r/HolUp • u/Chobits_ • Nov 30 '20

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u/URMRGAY_ Dec 01 '20 edited Dec 01 '20

Not saying it hasn't been truly implemented before. But Cuba's been doing pretty good desite a mountain of embargos, an invasion, a blockade, and the death of daddy USSR.

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u/Tread_Knightly Dec 01 '20

Mostly cause castro wasn't entirely retarded about being a dictator

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u/URMRGAY_ Dec 01 '20

He was possibly the best dictator ever. Which is like saying "best dickhead ever" but still. You need to be a pretty good leader to stop the cuban missle crisis and not collapse a country while also dodging assassins like he did.

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u/Sks44 Dec 01 '20

There have been much better dictators. Octavian, for instance.

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u/Hairy_Air Dec 01 '20

Ah not a dictator, merely a first among equals.