I’d also like to add that just because a country identifies with a certain label doesn’t actually mean that they are aligned with the values of that label or the prescribed social relations. Often, countries and organizations will normatively align themselves with some general ideals when in practice they aren’t really meeting those ideals. The Soviet Union identified as communist, yet they had nothing of a classless society. Government administrators had much more political, economic, and general power than others, practically creating social classes. That is not communism as prescribed by Marx & Engels. Russia currently states that they are a democratic federation, when we all know it’s an autocracy. If Russia does something terrible, it’s not because democracy did that. It’s because Russia did that. Something similar can be said for Cuba.
Cuba is officially called the Republic of Cuba, implying that their government is administered by elected representatives of the general population. However, we know that they have a one-party rule and that the principal leaders are not directly elected. If they were to give themselves a more valid name, it would be the Republic of the Cuban Communist Party not the General Population. Furthermore, the Cuban Communist Party would have to rename itself to something like the National Governing Body that Ensures Cuban Political and Economic Sovereignty from American Neocolonialsim because they aren’t really communist either. They’re more of a government party that maintains power to avoid American neocolonilism of their country.
I’d also like to add that just because a country identifies with a certain label doesn’t actually mean that they are aligned with the values of that label or the prescribed social relations. Often, countries and organizations will normatively align themselves with some general ideals when in practice they aren’t really meeting those ideals. The Soviet Union identified as communist, yet they had nothing of a classless society. Government administrators had much more political, economic, and general power than others, practically creating social classes. That is not communism as prescribed by Marx & Engels. Russia currently states that they are a democratic federation, when we all know it’s an autocracy. If Russia does something terrible, it’s not because democracy did that. It’s because Russia did that. Something similar can be said for Cuba.
Cuba is officially called the Republic of Cuba, implying that their government is administered by elected representatives of the general population. However, we know that they have a one-party rule and that the principal leaders are not directly elected. If they were to give themselves a more valid name, it would be the Republic of the Cuban Communist Party not the General Population. Furthermore, the Cuban Communist Party would have to rename itself to something like the National Governing Body that Ensures Cuban Political and Economic Sovereignty from American Neocolonialsim because they aren’t really communist either. They’re more of a government party that maintains power to avoid American neocolonilism of their country.