The answer is probably not, because I doubt I'm going to have any response that deflates a lifetime of American culture and propaganda, but I'd like to know if y'all have made any success.
I ask because earlier today a person I know came to me, asking if I knew about what's going on in Cuba. I answered there's a kind of small anti-government protest alongside much larger pro-government demonstrations. This was immediately flipped as proof of Cuba's tyranny, since a large pro-government demonstration means everyone's afraid of being jailed or executed. I tried mentioning Cuba has a pretty popular government, the vote on the constitution seems proof of that, but that also just gets flipped as proof of tyranny.
I don't know, it was frustrating and I otherwise respect this person. Have y'all been having trouble?
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That's actually pretty close to how I responded, but this person apparently is friends with a few Balseros and cited their experiences. It just became a loop of "Cubans wouldn't have to live in poverty or flee from it if the embargo ended" then "No, they're poor because of communism" and back and forth.
Show them the state department memo about Cuba someone posted here, it's pretty explicit about both the motivations of the embargo and the popularity of the government.
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Thanks for posting this memo.
For what it's worth PootrKrobuttkin posted it first