• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    22 hours ago

    I’m not gleeful about any suffering by the Cuban people. I just rightly place the blame for it on their shitty dictatorship.

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      21 hours ago

      Ah yes, it’s Cuba’s fault that the US is blockading them, for the crime of… checks notes being socialist.

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        3 hours ago

        Let’s not pretend the Castros aren’t a dynasty and still control most of the islands resources. Hardly a “Workers paradise” with them running largely on the same patronage system that embrittled and collapsed the Soviets.

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          The Castros aren’t in charge of government any more. Most of the major figures are dead.

          It’s no worker’s utopia, sure, but it’s no hellscape either. They certainly seem to have outlasted the Soviet Union and are doing relatively well, given the circumstances.

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        21 hours ago

        Socialism and Dictatorship are mutually exclusive. Cuba is being blockaded because they’ve frequently been used as a forward base for military actions by Russia and China against the USA and other nations.