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Why Cuba is a democracy and the US is not : Comments
By Tim Anderson, published 15/3/2007Cuba and the US head to head: let's compare governments, democracy and civil rights.
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Cuba occupies 42,800 sq. miles and has a population of just over 11 million with a GDP of $3,900 per capita.
The USA occupies 3,718,695 sq. miles and has a pop. of just over 300 million and a GDP of $44,000 per capita.
Now if for arguments sake, all else being equal, if Cuba held the US stats would it be the nation the USA is?
Would the USA change politically to become an exporter of the communist manifesto?
You could fit a couple of US States into Cuba but, would have to be very selective since only 13 States cover less area than 42,000 sq. miles. 37 States occupy areas that exceed 42,000 sq. miles.
31 of these States exceed 50,000 sq. miles and makes the claim that several States could fit inside Cuba slightly disingenuous. A rather back handed fact considering a preponderance of individual State area data exceeds Cuba's. I'm a generous guy and will let it slide but, I thought you should know.