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Don’t forget Castro
Honestly, I give more leeway to Castro, who was in a bad position and didn't pretend to be an original theorist, over Lenin or Stalin who fucked up their governments in new and exciting ways.
It doesn't justify the authoritarianism of the Cuban regime, but I see Castro in a much more tragic light than Lenin or Stalin, who created most of their own problems and made those problems the rest of the world's as well.
The Cubans have done pretty goddamn well considering. Among other things they have never had a higher percentage of their population in prison or subject to systemic racism than America.
What's going to be interesting is what happens when Trump finishes expelling 500k+ Cuban refugees.