Look, if you're a communist, you destroy the economy. That happens all across the world. Communism is a great way to destroy jobs and make your people incredibly poor. Cuba was the number one sugar producer in all of Latin America. They just destroyed the sugar industry and everything else and brought massive poverty to Cuba. They survived because the Soviet Union sent them money, and they sent them money because the Soviets wanted a military satellite just 90 miles off the coast of America. (33:42–33:46)
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