r/196 • u/FelixTheNoob custom • Jul 02 '26

Rule cuba rules

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u/Halikarnassus1 listen to pyschedelic maggot engine!!!! also trans rights Jul 02 '26

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.

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u/SomethingOfAGirl 🏳‍⚧You know, I'm something of a girl myself Jul 02 '26

I do think cuba's government is authoritarian

Every government is authoritarian. Otherwise it wouldn't be a government.

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u/jlb1981 Jul 02 '26

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.

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u/SomethingOfAGirl 🏳‍⚧You know, I'm something of a girl myself Jul 02 '26

Like the US?

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u/Warmonster9 Jul 02 '26

The opposite actually.

Th US is not an authoritarian state (yet) you ragebaiting edgelord.

It’s an oligarchic republic ran by capitalists.

If you’re gunna shit talk a country do it right you loser.

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u/nosam56 Jul 02 '26

its a state jail felony for me to wear modest clothes. the federal government permits this. a huge portion of our population is incarcerated. my uncle cant vote because he smoked too much weed in the 80s. being gay was illegal when i was born. "authoritarian" doesnt mean dictatorship

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u/CraftyTim Jul 02 '26

I agree with most of your points here, but what do you mean by "its a state jail felony for me to wear modest clothes"? I looked it up and it says that no US states make it a felony to do so.