Cuba, Laos, Vietnam. And you know that. I know that. People who say shit like this rarely know that.
“ In his end-of-year speech to the plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel said, “We are going through a very difficult period. We are practically living day by day”, noting that "The people have many complaints,” which he described as “fair”.”
Cuba is having a really rough moment right now. The economy contracted in 2023. There wasn’t enough growth in 2024 and the hurricanes have been awful last year. I don’t think Cuba should be listed given their current situation.
Laos and Vietnam are both currently strong.
Laos and Vietnam, like China, could also more accurately be described as having “state capitalist” economic systems
But how would Cuba be doing without foreign interference? Trade embargos and global climate change don’t speak to the strength of their economic system at all.