Cuba doesn't need US help
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Sunday, 7/18/2021
Happy Sunday! I’ve been eating a lot of Laffy Taffys and I’m scared. Let’s talk about Cuba.
The News
If you’ve read any news you’ve probably read about Cuban citizens protesting unacceptable living conditions and learned that the US government cares about the right to free protest and human rights unless it’s in the US. There’s also been banter from the authoritarian left that these protesters are all CIA stooges because who doesn’t like living in an autocratic state. I cannot speak for the Cuban people, but I can say that the US should not “help” Cuba because the US definition of help is helping itself to other countries’ resources while oppressing the citizens. In fact the best way the US can help is to stay out of Cuba’s business, which includes immediately ending the embargo that has caused mass suffering.
Now as for whether all the Cuban citizens protesting are CIA stooges, I think this is one of those the enemy of my enemy situations where people will support “socialist” (they are not socialist) countries just because the US hates them, which I’ll go ahead and say is absolutely stupid. Are you going to be friends with a bear just because you saw it eat your arch nemesis, no! Authoritarianism is bad, period, and I honestly just don’t understand why we can’t all agree to that. I think this Twitter thread says it the best. Socialism, yes, state repression, no!
That’s it for the news, but don’t leave yet…
ICYMI…Last week on TikTok I talked about Walter Rodney’s “How Europe Underdeveloped Africa” radicalized me and I honestly think everyone should read this book. You can download it for free here.
If you want to help Frito-Lay workers who are currently on strike because of 84-hour work weeks and low wages, you can donate to their utility fund.
I’m currently still reading Bullshit Jobs and you should read it too.
I also really enjoyed this opinion piece from a Cuban immigrant about the current protests.
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