Communism vs. Slavery, Slavery Wins
In 1842, Cuba's slaves had daily rations of:
8 ounces of meat
4 ounces of rice
16 ounces of starch
4 ounces of beans.
By contrast, when Castro started rationing food in 1962, Cubans got:
2 ounces of meat
3 ounces of rice
6.5 ounces of starch
1 ounce of beans
(Note: Most of these ration amounts have continued, see Table 1 in this document.)
Conclusion: Living under a communism can be worse than slavery.
Read more here in today's IBD.
3 Comments:
That is not what the article says. It says that was the amounts as of 1962 when rationing began.
Most of the ration amounts have continued, see my addition to the post.
Yeah Cuba, you should really start being slaves to American masters instead of doing the whole communism thing. Hey, it's working for China, which is now a bastion of capitalism and freedom.
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