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Cuba's communist government nationalized property from people and corporations without any compensation. It still illegally holds these properties today. The

Cuba's communist government nationalized property from people and corporations without any compensation. It still illegally holds these properties today. The communist Cuban government acceded to hosting Soviet nuclear missiles pointed at the US. This almost caused a nuclear war. The US embargo was based on these and many other things. It is hardly a comparable situation.

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Leary 8y ago
Do you think the damages that the US embargo have caused over the decades to the Cuban people is justified because of Cuba's communist policies?
- tomohawk 8y ago
  I don't know. Do you think the damages the communist government have caused over the decades to the Cuban people are justified? The embargo didn't ultimately work, and neither did the government. I was just responding to the idea that an island that is no threat whatsoever to China, and which has never had nuclear missiles pointed at China, and which has not ever nationalized property from citizens of China was somehow equivalent to the Cuba situation.
amaccuish 8y ago
> Cuba's communist government nationalized property from people and corporations without any compensation. That's not anyone else's business. Countries should be free to a certain extent to act as they wish. It's not for America to decide what political system another country should have. >The communist Cuban government acceded to hosting Soviet nuclear missiles... I think you skipped a key part of history usually referred to as "Bay of Pigs Invasion"...
- tomc1985 8y ago
  > That's not anyone else's business. Countries should be free to a certain extent to act as they wish. It's not for America to decide what political system another country should have. Until you nationalize American-owned businesses, then yes it is.
imbokodo 8y ago
The US invaded and seized Guantanamo Bay in 1898. What was the cause for that? It's a standard American imperial idea. The US seizure and continual occupation of Guantanamo Bay is "legal". Cubans reclaiming what Americans stole in other parts of Cuba is "illegal". It's quite a joke. The US invading and seizing sugar plantations from 1898 to 1959 is legal, the American thieves being driven out is "illegal" and "without any compensation". This sort of imperial hubris is why Arabian patriots have been flying planes into the Pentagon.
- dang 8y ago
  You've been using HN primarily for ideological battle. It's normal to comment occasionally on a politicized topic, but using the site primarily for this is crossing the line that the guidelines draw: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. There are lots of reasons why we draw the line there, but what it boils down to is that we can't both have a site for intellectual curiosity—the mandate of this place—and also have ideological warfare. The one destroys the other, regardless of which ideology you favor. Flamewar comments like the one you just posted are an excellent illustration of this. If you'd please review the site rules and use this place as intended from now on, we'd appreciate it.

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Leary 8y ago

Do you think the damages that the US embargo have caused over the decades to the Cuban people is justified because of Cuba's communist policies?

tomohawk 8y ago
I don't know. Do you think the damages the communist government have caused over the decades to the Cuban people are justified? The embargo didn't ultimately work, and neither did the government. I was just responding to the idea that an island that is no threat whatsoever to China, and which has never had nuclear missiles pointed at China, and which has not ever nationalized property from citizens of China was somehow equivalent to the Cuba situation.

amaccuish 8y ago

> Cuba's communist government nationalized property from people and corporations without any compensation. That's not anyone else's business. Countries should be free to a certain extent to act as they wish. It's not for America to decide what political system another country should have. >The communist Cuban government acceded to hosting Soviet nuclear missiles... I think you skipped a key part of history usually referred to as "Bay of Pigs Invasion"...

tomc1985 8y ago
> That's not anyone else's business. Countries should be free to a certain extent to act as they wish. It's not for America to decide what political system another country should have. Until you nationalize American-owned businesses, then yes it is.

imbokodo 8y ago

The US invaded and seized Guantanamo Bay in 1898. What was the cause for that? It's a standard American imperial idea. The US seizure and continual occupation of Guantanamo Bay is "legal". Cubans reclaiming what Americans stole in other parts of Cuba is "illegal". It's quite a joke. The US invading and seizing sugar plantations from 1898 to 1959 is legal, the American thieves being driven out is "illegal" and "without any compensation". This sort of imperial hubris is why Arabian patriots have been flying planes into the Pentagon.

dang 8y ago
You've been using HN primarily for ideological battle. It's normal to comment occasionally on a politicized topic, but using the site primarily for this is crossing the line that the guidelines draw: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. There are lots of reasons why we draw the line there, but what it boils down to is that we can't both have a site for intellectual curiosity—the mandate of this place—and also have ideological warfare. The one destroys the other, regardless of which ideology you favor. Flamewar comments like the one you just posted are an excellent illustration of this. If you'd please review the site rules and use this place as intended from now on, we'd appreciate it.