>FWIW, the Cubans we saw seemed to be working very hard. We didn't see signs of the indolence you suggest is the natural result of communism.
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>Please show me any country where communisms has ever been a success - past or present. I don't think that you can....

I don't think communism can succeed at a national level and I didn't suggest otherwise. What I said was that I saw no evidence that it led to indolence. That goes along with the fact that most of the poor under capitalist systems also aren't lazy, despite efforts of many to paint them that way.

Tamar