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The truth on the other hand, is the unshakable reality that has driven every sanction, every sabotage attempt, and every assassination plot since 1959: Cuba is a threat only to an idea. It is a threat to the imperial doctrine that a small, poor nation in America’s ‘backyard’ must not be allowed to choose socialism, to provide free healthcare and education, and homes to live without the permission of Washington.
For this sin of self-determination, the crime of building a society where capital is not god, Cuba has been punished with the most enduring economic siege in modern history. This is not an ‘embargo’, which I consider to be a sterile, political term. It is a total blockade, designed to constrict and cripple. It is enforced by a plethora of laws with names like the Helms-Burton Act, which terrorises foreign companies from trading with the Island and allows the US to seize ships in international waters. Its goal, as US politician Robert Torricelli once admitted, was to…
‘Wreak havoc’.

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[–] nukeforyou@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Worse than what Israel is doing to Palestine?

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not yet, but it's a similar action with a similar goal

They're trying to do essentially the same thing so idk why you wanna make it into the war crimes olympics over there, unless you're some shit lib attempting to diminish the crimes of these wretched states

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 1 week ago

Both are worse and coming to USA.

[–] The_Sasswagon@beehaw.org 9 points 1 week ago

No? That's a weird deflection from the misery of a people, to point at other miserable people and imply, look they're worse off so we can ignore everyone else. Or are you just lost, read a different piece, and replied to the wrong thing.

What you're doing sure looks like deflection using whataboutism, but why deflect something you're not at fault for? You don't have to help the US government defend their actions.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

One thing that's worth noting is that Israel and the US are the two countries that voted against making food a human right at the UN and both are actively committing genocide via starvation.

These two processes are actually intrinsically connected and are part of a broader strategy I fear is only going to see more examples as climate collapse plays out. There's going to be more groups that the imperialist powers will want to wipe out and ecosystem collapse will cause famines that a blockade can escalate into a mass death event.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

They're using the same strategies. Israel is farther along in the process.