Cuba’s system of governance does not conform to western liberal norms, but that doesn’t make it bad, it’s just different. The Cuban people have a remarkable amount of input into their own governance.
I know tankiejerk is the wrong place to be saying this, and if all you want to do is jerk, have fun. But if you’re legitimately curious, “We Are Cuba” by Helen Yaffe is a cool dive into kind of how Cuba works in general.
Have you ever met a Cuban person in real life? In what context? What was their position in Cuban society? Perhaps you can provide a different perspective from my experience, I am genuinely curious.
I will have to repeat myself:
Do you live in a democracy (flawed or otherwise)? You seriously want to live in a country without real elections?
There is a beautiful irony about your “all you want to do is jerk, have fun” statement.
I didn’t even realize that was you PugJesus.
Deeply based in many ways.
I bought a book a lifetime ago about Cuban history from Haymarket books. Maybe its time to read it.
Cuba is so interesting, that’s probably a great read. It might even change your mind about the “dictatorship” thing.
A dictatorship is still a dictatorship if it’s painted red.
A dictatorship is still a dictatorship if it replaces another dictatorship.
What does that mean?
Is Cuba not a dictatorship?
Do you live in a democracy (flawed or otherwise)? You seriously want to live in a country without real elections?
Cuba’s system of governance does not conform to western liberal norms, but that doesn’t make it bad, it’s just different. The Cuban people have a remarkable amount of input into their own governance.
I know tankiejerk is the wrong place to be saying this, and if all you want to do is jerk, have fun. But if you’re legitimately curious, “We Are Cuba” by Helen Yaffe is a cool dive into kind of how Cuba works in general.
Have you ever met a Cuban person in real life? In what context? What was their position in Cuban society? Perhaps you can provide a different perspective from my experience, I am genuinely curious.
I will have to repeat myself:
There is a beautiful irony about your “all you want to do is jerk, have fun” statement.