smart move imo

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    2 months ago

    Why smart? The goal is to get the oppressive communist regime of cuba to collapse, how is helping them going to get them further towards this goal?

    Same with the UK not letting the US use bases against Iran, why are western governments pussy footing around with awful regimes that kill their own citizens?

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      In short: it is bad to help any regime do collective punishment on a group of people.

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        2 months ago

        Canada is run by nazi pedophiles? Damn I had no idea

        Australia isn’t, when you say western governments are you meaning to say the American government?

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      Can you cite the oppression? Because I have seen you get free medical school there and they have cancer treatments other countries don’t.

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        2 months ago

        The guy support israel no wonder that he love collective punishement of cuban people

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        Can you cite the oppression?

        Why do I have to do all the work

        Because I have seen you get free medical school there and they have cancer treatments other countries don’t.

        By other countries do you mean America?

        We also have access to free education: https://tafeqld.edu.au/courses/apply-and-enrol/subsidised-training/fee-free#courses

        We also have universal healthcare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Australia

        They also can’t afford it

        while historical allies such as Russia and China no longer offer unlimited financial support due to the island’s crushing public debt (108.6% of GDP) and deficit (about 17% at its peak), as well as its record of defaults on loan repayments.

        Can you cite the oppression?

        I did here: https://aussie.zone/post/30024551/21613626

        https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/americas/central-america-and-the-caribbean/cuba/report-cuba/

        Sounds like Cubans have almost made up their mind and voted with their feet:

        , one in four Cubans have left in four years

        Most Cubans want change. But you cannot lead opposition inside Cuba because the regime jails any potential organiser

        https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/10/cuba-regime-polycrisis-collapse-exodus-economy-migration-us-sanctions-trump

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          Thanks for links, I asked because you came across as knowing more than I.

          The Cubans I have met didn’t talk very negatively about their homeland, just that the US embargo’s cripple their country and so life is harder than what they see in rich countries, and so wanted more.

          We have some subsidized enrollment in Canada too, but in a communist system its not about subsidizing a for profit system by application approval, its about providing it to all as a service.

          As for cancer treaments mine was head and neck cancer (all free in Canada) but it was old medicine techniques of blast and (hopefully) recover. Cuba with non profit pharmaceutical had come up with a “cure” for it but not available in USA or Canada because of the stupid politics and restrictions.

          I’m not purporting they are a utopia, but I think USA media paints a dictator regime propaganda, while doing the exact same thing themselves.

          Political scientists characterize the political system of Cuba as a single-party authoritarian regime where political opposition is not permitted.[12][13][14] There are elections, but they are not considered democratic.[15][16] According to the V-Dem Democracy Indices, Cuba is the second least democratic country in Latin America.[17] Censorship of information (including limits to internet access) is extensive,[18][19][20] and independent journalism is repressed in Cuba;[21] Reporters Without Borders has characterized Cuba as one of the worst countries in the world for press freedom.[22][23]

          If this is the comment you meant, then its not really a good one, you are describing the current US ADMIN.

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            If this is the comment you meant, then its not really a good one, you are describing the current US ADMIN.

            If you think the US is anything like cuba you guys are far more naive than I thought