Why is Cuba and DPRK sanctioned but not China, Vietnam, or Laos? (lemmygrad.ml)

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u/AverageUnique - originally from r/GenZhou
They all use pretty much the same system (except maybe DPRK). What makes the USA want to trade with the latter countries but not when it comes to Cuba or DRPK? Thanks in advance

edit: meant embargo instead of sanctions

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u/JohannesAdams1212 - originally from r/GenZhou
Capitalists only want profit, and since they control the government of the West, it's very profitable for them to not sanction China nor Viet Nam so they could tap into the labour forces of these countries and use them for outsourcing labour.

Cuba and DPRK on the other hand are not as profitable since they do not really allow private enterprises in their country as much as the latter 2.

For Laos though, I think the West just doesn't know it exists and if it's relevant or not. I think we're just waiting for Laotian Socialism to become even more successful and Western media would create a thing called the "Hmong Genocide" or smth.

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u/rivainirogue - originally from r/GenZhou
Oh the West knows about Laos but in 2009 the Obama administration simply declared that Laos had ''ceased to be a Marxist-Leninist country.''

So the Marxism understanders over in the White House just made a declaration and then lifted the ban on Laotian companies from getting financing from the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

So they’re hoping to corrupt the country with capitalistic thought, but so far “in Vientiane, the capital, news of the U.S. policy change was perplexing for Klongmanee Boonliang, an amiable saleswoman in a government-run bookshop. Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin are still best sellers, she said. Every month, schools and offices buy 400 to 500 poster-size portraits of the two men and hang them in prominent places. ''The Smile of Lenin,'' one of several booklets praising Lenin on the shelves, also sells well.

''He was a brave and smart person,'' she said, offering an impromptu homily to the founder of Soviet communism. ''Everyone wants to get lessons from him. It's still important.''

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