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This paper examined issues of equality, and more specifically, socialist equality, in the context of Cuba. It argued that socialist equality, in principle, encompasses both the spheres of consumption and production. Furthermore, socialism as a system of equality, necessarily brings the consumption and production spheres together with the political system in a direct manner. Without popular participation in decisions regarding the allocation of social resources and the means of production, equality cannot be achieved. Consequently, socialism implies democracy. Equality and full participation in decisions concerning resource allocation and distribution of benefits further leads towards reducing or, perhaps, eliminating alienation as understood in the Marxist sense. This necessities eliminating class differences that prevail in capitalist societies. It also may necessitate restructuring the spatial organization of society to minimize inequalities between places and areas and to integrate each part of the country into socialism. Thus, efforts to construct socialism entail promoting equality over consumption and production spheres, necessitating increasing democratic participation in all aspects of decision-making, and creating a landscape of socialist integration, enhancing equality over the population in all spheres of activity. |
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