Fidel Castro, love him or hate him, he's iconic!

[DRSB]

"Fidel Castro, who brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere, bedeviled 11 American presidents and
briefly pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war, has died."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/world ... p=cur&_r=0

[pErvinalia]

We won't hear from Seth for seven days as he is in mourning.

[Hermit]

Fidel Castro was a dictator, but in comparison to the dictator he ousted, Fulgencio Batista, he did a massive amount of good to the Cuban people.

Batista was pure evil.

[Brian Peacock]

He did a lot to normalise the hipster beard. This will be his true legacy.

[Hermit]

Hah! Without Fidel sales of Che T-shirts would have gone nowhere.

[DRSB]

So what now? What's your take? What can we expect in Cuba?

[DRSB]

This pic was a symbol of soviet expansionism.

[Hermit]

So what now? What's your take? What can we expect in Cuba?

Before the recent US election I was expecting a gradual dismantling of the economic blockade resulting in further improvements of living standards in Cuba, but now I don't know what will happen. Maybe another Bay of Pigs style attempt to overthrow the government followed by the return of the Golden Telephone type conditions?

[Tyrannical]

I will say as communist dictators go, his body count was definitely on the low side. How hard is it to murder at least a million? Slacker......

[laklak]

Relations will continue to normalize. Cuba is just too attractive. Unspoiled coastline, educated population with no money, no Micky D's, hell - it's a ripe plum ready for picking. Raoul is much less an ideologue than Fidel. In no time there will be high rises on the beaches and fat Americanos bitching about the coffee.

[Seth]

We won't hear from Seth for seven days as he is in mourning.

You're kidding, right? I'm going to go celebrate. It's about fucking time. Now for his brother Raul...

[Seth]

Fidel Castro was a dictator, but in comparison to the dictator he ousted, Fulgencio Batista, he did a massive amount of good to the Cuban people.

Batista was pure evil.

You clearly know nothing of Cuban history.

[Seth]

I will say as communist dictators go, his body count was definitely on the low side. How hard is it to murder at least a million? Slacker......

Well, on a small island like Cuba you have to be somewhat careful not to murder the entire populace so you murder fewer but you do it in ways that terrorizes the rest of the population into shutting up and being obedient little proletarian drones lest they end up in a shallow grave in a banana plantation somewhere like Che's victims, and you keep right on terrorizing them by brutally murdering anyone who shows the slightest sign of counterrevolution.

Oh, and you take away all their guns right off the bat.

[Seth]

Relations will continue to normalize. Cuba is just too attractive. Unspoiled coastline, educated population with no money, no Micky D's, hell - it's a ripe plum ready for picking. Raoul is much less an ideologue than Fidel. In no time there will be high rises on the beaches and fat Americanos bitching about the coffee.

Yeah, no. We need to reimpose the blockade except make it a total blockade except for the air-dropping of massive numbers of AK-47s and Liberty Pistols and ammunition to Cubans so they can kill the communists and free Cuba. No boots on the ground needed.

[Animavore]

He's a legend and his name will carry on longer than much of the US presidents who opposed him.

Haters hating because they're envious.