Imagine where we’d be if America wasn’t working its ass off trying to make Cuba fail. The Cuba story in general, mainly the stuff they’ve been able to accomplish regarding living standards, in spite of the gigantic blockade that the largest economic and military power has imposed on them, has convinced me that whatever their system is, it’s far superior to capitalism.
Yeah I dream of an alternate history where the US looked at the Cuban revolution as a just act of self defense and democracy, and we supported our neighbors despite our economic differences.
Ho Chi Minh appealed to the United States’ supposed values of freedom and self-determination when he basically straight up asked for the Americans’ help liberating Vietnam from the French. Plenty of alternate histories to go around if the US doesn’t guarantee shooting itself in the foot 100% of the time
One of the most disturbing truths of the internet age is that we could have already had a utopia on Earth by now. It’s so easy to look back at the past and see how much better it could have gone if just a few tiny things had gone different.
But those inventions are still waiting to be discovered, and the social progress can still be had. Whenever we start building utopia, in hindsight it will look like we started at our darkest hour.
Yeah, the embargo has kind of backfired in that way, by giving us an example of a self sufficient socialist state that can survive (and in some cases thrive) despite being completely cut off from the US, and much of the West, for 60+ years
Imagine where we’d be if America wasn’t working its ass off trying to make Cuba fail. The Cuba story in general, mainly the stuff they’ve been able to accomplish regarding living standards, in spite of the gigantic blockade that the largest economic and military power has imposed on them, has convinced me that whatever their system is, it’s far superior to capitalism.
Yeah I dream of an alternate history where the US looked at the Cuban revolution as a just act of self defense and democracy, and we supported our neighbors despite our economic differences.
Ho Chi Minh appealed to the United States’ supposed values of freedom and self-determination when he basically straight up asked for the Americans’ help liberating Vietnam from the French. Plenty of alternate histories to go around if the US doesn’t guarantee shooting itself in the foot 100% of the time
Yep, Vietnam is another I wish we’d just chosen to be friends with
One of the most disturbing truths of the internet age is that we could have already had a utopia on Earth by now. It’s so easy to look back at the past and see how much better it could have gone if just a few tiny things had gone different.
But those inventions are still waiting to be discovered, and the social progress can still be had. Whenever we start building utopia, in hindsight it will look like we started at our darkest hour.
Yeah, the embargo has kind of backfired in that way, by giving us an example of a self sufficient socialist state that can survive (and in some cases thrive) despite being completely cut off from the US, and much of the West, for 60+ years