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If I make you a shit sandwich but tell you it's really pastrami on rye, are you just going to close your eyes and swallow it?
Because that's exactly what you're doing with such a foolishly misguided insistence that places like Cuba and Venezuela are "socialist" states.
Don't believe everything you're told, my friend.
The hallmark of socialism is an equitable distribution of wealth among everyone. It's definitely NOT a society where the wealthy elites fill their pockets and leave the scraps for the peasants - - which is precisely what happens in Cuba and Venezuela.
Because that's exactly what you're doing with such a foolishly misguided insistence that places like Cuba and Venezuela are "socialist" states.
Don't believe everything you're told, my friend.
The hallmark of socialism is an equitable distribution of wealth among everyone. It's definitely NOT a society where the wealthy elites fill their pockets and leave the scraps for the peasants - - which is precisely what happens in Cuba and Venezuela.
You say the hallmark of socialism is "an equitable distribution of wealth among everyone"...
Equitable according to whom?
Some central planner that will decide for everyone and use the threat of violence to force everyone to comply?
That's your socialism.
The only way to "equitably" distribute wealth is to leave people alone and let each distribute his own wealth.
Any decision I make about what you should do with your money and then use the threat of violence to enforce upon you is a bad decision.
You can't "equitably" distribute other people's stuff. And neither can any government.