party. International communism would continue to be seen as an anti-capitalist movement directed by the Kremlin for decades after the Cuban revolution. Later, Castro would provide significant support to anti-U.S. revolutionary movements in Latin America and Africa. Castro would soon embark on a program of "nationalizing" industries and properties in Cuba. This meant the seizure of assets owned by U.S. citizens and corporations. Claims for restitution and compensation remain open to this day. Organized crime had significant investments in Cuba that were seized by the Castro regime. Both Kennedy and Nixon had ties to organized crime figures. Opposition to the Castro regime was quite personal for both men. I, for one, believe that Kennedy was assassinated by an agent of Cuba and Moscow in retaliation for Kennedy's repeated efforts to have Castro assassinated. Finally, those who fled the Castro regime and found asylum in the United States have formed a vocal and well-financed lobbying force whose power has only recently diminished. The factors above are no doubt part of the political equation that made cooperation between the United States and Communist Cuba impossible. One can imagine a different world, but Jacquard's theories are as valid as saying the Civil War in the United States could have been avoided if the Southern planters had simply freed the slaves. |
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I'm surely naiv, but wouldn't it be the fact? I'm sure that if southern and northern negotiators would have been two guys like Jacquard at the table of the negociations, they would have been no Civil War. And that's a point that we have, as citizen, to be very careful. We only have to vote for caring people, not people that want to divide through biased argumentations. |
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February 20th, 2018, 06:23 AM | #378 |
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Sadly by the time politicians are in power the only thing they care for is themselves. Castro's regime was hardly known for it's benevolence to the Cuban people.
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It certainly wasn't benevolent to criminals and former plantation owners, also known as "gusanos" in Castro-speak. But they're hardly "the Cuban people". Despite being a very poor country prior to the revolution, despite all the terrorist acts of sabotage committed by the US on Cuban soil and despite an economic blockade still effective, the achievements of the Cuban Revolution are pretty remarkable. All remnants of slavery were abolished, the literacy rate is at 99%, the Cuban government spends 14% of its budget on education, all Cubans have access to universal healthcare (life expectancy is about 80 years), it has a lower infant mortality rate than the US or Canada (4.6 per thousand) and is the only Latin-American country where child malnutrition is no longer an issue. Cuba is also known for its humanitarian efforts in both Latin America and Africa. For decades they have been educating doctors from the Third World for free.
These are remarkable achievements for a Third World country with limited resources, a country met with extreme hostility from the most powerful countries in the (capitalist) world. Cuba managed to survive the illegally imposed economic sanctions even after the loss of its main trade partner, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Block. So yeah, I think from the viewpoint of the average Cuban citizen, the couple flaws that Castro may have had can be forgiven. Funny how flawless perfection is never expected from the leaders of the capitalist world. No matter how many lies they tell, how many billions of dollars they steal from tax-paying citizens for the benefit of the oligarchs, how many countries they invade and destroy, they're still celebrated as national icons who "make mistakes" sometimes. |
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He made a deal with Hugo Chavez: "Give us some petrol and we send you doctors." I don't say that Castro was Jesus Christ, but how was the previous President? And how good is the social life for the poorest American or European people today? Without suffering a blocus! Did you read the text of Jacquard? |
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