Well, what exactly is the structure of the Cuban economy? Does anybody know?
(I know I'm being a pedant, but the state didn't become the sole owner of the Means of Prodo in the USSR until the Stalin era.)
--- "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Charles,
>
> Is capital gone in Cuba, or is the state simply the
> sole capitalist?
>
> The IWW rejeted Leninism because it replaced a class
> monopoly on the means of production by private
> sector
> elites with a class monopoly on the means of
> production by the state's party elites -- the
> revolutionary vanguard in Lenin's case. In other
> words, the IWW said circa 1920, the USSR had traded
> rule by several capitalists, as in the USA, for rule
> by one single capitalist, the Leninist state.
>
> Isn't that how Cuba is, even given the special 90s
> amendment to the Cuban Constitution that lets
> private
> foreign firms own private property on the island?
> Popular resort/vacation spot for Canadians and
> Scandinavians, who seem to have no trouble finding
> resorts that pander to Western European
> expectations.
> I wish I could vacation there, actually. Pics I've
> seen from Scandinavian friends who've taken Summer
> vacations there look fun.
>
> -B.
>
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