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Originally Posted by lostalex
wtf are you talking about? mud huts are you joking? You really need to educate yourself.
Cuba is one of the poorest nations on the planet. The vast majority of people are living off of government hand outs and rationing of food staples for decades, That's what communism IS. that's what i'm talking about.
Most Americans do not survive off of government provided staples and have never experienced food rationing or needing that kind of immediate government support. Obviously the difference is much bigger for Americans going through a disaster, and having to rely on government support, than for Cubans. That's the difference i'm talking about.
Most Americans get what they need through private corporations, electricity, water, housing, food, it's all private, they arn't used to being dependent on the government like Cubans are.
Also, Most people watching CNN, or BBC or any cable news channel is going to relate to a disaster more through American eyes than through Cuban eyes, not to mention the Cuban government has such limited rights of free press that there arn't many ways for journalists to go and report on it to begin with. The Cuban government like most repressive communist governments (China, North Korea, etc) tries to control the press and doesn't want a bunch of images of the disaster spread around the world for people to criticize the government.
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Yeah obviously I was joking because you seem to have this idea that the whole of Cuba looks like a "disaster zone" day to day which obviously isn't true, places like Havana and Sanitago de Cuba (which was hit hardest by Sandy) are beautiful cities. It is far from being one of the poorest nations on the planet. It's not hugely wealthy or prosperous by any means but they actually have a very high literacy rate, a low infant death rate (lower than the US btw) and pretty high standards of education and healthcare
Anyway yes I can understand why the media focus has been a lot more on America because the scenes are more shocking to most in the West, but I can also see why it would seem to just be a disregard for any lives which aren't American