I like to stay away of any political discussion, because mainly, as a "traditional libertine" I don't let religions and politics make a REAL difference in my daily life,
and yes, those 2 subjects are great discordance opportunities, that's the least we can say.
So been said, I wanted to note 2016 has seen the death of many famous people who were strong headed to be having their own thoughts and live by it..... and contributed to change the world around themselves, if that was not only with their thinkings/spirits but also in the living, like Castro did.
It seems to be an extremist kind of person has been the worst tendency of the human race and always contributed highly to the regulation of Earth human population and to some abomination.
We did not find the perfect system still in our days, but we have to be honest, what contributed a lot to the misery in Cuba was the embargo by USA, as it had been reported *
*To tell you the truth, I don't know all the details WHY this political decision has been made, right or wrong, I don't mind. People suffered of it for decades.
So presently, the only thing it is making to me, its the reaction that "wow, we are really changing of era for sure"
ps: I read more than fast this thread. I think there are a lots of bad energies when people get angry to each others. ;-)