Re: [Marxism] Cuba is forging a surprising future as the eco-capital of the Caribbean

["Jeffrey Thomas Piercy, El Pato Comunista" <mqduck@xxxxxxxxx>]

John oneill wrote:
 > Cuba, beyond the tourist beaches and bars, often seems a run-down 
place, where production is slow and slip-shod, where incentives to work 
hard and innovate are lacking, where things simply do not work and a 
dull resentment pervades the atmosphere, despite the charm and 
generosity of many individual Cubans.

Perhaps Walter can tell us how much truth there is to these claims that 
"incentives to work hard and innovate are lacking" and such, and how 
much they're just assumptions based on classic propaganda about 
socialism. I know I've spent more than a bit of time arguing against 
such assumptions. I'm be curious to know his answer.

-Jeff

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