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?

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    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.