Rubber Stamp Elections

ok ... so Cuban authorities are touting the ongoing "elections" in the country as a sign of Cuban "democracy."

what exactly is this "democracy"?

first, of the roughly 15,000 local and national positions at issue, every single one (every single one) will be filled by a Communist Party member. not a member of the Communist Party? you ain't gonna make it.

sounds democratic, right?

well, it gets worse. say you are a member of the Communist Party and get elected, now what? you have no power to propose legislation or in fact initiate any meaningful change. your entire job is to rubber-stamp what the national leadership (i.e. Fidel, Raul, and their inner circle) propose.

so ... these "democratic" elections consist of electing a single party to office, and then having all those people rubber-stamp what the leadership proposes.

sounds democratic to me.

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