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by onemoresoop 2460 days ago
They have rations to make it accessible to all, they are a poor country crippled by a long lasting embargo. Cubans are very sweet people. Their politics attempted to keep they away from american greedy companies. Just look around the caraibean region. Countries that played ball with the US are in a very bad shape, a la economic hit man and such. Cuba managed to keep the people poor but with dignity, education, health care, for all its citizens. They manage with what they have and they’d do much better if it wasnt for the embargo.

I don’t get why this is being downvoted. I’d rather get a comment on why you disagree
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vinay427 2460 days ago
I don't know if this is why it's being downvoted, but there are a few too many assumptions here for my taste. To start, it's unclear why they'd do much better if it wasn't for the embargo while you also claim they benefit from keeping themselves away from "american greedy companies."

For example: How do you expect trade resulting from an end to the embargo would be handled differently, and how would Cuba be less susceptible to the relative economic dependence on the US that affects many other countries in the region?

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kemonocode 2460 days ago
They are a poor country ravaged by a tyrannical regime that has lasted as long as it has because Cuba is but a slight annoyance to the US after the Cuban Missile Crisis- nothing more, nothing less. Even if there was no embargo, the Castros would still be there doing as they wish. God knows they're trying to do the same with Venezuela.

EDIT: None of this means I'm pro-embargo, or into US meddling into things they have no business in. Just that ultimately these embargoes do little in the grand scheme of things to stop dictatorial regimes. A tyrant has no reason to play by the rules, especially when money is involved.

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chungus_khan 2459 days ago
The suggestion that this has anything to do with tyranny or dictators is ridiculous as well. The US has a long and consistent record of supporting hideously repressive Islamist monarchies like Saudi Arabia, and it is clear that they do not actually care about democracy or freedom in practice.
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riffic 2460 days ago
> ravaged by a tyrannical regime

Yes, the United States is a tyrannical regime. The embargo is an injustice.

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