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All labor in Cuba is slave labor. No, the suffering of slaves under communism is not comparable to hippies whining about pipelines.

• vkou 5y ago
  Oh? All working people are forced to do particular work without pay in Cuba? This is news to me. Here I thought that people there work so that they can keep a roof over their heads, and so that they don't starve. I'm also not sure where the ~400,000 Cubans who own or work for small, private businesses enter your world view. I guess their presence isn't compatible with your politics, so we will have to pretend they don't exist. It's also news to me that only hippies have a problem with pipelines, I'd imagine that among other groups, Native Americans whose lands were stolen from them at gunpoint occasionally lodge a complaint or two about them.
  • javert 5y ago
    People don't own land just because their ancestors occupied it. Do I have a claim to parts of England and Scotland? Literally all land has been stolen at gunpoint in the past. What we should be doing is progressing as a civilization, which requires private property and the freedom to erect infrastructure. Of course, if you will defend the communist, totalitarian, authoritarian, dictatorship Cuba even for one second, there's probably no point in saying any of this to you. Do you consider yourself a leftist or a progressive? Why do leftists and progressives support illiberal, authoritarian regimes? The rest of your comment I'm not going to respond to.