Was the Cuban Revolution worth it for the people of Cuba? Why?

Question

Was the Cuban Revolution worth it for the people of Cuba? Why?

Answer 1

NO! It ruined the economy, culture, and well-being of my ppl.

DAMMIT CASTRO BROTHERS & COMMUNISM!

He caused my parents 2 move out in the '60s.

I'M SUPER PISSSSSSED @ HIM!

I WANNA DO EVERY LETHAL & PAINFUL THING 2 HIM!

Answer 2

Only if you like to drive 56' chevys and don't believe in property rights. Before the revolution they had a peasant clss in Cuba that ate the scraps off the tables of the rich, now there are no rich and everyone eats table scraps

Answer 3

.I am at a loss as to why your question is not posted in the politics forum,  This is travel and is intended for travellers to Cuba not to discuss the political situation.  There is a section  for that, see below.  It seems there are lurkers here just waiting to pounce on those of us who enjoy visiting Cuba.  Surely they should realize because people visit communist countries such as Cuba, China, Viet Namn etc. it does not mean we support those governments any more than when when we visit the U. S. means we  support the American government  George Bush has probably killed more innocent people in the last seven years than Castro in more than fifty years.

Answer 4

Oh, Bandit, you are sooo off the mark on this! "The people were very badly exploited under Batista and lived in abject poverty worse than the poor of Mexico do today." So Not True. The main problem with Cuba was a history of corruption among its leaders--and Batista was corrupt and abused his power -- he came to power in a coup-- which is why so many Cubans, initially at least, supported the revolution. I am not suggesting that there was no inequality, but most Cubans did not live in abject poverty like one sees in many developing countries or even is some of the poorest areas of Mexico. (The US certainly has plenty of inequality.)Cuba had a middle class, and even BEFORE Castro healthcare and education were free and accessible to most. It is true the the poorest rural dwellers initially did benefit from Castro's expansion of many of these programs, but as someone above said, the eventual result of these policies was that everyone is now equally poor. (And now they have no personal freedoms, either.) As far as no drugs--I couldn't say. I do know that I have to send medicine, vitamins and basic necesseties to my aunts and cousins there because these things are simply not available to Cuban residents. My family is highly educated--my aunt is a civil engineer--but there is no work. She, her elderly mom, two adult sons and one of their wives have to share a small apartment and ration everything. They lack basic things like soap and toilet paper.

And just so you know, I'm not one of those wacky extremist So. Florida Cubans.  I'm a liberal Democrat from So. California. So many well-meaning Americans have it so wrong about Cuba. My mom was a teacher and my father an accountant at the time of the revolution. They supported it and were as shocked and dismayed as everyone else when Castro declared himself a Marxist. Castro (with help from Che Guevarra and others) instituted many heavyhanded, abusive policies that were no different than what the previous leaders had done. Members of the opposition were routinely killed by firing aquad and cruel "death camps" were filled with those who opposed his policies and leadership.

I think the U.S. is often on the wrong side of these conflicts, and their support of Batista only added fuel to the fire. But that doesn't mean Cuba after the revolution is better off than before. Quite the contrary.

Answer 5

You will have to ask them.  They changed a military dictatorship for a communist dictatorship.

Answer 6

Not being from Cuba, I really can't say. It seems though that their access to education and medical care greatly improved under Castro. The people were very badly exploited under Batista and lived in abject poverty worse than the poor of Mexico do today. I think if it was as bad as our regime would have us believe, another revolution would have taken place. Cuba is drug free too.