U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose

Re:U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose by kelseyfrog on Thursday November 02, 2023 @07:07PM (#38121696)

Maybe you know more about the history of South Korea, but the time between the USAMGIK and the Sixth Republic, but calling South Korea free - even "-ish"- sounds like a stretch.

The Fifth Republic was a military dictatorship that promised democratic reforms that never materialized. The June 29 Declaration specifically called for the holding of direct presidential elections and restoration of civil rights - two items which I argue having been suspended until then is remarkably un-free.

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Re:U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose by leereeves on Friday November 03, 2023 @12:07AM (#38124388)

I don't think this should be downvoted. I don't know anything about the post-war history of Korea, but your comment led me to look it up, and according to Wikipedia, between 1948 and 1987, South Korea was ruled by a succession of corrupt authoritarian elected governments and military dictatorships.

Not a great triumph of America's professed values, but consistent with America's actual support for anti-communist dictators around the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Republic_of_Korea

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Re:U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose by rich_sasha on Friday November 03, 2023 @02:57AM (#38125386)

My point of reference is North Korea. I don't know much about SK internal politics, but I know which one I'd rather live in.

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Re:U.N. votes to end US embargo on Cuba; US and Israel oppose by kelseyfrog on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:21AM (#38129173)

Can't we choose any country to compare it to NK and say it's free?

I have standards and they say that living under a dictator with civil rights suspended isn't free even if the neighbor is worse. What are your standards?

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