Socialism is not magic. How would Cuba, a tiny island nation with a population of around 11 million people, ever be able to generate the resources required to stand against the United States, a vast continent-spanning behemoth with a population of 350 million, in a conflict?
Besides which, why should maximum resource extraction be the goal, rather than optimizing for the happiness and wellbeing of the people who live there?
Under capitalism, you get maximum fossil fuel extraction, but is that really a good thing?
Socialism is not magic. How would Cuba, a tiny island nation with a population of around 11 million people, ever be able to generate the resources required to stand against the United States, a vast continent-spanning behemoth with a population of 350 million, in a conflict?
Besides which, why should maximum resource extraction be the goal, rather than optimizing for the happiness and wellbeing of the people who live there?
Under capitalism, you get maximum fossil fuel extraction, but is that really a good thing?