Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "What will Cuba’s new single currency mean for the island?" video.

  1.  @joaolp3431  Exactly.
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  2.  @TravellingFreak991  Not all socialist countries were hammered with sanctions yet they still floundered and failed anyway.
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  3.  @Zhicano  The inequality is between those with access to foreign currency and the black market and those who don't.
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  4. Hardly. The Cuban government is what's keeping Cuba poor. Why is it okay for government officials to make a fortune, but not ordinary citizens?
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  5.  @UsernamerAlreadyTakn  Raul is still alive.
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  6.  @jonathanhadley2555  First, sack the Cuban government.
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  7. How about the Cuban government remove the evil embargo on its own people first?
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  8. I wouldn't be too surprised as socialism/communism was never known for allowing people to do something for themselves independent of the state.
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  9.  @144kelectedsaints9  In Cuba's case, the government is the rich hugging the resources.
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  10. <Currency is nothing but trading for what you don't have with something you do have.> And what's wrong with that exactly? <This world would do just fine if everyone produced what they loved and wantes or needed what another had.> LOL. No it won't. Most people can't produce let what alone what they love for a living. Bartering stopped being a thing due to the often lopsided values between the goods being bartered.
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  11. Pretty much.
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  12.  @lapinchechismosa  As a citizen or an ex-pat?
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  13.  @UsernamerAlreadyTakn  Only because of capitalism courtesy of Deng Xiaoping.
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  14.  @rasalghul3963  The problem is the Cuban government.
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