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Pants-of-dog wrote:I assume that the guns I were shown in Cuba were distributed by the government, seeing as how the people I was talking to were supoosed to act as a militia in the case of invasion.


Cuba does have a civilian militia, but it's not independent. It's an auxiliary force of irregulars under the control of the defense ministry. Militia members do not keep their weapons, the weapons are stored in armories under military guard and only issued during training.
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Sure, as it would,not be unreasonable to assume that someone on the construction site was a member of the armed forces as well, and would have issued these weapons to the workers as required. That does not contradict my point that these construction workers could easily have taken these weapons if they wanted and formed an insurgent group, if they were really that dissatisfied with the Cuban government.

So, it is a form of gun control, and one at odds with a libertarian ideal, but it still keeps the working class armed and ready to defend their gains. And that is perfectly consistent with the socialism espoused by the Cuban people.
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Sivad just can't deal with the fact the Cuban people are joyous and happy (like everyone living in nations where the working class are sovereign and free).

Joseph Stalin wrote:Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.
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Decky wrote:Sivad just can't deal with the fact the Cuban people are joyous and happy (like everyone living in nations where the working class are sovereign and free).

Joseph Stalin wrote:
Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union due to massive consumption of vodka.


Fixed it for you. History seems to have left off part of the quote.
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