>>http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/26/americas/fidel-castro-obit/index.html
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>Well, the good thing about him living such a long life (90 years) is that he got to see communism fail in many places :)
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>The entire "revolution" thing (as described by some of the mainstream media) is kind of silly. The U.S. is in a far more constant state of change. We've had 11 presidents while Cuba was frozen under Fidel.
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>Big goal of their govt was to prevent revolution "against" the Castros.

Naturally Cuba would have been a better place if it had remained an offshore haven for US organised crime and dirty money. I'm sure hotels would have been bigger and glitzier and there would have been a flourishng prostitution and drugs trade. Universal healthcare and education standards might have been a bit more on the US model (ok if you are wealthy)