January 29, 2007
Cuba, the Recycling Paradise
It's so educational to see how journalists are able to make Cuba seem like such a quaint place to live. Take this article from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, for example:
Just about everything in Cuba seems to be re-used. Coffee grounds from the morning brew become fertilizer in gardens. A plastic CD cover doubles as a picture frame. And the cardboard centers from toilet paper rolls serve as hair rollers for women.
Stop at a food stand, and the drinking glasses are cut down Havana Club rum bottles. Buy dessert at a bakery, and flan pudding comes in the base of a soda can. String beans at the farmers market are tied together with a scrap of cloth from old pants.
It's enough to make a Greenpeace member weep with joy.
Cuba's socialist government long has extolled the value of recycling. In 1961, Ernesto "Che" Guevara led a state company to recoup metals and other materials from waste. The objective: to save on imports, boost exports, expand industry and create jobs.
But recycling soared in the 1990s by necessity after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of Soviet subsidies. At the depth of the post-Soviet crisis, some Cubans made stew from the skins of plantains and "steaks" from grapefruit rinds. To this day, plastic bags are routinely washed and hung out to dry.
Quite literally, recycling on this Caribbean island has become an art.
Cuba's socialist government? France and Germany have socialist governments. Cuba has a Communist government and, unlike China, has yet to embrace any kind of capitalist reform. And doesn't Che Guevara sound like a great guy for having started Cuba's recycling program? It almost makes one forget his murderous legacy.
In the beginning of the Sun-Sentinel article linked above, you'll note that the U.S. embargo is blamed for Cuba's woes. What about the trading it does with other countries? Note to author: Communist dictator Fidel Castro's policies are the cause. But people in this country who yearn for the Communist ideal don't like that uncomfortable truth, so it's easier to blame the U.S. for this and many of the world's other problems, rather than take a close look at the real reason.
File this article under journalistic pap.
...but they have great healthcare, a high literacy rate, and a bang-up recycling program!
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The reason progressives like Cuba so much is it's a perfect model of how they want all of us to be forced to live.
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