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Re:Tips to grow your North Korean Startup by voidfunc on Thursday January 06, 2022 @08:05PM (#29833243)
Its called “making an example”. The Cuban people mostly suffer for their government’s alignment with the Soviets and deciding to put Nukes 90 miles from Miami.

We dont care that they are communists. We deal with all kinds of fucked up regimes around the world but the key difference is none of them have ever dared challenge us militarily with Nukes right off our border.

Cuba is basically perpetually fucked as punishment for that decision and its done as a warning to anyone else that might get in bed nearby with one of our existential enemies (Russia, China).

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Re:Tips to grow your North Korean Startup by bryguy32403 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @08:35PM (#29833538)
> Cuba is basically perpetually fucked

Well not perpetually. They could get back into the US's good graces if they were to embrace Freedom (tm) and adopt a government that looks something like what our 51st state would look like.

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Re:Tips to grow your North Korean Startup by perl4ever on Thursday January 06, 2022 @08:23PM (#29833431)
Do you think that's the conventional wisdom?

The Cubans that left Cuba and live in the US, do you think their grudge is over the Cuban missile crisis?

I don't wish to debate the question of what actually drives US policy. I am just wondering whether you recognize other points of view and if you think many people agree with you or you see yourself in a minority.

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