"I don't even want to start this discussion, because a) I will surely win, and b—" Samuel was interrupted in his babble talk.

“You win a religion debate? Seriously?” said Remi with a bit—lot –of an attitude. As he sat down in the same old dusty couch

“Well, you don’t count Remi, I know your French ways always get me” said eye-rolling Samuel, feeling a tad humiliated, after all he did won religion arguments to almost anyone, who was not a true believer, therefore almost anyone.

“It has nothing to do with the fact that I’m French” Remi said, making more acute his accent “I’m just that good.”

“Pft, Remi? Good? He’s way too easy to beat” Said Ethan, just out of the blue

“Excuse me? I always had the last word on our debates if I remember well; you ended up gibberishing about me not understanding the whole point. The point was clear, you suck” Remi said, a little offended

“Of course not, you ended up using rhetoric, and my arguments were better” Ethan said as he opened up a cool beer and sprinkled a pinch of salt, with a handful of arrogance.

“O really? Good arguments to defend Cuba? And socialism, dude you always end up using the it’s-the-only-fair-way bullshit.” The French said as he engaged in a silent dare which wouldn’t end up well

“Well, just compare it with America. We have all this pretty things, but you know what? There are millions of families that don’t own a home, and have to pay enormous mortgages for houses they no longer own. We spend on things we don’t need. At least in Cuba you know every person has their own home and an assured education. And don’t even dare to mention the damned Aspirins.” Ethan said, expecting a poor come back.

“Sure, I must admit Cuba has the advantage that all of them leave in poor houses, with enough food to survive, often. But how much people want to go to Cube and how many want to go out? I just say that, Okay, have them be socialists and give the same shitty equal life to everyone, because “we’re all the same” but give them a choice. You can speak so freely about it, but I don’t see you living in a socialist community or going to Cuba” Remi said, speaking about facts, not ideas.

“Because the capitalism is so free right… There is only one goal in this system, get rich. And let me tell you, millions die trying. And maybe I don’t live like that, but I plan to” Ethan responded looking as if he was just making up, which wasn’t.

“No, no you won’t. And if people wanted to live in a petit community, everyone just living of the self consume, they could in the capitalism, they don’t call it free market because everything is for free.” Remi said, pissed about the idealism

“Capitalism is full of crap, the media, the advertising, the so called entertainment. They all tell you the only way of living is by consuming and consuming, and then there are the trends, which tell you have to throw away those new pair of jeans because they’re not hip enough” Ethan said, furious that his point wasn’t heard.

“You’re right about that, but that’s not the whole story. In Cuba they tell you that way is the best one, and it surely works for some, it works because they also “wash their brains”. And I get it some take the decision to follow, not because of what others say, but because they don’t want to. But what about those who don’t? What about those who want more in life than what the system has to offer? In the capitalist system people are tried to be controlled, and many times they succeed, but that’s because people are stupid, not because they don’t have a choice” Remi answered, inspired now.

“So you’re saying that every single poor person decided to be poor, that it was their decision that the market didn’t look up for them and that they have no choice but to live in poverty and decadency?” Ethan started flinging; you never start attacking opinions, unless you run out of them.

“Of course not, but they have a word on it. I’m very aware that their options are limited and scarce, I know that most probably they can’t do a thing about it; but I believe that is tradable for the benefit of freedom.” Answered the vehemently believer of liberty

“It is not about liberty, it is about the right we have as humans” Ethan said indignant

“We have no rights as humans, we’re as any other animal, we have had the advantage of conquering the world, but that doesn’t but us high above the others. The natural laws still inflict on us, the stronger survives and lives on to make a new generation of stronger individuals. I don’t see why we should take considerations just because we’re lame conquerors” Remi said, hitting the whole point of the discussion.

It was not about East and West, it was not about money anymore, it was not about religion, it was never about religion. It was that, the nature of the human. Is it an animal, or is it a special entity that rules the world with empathy towards others? Are we human or are we denser?

[The murderers are now suing us for sure]
By I'm the penguin