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[–] 100 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

I always just liked the irony of putting this guy on a tshirt and selling them at retailers.

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    [–] 82 points 3 weeks ago (37 children)

    I know he was a very violent revolutionary, but do you have sources for him specifically targeting any of those people/groups? I know he oversaw the execution of a lot of people from the Batista government, but hadn't heard of any specific targeting based on race, sexual orientation, or jobs.

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    [–] 72 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (27 children)

    The revolution freed the slaves in Cuba, ended its colonialism by the US, provided free medicine and education for every citizen, reformed land so there were no big landlords any longer, created vast amounts of infrastructure in rural areas that did not have any before this, and much, much more. The ones killed by the revolution were the fascists in the Batista regime. Marxism-Leninism is the ideology of the liberation of the working classes around the world.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

    Cuba has more doctors per sq. inch than another country in NA. Everybody in Cuba is highly educated despite it being a place where not the smartest people vacation to. Only reason Cuba is not an economic power house is because of the embargo that's been going on for 50 years.

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  • [–] 38 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    indeed. the biggest reason socialism fails is because capitalists keep kneecaping it, not because its a flawed system.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

    The narrative that socialism has always failed is also wrong, too. Cuba is doing far better than they would have for its people had it remained a sugar colony. China is quickly advancing to the top of the world stage. Socialism does work, despite siege, even if it would do better without it.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Shit I'd argue Cubans got it better then Americans rn. At least thier cancer gets treated.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 weeks ago

    Right now the genocidal blockade is preventing vital cancer-treating medicine from entering Cuba, so while Cuba does have numerous advantages over the US even with its imperialism, right now the people are being starved and cut off of vital necessities.

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    [–] 52 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Great post, Marco Rubio! Keep up the great work!

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    Revolutionaries aren't perfect, so it's better to stick with the facist billionaire pedophiles that you already know and love.

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    [–] 28 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

    That face when you spread misinformation

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    [–] 16 points 3 weeks ago* (5 children)

    Never blindly idolise a person. Everyone has god and bad sides. Some more of one or the other. Let them inspire you not think for you. He however wasn't much of a thinking kinda guy...

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    [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago

    Kill your heroes, eat their corpses, and shit out a better tomorrow!

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

    It baffles me how this guy became an icon.

    Here's a short video if anyone wants to learn about him

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQF6-Lyb5QU

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  • [–] 22 points 3 weeks ago

    Symbols are easier than actual people. Nobody is just one thing, and complexity doesn't travel well. Revolutionaries are either lionized or demonized, and so it becomes easier for the critics to ignore valid points while simultaneously being easier for the supporters to ignore atrocities. Rather than an objective, complete understanding of the man, you get polarized factions that don't see each other as people.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    Latin American hangs out with Westerner is the usual path.

    Remember when the CIA funded schools to teach Right Wing Death Squads and they put in a bunch of rightwing dictators in because they're scared of communism having a turn?

    History is hilarious. The School of the Americas. Life, Liberty, and teaching massacres 101:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation#Criticism

    "The U.S. Army School of the Americas is a school that has run more dictators than any other school in the history of the world."

    - Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II[83]

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    [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    Humans never learn. They have a bloody revolution to overthrow the dictator so they can install another dictator.

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