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re: Thousands protest in Cuba, calling for the end of communist dictatorship
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:35 am to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:35 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Central planning and the loss of Soviet aid is the main drivers of their humanitarian crisis.
Big red went in the crapper and we still treat them like some kind of threat and cut them off from the western world. Cuba’s choke hold is one of the most bizarre foreign policy flexes in US History.
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Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:36 am to Gravitiger
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I just don't think you had multiple people tell you what you claimed.
Nope, couldn't have. Even though there is another poster who claimed to have almost the same conversation with a total stranger.
I've had these conversations with friends of mine. You know, having drinks or dinner and talking about things going on like adults do after we've covered all the goings on a n each other's lives.
You don't have to believe anything, but to just immediately dismiss something you have absolutely zero clue about shows how you operate.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:36 am to goofball
the power vacuum from this will turn into a fricking shite show like Haiti...all 90 miles from Florida.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:37 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Government is a barrier to freedom.
Less government, more freedom.
Perfectly stated.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:37 am to The Third Leg
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Cuba’s choke hold is one of the most bizarre foreign policy flexes in US History.
Agreed.
We should have been killing them with American soft power as soon as the USSR went away.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:38 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Central planning and the loss of Soviet aid is the main drivers of their humanitarian crisis.
They simply aren't allowed to make more than wage scale. Taxi drivers are among the highest paid citizens but if they start making too much the government comes down on them with more taxes and fees.
We stayed at an Airbnb hosted by a former surgeon. His pay as a surgeon amounted to about $100 a month.
This post was edited on 7/12/21 at 9:38 am
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:38 am to Duckhammer_77
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the power vacuum from this will turn into a fricking shite show like Haiti...all 90 miles from Florida.
difference is there is a hell of a lot of good things Cuba has to offer, Haiti is the anus of the Caribbean
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:38 am to SoFla Tideroller
quote:Hymen =/= Hyman
Hymen Roth is watching developments closely...
That kind of frickup can get you dead.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:38 am to jimmy the leg
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A prediction:
Cuba goes into Covid lockdowns.
Biden / Harris supports the lockdowns (for health and public safety).
The US Provides aid ($$$$)
Protesters disappear and are never heard from again (The Hong Kong strategy).
Commies stay in control
The board Marxists celebrate a win over the
“Coronavirus.”
Nailed it.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:40 am to VABuckeye
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We stayed at an Airbnb hosted by a former surgeon. His pay as a surgeon amounted to about $100 a month.
I've talked to a bellhop in Havana that was a surgeon, made more bellhopping than cutting
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:41 am to goofball
There were actually a decent amount of cubans back in the day who studied at LSU because of the ag program.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:45 am to IAmNERD
quote:I'm a skeptic about outlandish politicized claims made by anonymous strangers on the internet. I don't believe your friends told you "the greatest thing to ever happen to Cuba was not instituting racist US policies." Sorry.
Nope, couldn't have. Even though there is another poster who claimed to have almost the same conversation with a total stranger.
I've had these conversations with friends of mine. You know, having drinks or dinner and talking about things going on like adults do after we've covered all the goings on a n each other's lives.
You don't have to believe anything, but to just immediately dismiss something you have absolutely zero clue about shows how you operate.
This post was edited on 7/12/21 at 9:52 am
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:51 am to Klark Kent
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:57 am to Klark Kent
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Communism as it turns out, sucks.
“They weren’t doing it right, not real communism.
We’ll get it right here, next time.
Fear not!”
-Pro-communist, anti-freedom Activist.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:58 am to Sasquatch Smash
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not real communism.
Imagine
Posted on 7/12/21 at 9:58 am to Gravitiger
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I thought Cuba was heaven on earth. That's what I've been told by a few people who are of the progressive persuasion. They've told me the best thing to ever happen there was that the US hasn't been able to implement our racist and unfair policies in place there.
This conversation never happened.
Do you think American progressives don't love to brag about Cuba's "100% literacy rate," "free medical system," and all the other socialist things they want implemented here? I can most assure you they do. I had a progressive tell my wife, a Cuban who's family was tortured by the Castro regime before floating to Miami on a raft, about how wonderful the Cuban experience was unless you were "a 1%'er".
Hopefully Fidel is burning in hell right now, and his brother joins him very soon.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 10:08 am to lionward2014
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Do you think American progressives don't love to brag about Cuba's "100% literacy rate," "free medical system," and all the other socialist things they want implemented here?
Pretty sure this was even used in campaigns for multiple presidential election cycles.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 10:14 am to goofball
been watching this non-stop...this is the bigest happening there since my grandparents fled that hell Libertad ahora!!!!
Posted on 7/12/21 at 10:16 am to DabosDynasty
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Pretty sure this was even used in campaigns for multiple presidential election cycles.
LINK
I mean Bernie Sanders sure loves it. That's about as mainstream as it gets for progressives.
Posted on 7/12/21 at 10:16 am to SoFla Tideroller
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Roth is watching developments closely
He's been dying of the same heart attack for the past 20 years.
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