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A comment on Internet outages in Cuba following widespread anti-government protests. Parent comment
I bet you haven't, because they'll all tell you they escaped because the oppressive regime, not because of poverty.
The sanctions are there for the same reasons we have sanctions against North Korea, trading with murderous regimes is condoning their actions.
Listen to the protests and the Cuban people, you may learn something.
Hint: they're chanting "freedom", not "relieve sanctions". They're protesting their government, not ours.
But please tell me more how the Cuban people are uninformed and you understand the conflict better.
And yes I have. Cuba's regime is shit - the embargo is also shit.
America's argument with Cuba would work better if they weren't suffocating them.
I bet you haven't, because they'll all tell you they escaped because the oppressive regime, not because of poverty.
The sanctions are there for the same reasons we have sanctions against North Korea, trading with murderous regimes is condoning their actions.
Listen to the protests and the Cuban people, you may learn something.
Hint: they're chanting "freedom", not "relieve sanctions". They're protesting their government, not ours.
But please tell me more how the Cuban people are uninformed and you understand the conflict better.