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Cuba sentences 22-year-old mother to 15 years in prison for publishing videos of protests
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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Waiting for the Tankies to tell us how this is actually a good thing
Looks like the imaginary tankies didn't show up.
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.
But whatabout...!
By referring to "tankies" it was already an implied comparison between Cuba and more western democracies, and this is the Midwest instance. Accusations of "Whataboutism" are way overdone.
They didn't mention the US
born yesterday comment
Did you read the article?
Wondering how they can tie this to American sanctions like they do with every other issue Cuba has.
Like this.
That wrong doesn’t excuse someone being locked up for the “crime” of taking pictures of police brutality.
Right. But it does tie it to the American sanctions like every other issue Cuba has.
Ah, because of the root of the protest? I guess so, although Castro wasn’t exactly tolerant of political opponents prior to the sanctions.
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.
Hmmm….
The Western idea of a dictatorship is exaggerated.
One person being able to kill and erase from the country's history books anyone under him, but is unable to micromanage every detail for a country with millions of people and is still forced to delegate tasks, does not make a dictatorship. Got it CIA. Thanks for the details of the semantics of the situation of these authoritarian regimes.
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.
At least now that child won't be raised by some radical.
Most modern social rights beliefs were at some point in history, if not still are, radical
Hell yeah! Hope that kid gets lost for good. Focus on the dream Xi has for us ALL!