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I mean, sure, you can rephrase "fleeing a communist dictatorship" as "company men wanting more pay." But it dramatically understates the issue. Moving from Mad
by pembrook 2y ago
I mean, sure, you can rephrase "fleeing a communist dictatorship" as "company men wanting more pay." But it dramatically understates the issue.
Moving from Madrid to Amsterdam to get a higher salary is not what we're talking about here. I don't think someone from Madrid would start weeping at the sight of a Dutch grocery store.
When Spain talks about brain drain, they're worried about 1-2% of their population leaving over decades. Not 10-20X than in a year.
Virtually all Cubans, regardless of educational attainment or employment status, would kill for a shot at life in a democratic, free-market country, be it Spain or the Netherlands. Hence why they're leaving.
- pyuser583 2y agoI was about to share some of the traits of Cubans I know that serve as strong counter examples. Then I realized this is all public, and Cuban intelligence services spy on the diaspora. Censorship by proxy sucks. I’ve run into this before with Chinese and other nationalities. I don’t know what’s safe to say, and what could get someone in trouble. So the ethical thing is to say nothing, unless it’s really important. It sucks that foreign powers can censor a conversation like this, but they can.