Would Cuba be better off without the revolution?

Would Cuba be better off without a kleptocratic Communist dictatorship, a command economy and an embargo with its primary trading partner?

Yes. Yes it would.

It depends what the alternative is. Batista would be just as bad. However, a democratic regime would be better than both.
 
Lots of variables here. If Washington did not throw up the embargo and instead treated Castro as Tito light things would have been better. If Batista fell to a democratic movement that threw out the Mafia/Agribusiness things would have been even better... unless the US came down on it.

In short, the hostility of the U.S. government (at the behest of everyone from exiles to big business) is at least as big a factor as the nature of the regime in Havana.
 
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