>>>>I saw this on AP last weekend and decided to do a comparison.
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>>>>HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government announced Friday that it is launching widespread rationing of chicken, eggs, rice, beans, soap and other basic products in the face of a grave economic crisis.
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>>>>Communist
>>>>Cuba/Gross domestic product (1980)
>>>>19.91 billion USD (1980) Per Capita 2,024.66 USD ‎(1980)
>>>> $93.79 billion (2017 est.)
>>>>Per Capita $12,300 (2016 est.)
>>>>
>>>>Socialist
>>>>Venezuela/Gross domestic product (1980)
>>>>67.02 billion USD (1980) Per Capita 4,367.73 USD ‎(1980)
>>>>$210.1 billion (2017 est.)
>>>>Per Capita $12,500 (2017 est.)
>>>>
>>>>Capitalist
>>>>Korea/Gross domestic product (1980)
>>>>64.98 billion USD (1980) Per Capita 1704.47 USD ‎(1980)
>>>>$1.54 trillion (2017 est.)
>>>>Per Capita $39,500 (2017 est.)
>>>>
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>>>Your point is well taken but you're being a bit selective in your examples.
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>>>Why not compare the GDP of China - a Communist county, with that of Greece, a capitalist country?
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>>..and as far as Cuba goes, the United States currently imposes a commercial, economic, and financial embargo against Cuba,
>>I assume the reason for selective examples is the old typical scare tactic of those who don't understand what DEMOCRATIC socialism is and are unable to distinguish the difference between communist and democratic socialist. We will see a lot of this happening in the coming months because the GOP needs to spread disinformation
>due to the simple fact that their policies kinda suck - so they can't run on that lol - only option is to lie to people and hope they fall for it.
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>Arguing that a given governmental system works better or worse than another is about as productive as counting angels on the head of a pin.
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>You can make a good case that monarchy is the best form because King George's England spawned the US,
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>A very successful businessman once told me that what is done is less important than who does it.
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>Anyone who looks at our history has to be amazed at the combined genius of the founders,
>What is the likelihood that talents like Franklin, Paine, Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Madison and Hamilton would converge at exactly the right time?
>Franklin is probably the most underestimated of the lot.
>Every time we start a gasoline engine we use the storage battery, a Franklin invention that he refused to patent.
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>People matter more than systems.

The systems can't exist without people creating them -- but the systems are still necessary. And each system of government can always be improved upon - and that is one of the genius of our system - the fact it's designed to adapt with the changing times. At the moment, however, our system is broken - and it is going to remain that way until the money is taken out of politics. Lets just hope Bernie wins this time - because for now he seems like our best chance to make some of the radical changes that are necessary.