# Civil Rights and other Social Changes: Wouldn't they have occured anyway?

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**Created:** [May 26, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-rights-and-other-social-changes-wouldnt-they-have-occured-anyway/540788 "2010-05-26T02:53:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-rights-and-other-social-changes-wouldnt-they-have-occured-anyway/540788/45 "2010-05-27T13:00:38Z")

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> [@Blake](#):
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> Bollocks. Cuba became became less like America following the revolution, yet the lot for most people improved.
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> The idea that a nation can only become better fed by becoming more like the US is utter crap.

I would have gladly eaten bollocks in Cuba, but I’m sure the government would have found a way to ration those too. If you think Cubans were better fed after the Castros came to power then you should look up the time called “Special Period”.

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