Former Soviet Citizen Confronts Communists at Occupy Wall Street (Part 3)

[vxzdqwea]

Run time: 12:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVe95s6gH1s   Posted on YouTube: November 07, 2011 By YouTube Member: pp000610 Views on YouTube: 2866   Posted on DU: November 25, 2011 By DU Member: vxzdqwea Views on DU: 1182

 
How Liberal are you DU members? Are the such thing as too much liberal / socialism? Where do you draw the line?

[tabatha]

1. I think it was a discussion with none of them really well versed in the subject matter.

Former Soviet Citizen seems to have been brain-washed by the right in the US.

Socialism works better in Sweden than capitalism does in the US.

Capitalism in the US is diluted by welfare to failed institutions such as banks and savings and loans, and huge subsidies to oil companies who are making obscene profits.

Cuban doctors are actually pretty good.

The life expectancy in Russia is affected by the alcohol problem more than lack of drugs.

It is a piss poor opinion to think that people should live long lives drugged up by pharmaceuticals. That is not "quality" of life.

I would say that "Former Soviet Citizen" has a lot to learn.

[tabatha]

2. Cuba healthcare seems better than in the US - at least everyone is covered

The Cuban government operates a national health system and assumes fiscal and administrative responsibility for the health care of all its citizens.<1> There are no private hospitals or clinics as all health services are government-run. The present Minister for Public Health is José Ramón Balaguer.

An overall improvment in terms of disease and infant mortality rates was observed in the 1960s.<2> AIDS is only one-sixth as common on a per-capita basis as in the United States.<3> Like the rest of the Cuban economy, Cuban medical care suffered following the end of Soviet subsidies in 1991; the stepping up of the US embargo against Cuba at this time also had an effect.<4> Cuba has one of the highest life expectancy rates in the region, with the average citizen living to 78.8 years old<3> (in comparison to the United States' 78.1 years<5>).

In 2007, Cuba announced that it has undertaken computerizing and creating national networks in Blood Banks, Nephrology and Medical Images. Cuba is the second country in the world with such a product, only preceded by France. Cuba is preparing a Computerized Health Register, Hospital Management System, Primary Health Care, Academic Affairs, Medical Genetic Projects, Neurosciences, and Educational Software. The aim is to maintain quality health service free for the Cuban people, increase exchange among experts and boost research-development projects. An important link in wiring process is to guarantee access to Cuba's Data Transmission Network and Health Website (INFOMED) to all units and workers of the national health system. <8>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Cuba

[Narkos]

3. So vxzdqwea, were you the interviewer in this video?

[vxzdqwea]

5. No.

[provis99]

4. yes. Hippie socialists are just like Stalin.

:eyes: