Communism is a nice theory on paper and probably can work alright in small groups, but I don't see it working in a modern world with a large population. There's too many inefficiencies and problems that arise.

Some form of a well regulated free market with solid social programs for citizens along with a democratic setup works best.

Maybe some version of it in a Star Trek like future where humanity is more invested in space travel and we have things like replicators, we'll have a post-capitalist world, but that's probably a few hundred years off.

Good riddance.

yeah capitalist like 99% of the rest of the world, there are a lot more capitalist countries who are poorer than Cuba. Chile is barley richer and its only dueto the copper production. Venezuela is lso doing better than the average latin american countries.

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?locations=ZJ-CU-MK-EC-JM

why? 

Of course it took an Irish man to save the world.  I'm basically the modern equivalent,  saving Vgchartz every single day!  

On topic : 

RIP. A truly historic figure who stuck to his beliefs.  it's nice that Cuba re opened relations with the US while he was still alive.  imo these 2 nations should be allies and both would benefit economically. 

Guy really stuck around.

"Barely richer" and you are using PPP to compare, using the copper argument and forgetting Venezuela's oil? I think you should just visit South/latin America and compare infrastructure and lifestyle and you could get a better picture. It wouldn't be a bad thing since most of the economic figures thrown by national services in south america are BS (just check Argentina's case)

Everyone can play the same graph game to prove a point  

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=CU-EC-BO-CL-VE

Besides, Pinochet supporters in Chile use the economic growth argument to his favor, doesn't mean he wasn't a fucker who killed thousands of people and tortured others while getting rich by kidnapping the whole government while suppresing political and democratic organization. Same can be said about Fidel, only that he played for the other team.  

(quote) He got super rich through corruption and he enforced poverty onto his people. He was a despised leader just like every other third world despotic dictator. (/quote)

I visited Cuba while he was still president, beautifull to see how a country looks with no US influence, proberbly the only place I ever walked trough an entire city and didnt see a macdonalds lol.

Anyway, he was a leader and he did a lot of things that helped his country and a lot that didn't but it seems to be a man that loved his country, rest in peace and lets be honest, 90 is a really good age to go.