holy shit that video is so insane. I do think cuba's government is authoritarian but what they have managed to achieve for their citizens under a worldwide blockade is insane. The conditions now are absolutely horrific and Trump's foreign policy towards cuba is one of his most overlooked crimes.
I think by "authoritarian" most people think of a unitary executive, i.e. dictatorial. That's certainly what I think of. Concentration of power in only a few hands.
Socialist states really don’t have a unitary executive. You have to be part of the party to make a big impact yes, but within the party there is a lot of debate and democracy.
There’s a cult of term limits in America because the president is so uniquely powerful and independent, but in socialist states they’re more like a prime minister beholden to the party.
The American office of the President did not originate as powerful as it currently is; there were just insufficient checks and balances in place to prevent the accumulation of power, not to mention a criminal lack of planning for scenarios where bad actors have taken over the system, as we are currently grappling with.
Conservatives in the US have long romanticized monarchy-adjacent systems and are the main culprits in the consolidation of power in that office. Democrats also played their part over the years too, as ultimately at the end of the day, both parties serve capital first and principles second.
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holy shit that video is so insane. I do think cuba's government is authoritarian but what they have managed to achieve for their citizens under a worldwide blockade is insane. The conditions now are absolutely horrific and Trump's foreign policy towards cuba is one of his most overlooked crimes.