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It almost seems the Cuban exiles want the people they left behind in Cuba to suffer as much as possible. What else have the sanctions achieved?
by rqtwteye 2y ago
It almost seems the Cuban exiles want the people they left behind in Cuba to suffer as much as possible. What else have the sanctions achieved?
- stackskipton 2y agoThere seems to be a belief that if sanctions remain THIS YEAR, regime change will come to Cuba. It didn't work. Well, NEXT YEAR they will, they have to! Repeat for 50 years. Most people fleeing Cuba blame current regime for their suffering with good reason. So they have a desire to see it overthrown.
- LtWorf 2y ago[flagged]
- logicchains 2y agoNobody made south America poor; like every continent poverty was the natural state. South America just did a worse job at developing the infrastructure, rule of law, institutions and culture necessary to lift itself out of poverty as fast as north America. With the exception of Argentina, which after WW2 was one of the richest countries in the world, but through bad political choices ended up impoverishing itself.
- actionfromafar 2y agoIdle thought - I wonder how much the German contingent had to do with these choices.
- marcosdumay 2y agoThat quite a wild thing to say about an entire continent whose politics were almost completely manipulated by some 2 powerful countries after WW2. > which after WW2 was one of the richest countries in the world Oh yeah, I wonder what changed then.
- bugglebeetle 2y agoIf you have any desire to not be remarkably ignorant of 20th century history, I’d suggest spending a few minutes reading about who in North America did a bunch of coups and otherwise created the conditions for a lack of rule of law in South America.
- LtWorf 2y agoIt's entirely their fault if the CIA keeps giving money to terrorists. No other country is involved with that.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoWhat does South America have to do with Cuba? And why do you assume that South America is poor? Much of South America enjoys a high standard of living, and is nowhere near as poor as most of Central America, for example, and definitely much richer than Africa.
- labrador 2y agoI'm surprised at this take. It seems readily apparent that Cuban exiles want their countrymen and women to be free from state communist control and have the ability to speak their mind, practice economic freedom and their religion, which is I understand is very Catholic from Spanish influences. I don't know how you can say Cuban exiles want the people they left behind to suffer.
- rqtwteye 2y agoI am saying that because the sanctions haven't achieved anything positive for the last decades. At some point people just have to admit that they don't work but cause a lot of suffering. I bet if the US traded with Cuba, the communist regime would quickly fall apart like the Eastern block did.
- kgwgk 2y agoThat's right. US trade with China has exploded in the last couple of decades and China's communist regime is falling apart quickly.
- more_corn 2y agoPeople who left want to put pressure on the government that they hate and they don’t mind sanctioning the people to do it.