Castro isn't the only person keeping Cuba the way it is, by the way. Castro's death wouldn't necessarily equal a more democratic Cuba. So you might want to mention some opposition to its change in government.
Cuba has always kind of been like that. Societies really have more sway over how they are governed then government types do. It takes a lot to shake a society out of a cultural history of governance.
In the case of Cuba, it's pretty much been military dictatorships ever since the Spanish arrived. A revolution from within the society will most likely just produce another similar dictatorship. It would likely take outside intervention to change that.
Castro isn't the only person keeping Cuba the way it is, by the way. Castro's death wouldn't necessarily equal a more democratic Cuba. So you might want to mention some opposition to its change in government.
They traded totalitarianism for authoritarianism basically. Even when they had all the political parties it was just to see what kind of dictatorial ideology the people wanted and the military junta went with that because if anything gets lots of trade with the free world, it's pretending to be democratic.
It's democratic as Russia or China is. Just a democracy in name, and the technocratic party is very authoritarian.
Think of it as a military dictatorship, but with cyborgs.
Wouldn't cyborgs be one of the more likely things?
In that, for all intents and purposes, we are just a step away from that reality in the real world?
Well, an entire nation of them would probably be a bit too far out. Yeah, we've got mind controlled prosthetics to give to people if they're blowed up in the 'stan, but that's not everyone.
Well, an entire nation of them would probably be a bit too far out. Yeah, we've got mind controlled prosthetics to give to people if they're blowed up in the 'stan, but that's not everyone.
Everyone in Cuba is around 11-13 million people and while the technocracy wants everyone to have cybernetic implants that isn't necessarily the case. However due to the relatively smaller population of Cuba it does reach a sizable fraction of people.
The logistics behind it I will probably discuss further in character if/when I make my application.
Everyone in Cuba is around 11-13 million people and while the technocracy wants everyone to have cybernetic implants that isn't necessarily the case. However due to the relatively smaller population of Cuba it does reach a sizable fraction of people.
11-13 million people is still expensive to outfit. I'm sure the technologies would cost tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars per person (especially at the level of technology described.) This is also during a literal crisis and the collapse of the western world, so the "It's the future so cutting-edge technology will cost five dollars and everyone will have a flying car" justification isn't valid because development would have been slowed.
Cuba also doesn't have the economic status of a superpower, which is also a limiting factor.
I'm not pretending Cuba is a super power. they're just a regional power at best that is over shadowed by the US and Brazil.
Costs will go down and even with the crash I'm sure enough advancement will have been made where it is only a few hundred dollars a person by the 2030's. The price may go up due to ice age, but by than Cuba's government already has factories dedicated to making such products.
Even small populations wouldn't be entirely cyborg. And I don't think you're considering the cost.
I'm sure the cost will go down enough where a government can have such policies, and I think there's an idea that I'm trying to give everyone robotic limbs which is a poor impression I admit. I should've said the most often implant is a chip, not robot limb.
Costs will go down and even with the crash I'm sure enough advancement will have been made where it is only a few hundred dollars a person by the 2030's. The price may go up due to ice age, but by than Cuba's government already has factories dedicated to making such products.
A few hundred dollars? I doubt it. Right now a plastic peg leg is practically $5,000. The cutting edge stuff is millions of dollars. Costs will go down for sure, but not to a few hundred dollars.
I'm sure the cost will go down enough where a government can have such policies, and I think there's an idea that I'm trying to give everyone robotic limbs which is a poor impression I admit. I should've said the most often implant is a chip, not robot limb.
I'm still not convinced. There is simply no feasible way to physically augment an entire nation, especially in times like that.
A computer chip small enough to fit in one's skin is dirt cheap today and a 21st century Ice Age won't change that.
How about this as part of my application?
"While the government dreams of a nation of cyborgs, the people with augmentations tend to be the richer people though unlike some nations that regulate it, Cuba heavily encourages it and in some ways has it mandated in the "at X date citizen Y will get Z implant" format, but economic limitations is the big reason why people with "sufficient modification" would still be the minority.
However systematic the effort it is expected to take until 2080 or so until everyone is a cyborg enough which is sad since the government wanted it to be at the year 2045 since the technocrats believed that if they achieve the singularity that they would hit some insane advancement that allows them to overtake everyone else.
Obviously that didn't happen due to Ray Kurzweil not taking into account the cold snap.
Overall, 2045 Cuba isn't a democracy, it's more a cyberpunk dystopia masquerading as a tropical paradise."
In the case of Cuba, it's pretty much been military dictatorships ever since the Spanish arrived. A revolution from within the society will most likely just produce another similar dictatorship. It would likely take outside intervention to change that.
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They traded totalitarianism for authoritarianism basically. Even when they had all the political parties it was just to see what kind of dictatorial ideology the people wanted and the military junta went with that because if anything gets lots of trade with the free world, it's pretending to be democratic.
It's democratic as Russia or China is. Just a democracy in name, and the technocratic party is very authoritarian.
Think of it as a military dictatorship, but with cyborgs.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2190712-wish-upon-a-star-space-opera-with-a-story-discuss/
In that, for all intents and purposes, we are just a step away from that reality in the real world?
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Well, an entire nation of them would probably be a bit too far out. Yeah, we've got mind controlled prosthetics to give to people if they're blowed up in the 'stan, but that's not everyone.
Everyone in Cuba is around 11-13 million people and while the technocracy wants everyone to have cybernetic implants that isn't necessarily the case. However due to the relatively smaller population of Cuba it does reach a sizable fraction of people.
The logistics behind it I will probably discuss further in character if/when I make my application.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2190712-wish-upon-a-star-space-opera-with-a-story-discuss/
11-13 million people is still expensive to outfit. I'm sure the technologies would cost tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars per person (especially at the level of technology described.) This is also during a literal crisis and the collapse of the western world, so the "It's the future so cutting-edge technology will cost five dollars and everyone will have a flying car" justification isn't valid because development would have been slowed.
Cuba also doesn't have the economic status of a superpower, which is also a limiting factor.
Costs will go down and even with the crash I'm sure enough advancement will have been made where it is only a few hundred dollars a person by the 2030's. The price may go up due to ice age, but by than Cuba's government already has factories dedicated to making such products.
I'm sure the cost will go down enough where a government can have such policies, and I think there's an idea that I'm trying to give everyone robotic limbs which is a poor impression I admit. I should've said the most often implant is a chip, not robot limb.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2190712-wish-upon-a-star-space-opera-with-a-story-discuss/
A few hundred dollars? I doubt it. Right now a plastic peg leg is practically $5,000. The cutting edge stuff is millions of dollars. Costs will go down for sure, but not to a few hundred dollars.
I'm still not convinced. There is simply no feasible way to physically augment an entire nation, especially in times like that.
How about this as part of my application?
"While the government dreams of a nation of cyborgs, the people with augmentations tend to be the richer people though unlike some nations that regulate it, Cuba heavily encourages it and in some ways has it mandated in the "at X date citizen Y will get Z implant" format, but economic limitations is the big reason why people with "sufficient modification" would still be the minority.
However systematic the effort it is expected to take until 2080 or so until everyone is a cyborg enough which is sad since the government wanted it to be at the year 2045 since the technocrats believed that if they achieve the singularity that they would hit some insane advancement that allows them to overtake everyone else.
Obviously that didn't happen due to Ray Kurzweil not taking into account the cold snap.
Overall, 2045 Cuba isn't a democracy, it's more a cyberpunk dystopia masquerading as a tropical paradise."
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2190712-wish-upon-a-star-space-opera-with-a-story-discuss/
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/2220538-faustian-winter-ic-thread/
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