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>Trump Says He Will Have the ‘Honor’ of ‘Taking Cuba’ >President Trump’s words came amid a nationwide blackout and as a top Cuban official said his country wou

by viccis 7mo ago

>Trump Says He Will Have the ‘Honor’ of ‘Taking Cuba’ >President Trump’s words came amid a nationwide blackout and as a top Cuban official said his country would move to open the economy to foreign investors. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/world/americas/cuba-us-foreign-investment-businesses.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/world/americas/cuba-us-fo... Turns out you can't escape the free market societies because those societies can't tolerate others.

fc417fc802 7mo ago
It's strange - if we're so confident that our ideology is superior then wouldn't we welcome a small neighbor on our doorstep trying something different as a sort of experiment expected to reaffirm our views? Celebrate them the way you might a silly child, occasionally support them, all while pointing to them as an example of why we don't do what they're doing. Unless of course we fear they might succeed.
- WalterBright 7mo ago
  We interfered with Cuba when they acquired nuclear missiles aimed at the US. Cube prevents its citizens from leaving.
  - fc417fc802 7mo ago
    That was an awful long time ago and doesn't reflect the current situation. > Cube prevents its citizens from leaving. What's your point? If they suddenly changed that policy do you believe we would immediately walk back the sanctions and the oil blockade? That isn't how it looks to me. The only way I can think to interpret current US policy is either one of petty insecurity or else an attempt at coercive commercial exploitation.
    - WalterBright 7mo ago
      It's not a paradise if the citizens are blocked from leaving it. Nobody is blocked from leaving the US.
      - fc417fc802 7mo ago
        I don't disagree but I still have no idea what your point is. What does this have to do with US policy towards them?
  - Eisenstein 7mo ago
    You should brush up on your history and look up the Bay of Pigs.
  - Eisenstein 7mo ago
    > Cube prevents its citizens from leaving. Hasn't been the case for over a decade.
WalterBright 7mo ago
Free market countries build walls to keep people out, socialist countries build walls to keep their citizens from fleeing.
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by viccis 7mo ago

fc417fc802 7mo ago

It's strange - if we're so confident that our ideology is superior then wouldn't we welcome a small neighbor on our doorstep trying something different as a sort of experiment expected to reaffirm our views? Celebrate them the way you might a silly child, occasionally support them, all while pointing to them as an example of why we don't do what they're doing. Unless of course we fear they might succeed.

WalterBright 7mo ago
We interfered with Cuba when they acquired nuclear missiles aimed at the US. Cube prevents its citizens from leaving.
- fc417fc802 7mo ago
  That was an awful long time ago and doesn't reflect the current situation. > Cube prevents its citizens from leaving. What's your point? If they suddenly changed that policy do you believe we would immediately walk back the sanctions and the oil blockade? That isn't how it looks to me. The only way I can think to interpret current US policy is either one of petty insecurity or else an attempt at coercive commercial exploitation.
  - WalterBright 7mo ago
    It's not a paradise if the citizens are blocked from leaving it. Nobody is blocked from leaving the US.
    - fc417fc802 7mo ago
      I don't disagree but I still have no idea what your point is. What does this have to do with US policy towards them?
- Eisenstein 7mo ago
  You should brush up on your history and look up the Bay of Pigs.
- Eisenstein 7mo ago
  > Cube prevents its citizens from leaving. Hasn't been the case for over a decade.

WalterBright 7mo ago

Free market countries build walls to keep people out, socialist countries build walls to keep their citizens from fleeing.

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