cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2799086

For starters, how the fuck do you enforce an embargo without the threat of violence, and secondly I love how me and all my communist friends are expected to have a PhD in world history and economics while your average liberal can cite two state department links and a CIA funded NGO and call it a day.

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    12 days ago

    Genuine question: Even if this is true, isn’t it just irrelevant? How is Cuba supposed to use US dollars to buy food and medicine, if they can’t export anything else to any countries that use US dollars? Are they just supposed to be in debt permanently?