theres still not enough suffering in the world, give us more!
the collective american political apparatus
Yo I have a trip to Cuba in like two weeks. What should I be doing?
Bumping this. Ironically blew the rest of my funds on groceries last week.
Well it’s a one party dictatorship, and even though the sanctions at first might not have been for a good reason, the responsibility lies on the Cuban leadership.
So Cuba should dissolve a government widely approved of by the people and return to client state gang run institutions for the ability to receive food? You’re a fucking idiot. Calling people sith lords, please learn to engage in world politics by using meaningful vocabulary instead of trying to equate everything to your favorite work of fiction
Hard to tell how popular the government is if you get jailed for voicing disagreement now isn’t it?
good thing that doesn’t happen then, huh?
Hard to tell how popular the government is if you get jailed for voicing disagreement now isn’t it?
[citation needed]
What I’ve seen about the demand for the sanctions to be lifted it’s granting the population human rights regarding political freedoms. Would that mean the dissolvement of the government?
You’ve been given a link to a declassified CIA document in which they admit that the true objective of the sanctions is to have the Cuben government overthrown, did you read anything any of us have given you?
i mean, cuba is a dictatorship of the proletariat. libs just think thats a bad thing.
Meh, can you really say that it’s the proletarian dictatorship anymore when Cuba now has a privileged elite defending it’s grip on power against the poor majority? It’s more like they have become the bourgeoisie.
you are being criticized for using the word “dictatorship” in a liberal sense, a sense that doesnt respect material reality due to being idealist.
Heidegger and Hannah Arendt will never answer for the crimes they have committed against your brainpan
You’re going to bat for the collective punishment of the Cuban people. When is the collective punishment of civilians appropriate in your mind?
You’re also supporting a policy that has failed to achieve its stated result for 65 years. What other long-term policy failures do you support?
Can’t say I would have objected against sanctions against Nazi Germany. Does that suffice?
Please cite me where I state that I support this policy?
Please cite me where I state that I support this policy?
You excused it by blaming it on Cuba. There’s no meaningful difference between that and support. Any worthwhile take on the embargo starts with ending it immediately, and you can’t even manage that.
And sure, I would support sanctions against Nazi Germany. But until Cuba turns fascist, invades its neighbors, and starts a genocide, it’s nowhere near a situation where sanctions are appropriate.
Please cite me where I state that I support this policy?
I hate when people try to be slick, and it’s even more annoying when they suck at it:
Well it’s a one party dictatorship, and . . . the responsibility lies on the Cuban leadership.
All this ignoring that you are misrepresenting both Cuba and the effect of the sanctions.
Sanctions are always meant as collective punishment, it’s a siege warfare tactic. The goal is to torture innocent Cuban people for not overthrowing their government, starve them until they have no choice but to destroy the revolution. America has even directly admitted it:
This is the same policy as in Gaza, to starve the people until they turn their backs on the enemy.
Well it’s a one party dictatorship
Yes, the dictatorship of the party of the working class, or in other words a proletarian democracy.
Meanwhile, whether one party or two or a hundred, we have a dictatorship of the capitalist class, or in other words a bourgeois democracy.
I guess you could call stomping out peaceful protests with violence an act of terrorism? But that’s not the entire reason lol
I guess you could call george floyd or la riots stomping a terrorist act
but for real, islands can’t survive on their own, if tomorrow uk stopped all trade, it will start starving in 2 months. usa sanctions are extra cruel with both finance and shipping conditions
Very true, it seemed like bad faith arguments. But I’ve learnt quite a lot from the answers to that user’s asinine questions, and I’m sure I’m not the only one
Obvious troll is obvious. If the overwhelming number of Cuban people really and truly didn’t support socialism. Then they would have taken over in a new revolution as they did getting rid of the US puppet state the last time. They have stood firm despite the literal attempts of US lead colour revolutions and refuse to be forced to bow to the self-appointed global police state that is the US. They aren’t the ones that should change to serve the rich fucks that steal from nations across the world. It is those rich fucks that should be put in the dirt so that peoples across the world could live their lives without fear.
