Cuba would have been screwed even if they adopted capitalism. It's very difficult for a Caribbean Island with not much in the way of natural resources with 11 million citizens to sustain a high standard of living for itself.
Haiti and Dominican Republic are the only other countries with a population close to Cuba's in the Caribbean, they have capitalism and they are poor as fuck. What kind of industry are they supposed to have in the Caribbean islands? Tourism, black prostitutes, Mandingo prostitutes for middle-aged fat white women, Bananas, sugar, coffee, helping wealthy people money launder and evade taxes.
All the wealthy Caribbean islands are small sparsely populated money laundering tax havens. It's easy to support a small population offering financial services to the world's wealthy. Not so easy to support 11 million people off that kind of economy.
Countries like Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti are always going to be poor no matter what. Batista's Cuba was not a paradise by any means. Batista's Cuba was great for the wealthy foreigners who invested and vacationed there. But the Cubans working in the casinos, factories and in the farms didn't exactly have a good standard of living. Which is why they had a revolution in the first place.
Cuba would have been screwed even if they adopted capitalism. It's very difficult for a Caribbean Island with not much in the way of natural resources with 11 million citizens to sustain a high standard of living for itself.
Haiti and Dominican Republic are the only other countries with a population close to Cuba's in the Caribbean, they have capitalism and they are poor as fuck. What kind of industry are they supposed to have in the Caribbean islands? Tourism, black prostitutes, Mandingo prostitutes for middle-aged fat white women, Bananas, sugar, coffee, helping wealthy people money launder and evade taxes.
All the wealthy Caribbean islands are small sparsely populated money laundering tax havens. It's easy to support a small population offering financial services to the world's wealthy. Not so easy to support 11 million people off that kind of economy.
Countries like Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti are always going to be poor no matter what. Batista's Cuba was not a paradise by any means. Batista's Cuba was great for the wealthy foreigners who invested and vacationed there. But the Cubans working in the casinos, factories and in the farms didn't exactly have a good standard of living. Which is why they had a revolution in the first place.