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ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 2 days agoWith how the U.S. has been apply economic sanctions against Cuba since the 60’s it’s pretty obvious. Anybody who’s been doing trade with the U.S. has been forbidden to doing any trade with Cuba. Their only economic partners have been Russia, China and Venezuela.
More recently, Venezuela was the only supplier of oil to Cuba, and now the U.S. attacked Venezuela and gained control of their oil, and stopped al shipping to Cuba. Because of this, Cuba can’t even produce electricity because their power stations ran on oil.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m not saying the US had no effect, but it’s mighty convenient that you’re able to claim that every challenge Cuba has faced is due to the US, not due to mismanagement by the authoritarian Cuban government.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Of course the Cuban government isn’t perfect. But Cuba’s most important problems aren’t due to their authoritarianism. Their biggest problem is trade. They’re unable to get the resources they need mostly because of the sanctions, greatly reducing their standard of living.
And honestly, I could excuse the authoritarianism due to the simple fact that US imperialism still poses a huge threat to them, being the only communist country in all the Americas. They don’t really have a choice to have a hard stance to protect what they have. Or else it wouldn’t be long before they get completely exploited the way they have been before the revolution.
merc@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Of course you could.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 day ago
Honestly is it any better in capitalist countries?
The moment you go protest something the government or a company is doing that’s ethically or morally wrong or disadvantages the working class, you get beat up by police and thrown in jail. How is it different?
Or if you talk bad about a company you get sued for slander for millions of dollars to shut you up.