meself - 28 Nov 16 - 07:24 PM

"Btw: proportion of population incarcerated: Cuba - 510 per 100,000; USA - 693 per 100,000 (not including juveniles; don't know re: Cuba).    In Cuba, according to Wiki, the last executions were in 2003. In the US, they were ... when?"

On that subject and taking those figures at face value.

In Cuba how many of the 510 per 100,000 are political prisoners whose only crime has been to show dissent? In the USA how many of the 693 per 100,000 are political prisoners?

In Cuba which still retains the death penalty when was the last political prisoner executed? In the USA where the death penalty is retained by 31 States and by the Federal Government when was the last political prisoner executed for his/her political beliefs?

Fidel Castro, man of the people, another true "socialist" who died as a multi-millionaire.