RE: Steemit Basic Income Giveaway (Your country)
I think you slightly misunderstood the questions, but no matter, it is still a valid entry as you put such a big and detailed reply in!
PS: Thanks for the treeplanter vote!
I often hear good things about Cuba from people who come from there, and some things of it, I would have to agree seem to be quite progressive in the country. However, I am not sure that so much power vested in a small number of people, (however enlightened or well intentioned they might be) is a stable and long-term viable solution?
I do find the education system in the United States to be a strange thing, the idea that curriculum could be dictated by politically elected school boards is quite odd to me. I'm afraid I'm not able to make an intelligent comment on Common Core or the schooling system in general, as I don't really know much about it!
The thing is that Cuba has a Supreme Soviet (Grand Council) system, not an elites club. Even then you’re probably confusing the Central Committee for the elites thing - in which case, those positions are voted in by those in Supreme Soviet who in turn are voted in by workers who are workers themselves. Now you may point out the lack of parties, but the thing is that there’s multiple ideologies under the Supreme Soviet, yet they don’t display what party they belong to - the same goes for even the ML (leading) party, they represent the Cuban proles and their concerns not their party and not their concerns. Anyways, I got this info from my sources (contacts) from Cuba and been personally in Cuba to see it - thus were I get my info on Cuba.
Huh, I only know a little bit about the country and it's governance! Thanks for the information and education!