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> I reject the destructive "socialism" vs "capitalism" false dichotomy. Nothing could expose your class position as much as your suggestion that Cuba’s leaders
by nopenopenopeno 5y ago
> I reject the destructive "socialism" vs "capitalism" false dichotomy.
Nothing could expose your class position as much as your suggestion that Cuba’s leaders are Pinochet’s “counterparts.”
Pinochet was lifted into power by the American capitalist empire. Castro was lifted into power by the Cuban working class. It takes a lot of nerve to equate the two in any way, and even more to suggest that the latter should step down in spite of overwhelming support from the Cuban people.
- onenukecourse 5y agoNothing I said contradicts what you wrote. The US did assist Pinochet (bad). The Cuban people did revolt against Battista (good). You'd be surprised, however, how popular Pinochet is particularly among working class Chileans, just as you'd obviously be surprised how much support Cuba needed from the USSR to keep the regime together. Material support and training manuals on how to buttstock resistive people. Battista fell over 60 years ago, Cubans want something else. Reality is complicated, it cannot be reduced to pretty slogans.
- nopenopenopeno 5y agoI am not surprised by either! But, in both cases, the US has played an extremely aggressive role in generating the circumstances.