5. Didn't They Used To Say That Property Is Theft?
Edited on Thu Apr-15-10 07:30 PM by Vogon_Glory
Didn't the Marxist-Leninist ideologues of the old Soviet Union insist that private property is theft? With a belief like that knocking around in the back of the minds of people in positions of trust and/or power, the temptations of embezzlement and theft are almost irresistible.
Corruption and the failure of the Cuban revolution to deliver on the promises of prosperity made back in the early days of the Castro regime are going to continue to make serious problems for whatever Cuban state or economic system that emerges within the next ten to fifteen years.
We already saw how the state's resources got redistributed after the collapse of the Soviet Union. That's just one potential scenario. What narcotraffickers could do with big sacks of mega-dollars is another very disturbing possibility.
Sorry, but I DON'T believe that today's Cubans are THAT much more spiritually evolved than the Soviets were in 1989--1991.
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