• Korne127@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I will never understand how people think authoritarianism and dictators are cool as long as they are “”“”““left””“”"

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      5 days ago

      It can not be denied that most of the suffering of the Cuban and Venezuelan people has been directly caused by US economic policy.

      I don’t like dictators, but it’s not a black and white as what it seems you are suggesting. I’m fairly certain they got to these dictatorships as well directly because of these same US foreign policies. They have tried multiple dozens of coups of these governments.

      I also know that most of what we hear and read about what is happening in Cuba and Venezuela is US propaganda. If you are a refugee from Cuba or Venezuela… you are either rich enough to be pissed off about socialist policies that help all of the citizens in your country, or… you were so poor that you are just thankful to have all of your basic needs met in the US and probably not going to speak out about US policy in the region….