Originally Posted by Paul Markham

It seems he chose poverty. He got kicked out of places that didn't like his message. Then his downward spiral started. Are you saying he should of been kept by the system he was trying to change?

Yes the rules the Communist Countries played by, had to be backed up by tanks. So you think people not having the right to vote, to protest, to complain against the Government is right?

The health care here during Communism was sure free, not much good. But it was free. Same with the schools. As for jobs, yes if you wanted to get a wage that was barely enough to feed your family on.

Since Capitalism took over in Czech living standards, wages and life have improved out of all expectations of people 30 years ago. While they were ruled by Communists backed up by tanks. The communist system kept these countries poor. They weren't before WW2. they became poor under Communism.

Compare Cuba with it's neighbor Florida.

Brazil has one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

Capitalism isn't perfect. It has a lot of flaws. Communism has more, because true Communism cant exist. It needs people at the top and they will run it as they think it should be run. Which usually means them ending up in a mansion and getting fat, while the workers get the scrapes.

Don't compare broken countries with broken countries that without the money coming from the rich ones would be in a worse state. figure out why a few people at the top drive big cars and have huge mansions and the rest walk and live in huts. It's the same problem, the people at the top look after themselves first. You dislike fat cat businessmen, yet accept fat cat Communists.