Like Jamaica is just a puppet state that the US operate on behalf of its bourgeois vacationers, right?

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Doesn't really count as Cuba and tourists are definitely not going there. That being said, could you imagine your job being a Gitmo McDonald's employee? Are they striking for a $15 minimum wage?

      • Zangief [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        America exporting its finest goods to its prison camp, I see.

    • jabrd [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      I did say tourist destinations. Cuba might be a great place to take a trip but it isn’t a resort country

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Cuba is a super popular tourist destination with tons of resorts. Cuba still has a huge tourism industry. I know a shit load of people who went there and stayed at resorts.

        • DirtbagVegan [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah I think it always had some tourism after the rev, but they really allowed it to increase after the fall of the USSR.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            Lost a huge trade partner and tourism was always an easy way to bring in money, makes sense.

      • TheBroodian [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Tourism is one of the island's primary ways of bringing in foreign revenue and US Dollars. It's definitely a tourist island.

      • Gothouse [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Used to be, before the Revolution. Castro brought it to a screeching halt, closed the casinos, freed the prostitutes and spread the wealth.

        • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          No, it's still a tourist destination. Just not mob run and Americans can't go. It's a very common vacation place for Canadians. There are plenty of resorts and some are very high luxury.