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You can call it
tit-for-tat, but when a clique has control of a page, and is
claiming a certain standard in rejecting your edits such as "dictator" being
POV and pejorative even when applied to a world class dictator like
Fidel Castro, you can at least embarass them some with their hypocrisy
if they insist on maintaining the term for a petty corrupt dictator such
as Batista. His oppression only extended to the measures necessary
to keep him in power and luxury. There is a difference between
being anti-democratic for selfish reasons, and essentially enslaving
(because they can't leave) a pool of cheap labor to implement
your grand plans for the economy.
If this weren't so hilarious I would be tempted to see it as the ravings
of an anti-Catro lunatic. The notion that a person who bases his
dictatorship on personal gain and profit is morally superior to one who
does so in order to achieve honest reforms is beyond belief.
Try believing it. One at least lets you leave and even come back if
you want to, without holding your family hostage. Sure the
totalitarian is will to improve his stock of slaves by educating
them because he knows he will get to reap the benefits, after
all, they will find it difficult to escape.
-- Silverback