How do you feel about Socialist Cuba ironically being tougher on crime and protests than the U.S.? (racism, violent crime)

[GuitarHero45]

Check this out. Cuba has one of the lowest homicide rates in the Western Hemisphere as of 2019.

https://www.anywhere.com/cuba/travel...ime-and-safety

According to the U.N., the murder rate is 4.6 per 100,000 people, which is one of the lowest in the Caribbean and South America. We do know that Cuba has relatively few guns, and violent crime is fairly uncommon.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...-idUSKBN2413R5

No would-be protesters appeared able to make it to the site of what was supposed to be the main demonstration in Havana which was full of security forces. Some said state telecoms monopoly ETECSA had cut their mobile internet service overnight.

Protests against the state are rare in a country where public spaces are tightly controlled and Communist authorities are quick to crack down on dissent.

Critics have denounced the government for not holding police to account by launching an investigation, especially given how quick officials have been to condemn U.S. police brutality, with extensive coverage in state media of the Black Lives Matter protests.

So, in essence, Cuba has one of the lowest homicide rates in the Western Hemisphere and the country is essentially a police state that's tough on crime and has little to no tolerance for BLM protesters or protests in general.

An an American free market capitalist who's traveled there in 2017, I remember seeing curfews being issued to out of towners in Havana first hand by the police there to prevent crime.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., our crime is rising and protesters are getting more and more aggressive.

It's sad when a socialist disaster like Cuba shows more common sense than our country on these particular issues.

[Roboteer]

How do you feel about Socialist Cuba ironically being tougher on crime and protests than the U.S.?


Socialist governments always crack down on crime.

They can't tolerate the competition.

[GuitarHero45]

Originally Posted by Roboteer

How do you feel about Socialist Cuba ironically being tougher on crime and protests than the U.S.?


Socialist governments always crack down on crime.

They can't tolerate the competition.

Touche, albeit Venezuela and Nicaragua are completely out of control when it comes to crime rates.

[Cape Cod Todd]

How about Communist China and their crackdowns on criminals and protesters. Both Cuba and China are really tough on criminals. In 1980 when Carter was President Castro allowed 125,000 people to leave and flee to America in boats if they wanted to. Castro took this opportunity to empty the prisons and asylums.



I think America is amazing with the Rights that are granted to its citizens but so many are now taking advantage of those Rights. We all have the Right to a peaceful assembly, peaceful protest but how many times have those protests turned into violent riots and the mob is given room to destroy. When some thug that just tore down a public statue, looted as store and set fire to a Police car is arrested he seldom faces prosecution. In Cuba or China that clown would be locked up for years.

America has become too easy on criminals and we are seeing the criminals become more brazen. Heck two 12 and 14 year old kids just had a shoot out with the Police. How did those kids get to that stage at such a young age? It wouldn't have happened in Cuba.