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Waiting for the Tankies to tell us how this is actually a good thing
Wondering how they can tie this to American sanctions like they do with every other issue Cuba has.
So I will take a stab at it
Sanctions aren’t relevant here to the outcome though you could relate them to the need for protest which still wouldn’t justify the outcome. It would let you side with the protesters for being the power of the people and exemplifying Juche
however the US’ track record with both Cuba and the governments of other American countries does reasonably lead to paranoia
Also worth noting Cuba is a dictatorship not communist
Agreed, but to your last point, it is also worth noting that there are different economic models under authoritarian regimes. Both Nazi Germany and the USSR were dictatorships. Is it Marixist Communism in Cuba? No. But it is recognizable as a communist state as was perpetuated by the Soviet Union historically, regardless if you feel the term has been misappropriated.
Whether a country is socialist becomes a quantum superposition when arguing with tankies. Condemning the country's actions? How dare you, that's good socialism there. Criticizing socialism based on that country? How dare you, that's not really socialism.
I'm not a tankie, and it's not a good thing, but this isn't exactly a great time for the US to puff it's chest out about our right to protest and protections for whistle blowers.
They didn't mention the US
born yesterday comment
Individuals need to be sacrificed to the greater good of the revolution?
Honestly I'd respect them more if they went with that more frequently. At least we could agree on facts, then, even if we might depart on moral judgements.
Looks like the imaginary tankies didn't show up.
It seems the convergent evolution of government is authoritarianism. All governments seem to eventually move towards it.
It takes efforts to have a democracy
If you can keep it
"Keep your democracy. I saw democracy failing somewhere and being displaced by authoritarianism so I'm just opting for going straight to authoritarianism. I am smort but, also, do not trust me with the ability to influence my own society. I also don't see the irony of expressing here how my society should be run (even though I'm anti-democracy)."
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
yeah, effort you have not been making
effort that might be unreasonable to expect under the circumstances, having abandoned your commitment to an educated electorate more than 40 years ago now. Shit has consequences.
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Cuba is overall liberalising, just have a look at the gazillion of reforms after Castro. OTOH authoritarian habits die hard especially in places such as courts backing up the "thin blue line".
now THIS is an important perspective
I frequently think this too, but then remember that progress towards less authoritarianism does occasionally actually happen. For example the USA PATRIOT Act used to be everyone's example of authoritarianism in the US, but that has by now expired. For another example, the Snowden revelations actually led to everyone's devices and communications getting encrypted. When is the last time you heard about random small people being sued for copyright infringement by the RIAA or MPAA or something?
For less recent examples, consider the 1989-1991 fall of communism in Eastern Europe, making those countries a lot less authoritarian.
When the world gets better, we tend not to notice as much as when it gets worse.
Has anyone heard about FISA being expanded?
I guess Cuba and America aren't so different after all...
Oh no! You caught us doing something that makes us look bad!
Straight to jail.
Winds of Change by Scorpions played on a kazoo
That's a heavy sentence. I am curious if she is the most sympathetic case or what are the situations with those other 12 who appear to have received lesser sentences?
The court also announced sentences of between four and 14 years for 12 other participants in the demonstration for the same crimes.
Maybe they had less friends on facebook
Seems a bit excessive
cmon Cuba you're supposed to be cool, don't be this guy
Yeah, I'm re-assessing my thoughts on Cuba. I was under the vague impression that they didn't have the same rot at the core of the CCP and USSR. Maybe they don't and this is a particular low point. Either way, bad look.
How could Joe Biden allow this to happen?
That's satire, right? Cuba is a completely different country
That should be obvious.
It should be, but you know Poe's law. People blame POTUS for ridiculous stuff.
It just hit the tankies too close to home.
The president has had over three years to cure cancer and he has done nothing. I'm planning to write in 'Cancer' this November because at least it has a proven track record.
seems like the blockade is working as intended
At least I get to live in the US where the right to protest is protected. /s
don't forget our great first rate healthcare, best and most innovative in the world
is this irony?