Is the embargo to blame for Cuba’s problems? Or the Castros & the regime? “The embargo and the regime are symbiotic,” @brhodes tells @MehdiRHasan “So this is totally absurd to suggest the only way to support the Cuban people is through a completely stifling embargo.”

Jul 19, 2021 · 1:26 AM UTC

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I support lifting the embargo, but stop acting like sanctions r 1)solely to blame for poverty in Cuba as if communism has nothing to do with it 2)worse than no civil rights.U know what's worse?The human rights blockade against ur own pple imposed by this dictatorship.Prioritize
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I'm a progressive Cuban POC & I greatly admire u, but u have tragically let us down. The embargo shud be lifted,but 4 u to focus on& condemn that more than condemning/spotlighting the ruthless police brutality & civil rights violations happening to pple now is a betrayal! Listen!
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So"f*ck the police unless the police r tankies?" If the jackboots r Red then let's bring more attention to the embargo rather than bring attn/condemn state-sponsored police brutality/human rights violations?". 1 thing has nothing to do w/the other. This shud be priority! #SOSCuba
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Prioritize this,not the embargo.That is 2ndary, this is far worse/more urgent! They take our rights & ur helping them deflect to the fucking embargo excuse. The embargo lifted won't decriminalize speech/free elections/protest/liberties & we will still b poor.They r killing us!
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"fuck the police,unless the police are tankies",but sure let's pretend the biggest problem is the stupid embargo.Let's deflect/hyperfocus on that while ignoring this b/c it's more important to demonize the U.S.,which i'm critical of 2,rather than shine a light on worse atrocities
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Yes, stupid the illegal blockade is the ONLY reason for the Economic problems in Cuba. 62 years of economic terrorism practiced by the US, the illegal and immoral sanctions imposed by the US are THE problem
Whenever u make this abt the embargo, which is a Cuban govt deflection, instead of the real reason the pple r revolting, u expose ur blind spot. When u hyper focus on the embargo more than call out what the people are begging for, civil rights/freedom, u silence them too. Look!
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I support lifting the embargo/oppose airstrikes & am a POC prog,but why r u distracting to the embargo as if that's the bigger prob & the reason pple r revolting? What needs 2 be amplified more, the evil U.S or how the Cuban regime is kidnapping kids &using them as human shields?
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They r kidnapping our children from homes & using them as shields on front lines,but u want to harp on abt the fucking embargo & pretend that's the real prob or primary reason there's poverty instead of the bigger reason which is communism/REPRESSION/ misgovernance?SAY SOMETHING!
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I oppose airstrikes/support lifting embargo,but the priority shud be getting internet to island so the dictatorship can't hide the truth,pressure the Cuban govt to let in free press & amplify vids/info & the real atrocities the Cuban govt is committing against us, SAY SOMETHING!
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