• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    the question remains of why the US government wants to keep Cuba in the dark

    because a successful alternative to capitalism cannot be tolerated.

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      I wouldn’t consider a country that cannot manage its own power supply “successful.” I suspect the US would be more willing to help if Cuba stopped being a one-party authoritarian state that sides with America’s geopolitical enemies, namely Russia.

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        I wouldn’t consider a country that cannot manage its own power supply “successful.”

        I mean admittedly I don’t know much about Cuba other than that they’re being blockades but if they can’t get oil because of America’s blockade that’s not really their fault.

        I suspect the US would be more willing to help if Cuba stopped being a one-party authoritarian state that sides with America’s geopolitical enemies, namely Russia.

        It’s not about helping; it’s about not essentially forbidding the rest of the developed world from trading with them.

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        texas is unsuccessful then, and as a result the US is an unsuccessful country?

        I don’t like many things about the US but I wouldn’t call the country itself unsuccessful

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      In Cuha it’s not even about communism; it’s about being way too close to a global superpower who is also your enemy.

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      Maybe this blackout will make it clear for them. If an oligarchy wasn’t the way to go, we wouldn’t be winning so hard.