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Old 23-07-2008, 23:12   #77
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Re: is socialism dead? and should we care?

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Originally Posted by andrewb View Post
Taken in context of course I have no objection to literacy! I was simply highlighting that Cuba has many human rights issues, has little real democracy, most of the population living in abject poverty, and the vast majority don't go on to college, heck a huge percentage don't even get to high school. But yes, it has good literacy rates.

Eric, I am by no means defending the US here.
As you have no objection to literassy, may I suggest a book by an American: "Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy" by Noam Chomsky. Barb probably has a copy on her coffee table, right next to the Glock
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