The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · Jan 1 On this day in 1959, Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba. www.thenation.com/article/arch... Read how we covered his revolution:
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Cuba traded one dictator for another. Yes, the US embargo has hurt, but Castro’s vanity and hubris is what long kept Cuba from realizing its potential. Batista was never going to last forever but I wonder what course Cuba would’ve taken if Fidel had the talent to make it in big league baseball.
There is a vast difference between applying the principles of democratic socialism--basically what European nations do--and wanting to set up a Marxist dictatorship If the only "socialist thuggery" that Mamdani achieves is making the obscenely rich billionaires ...