Numbers 2, 3, and 4 wouldn’t even cost the US government or Americans anything. Literally just “stop being assholes to Cubans, Venezuelans, and Mexicans living in the US” and of course the US will reject this.

[–] edge@hexbear.net 79 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If anything, by their own ideology it should benefit us. A freer market with more competition.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 77 points 11 months ago

LMAO, the ideology is so dishonest too. The day the US participates in a fair competition is the day the US loses.

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 51 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The US sanctioned Vietnam after it kicked Americans’ asses, and it plunged Vietnam into even further desolation until they were forced to open up and enforced more capitalistic policies. They could’ve done the same with Cuba, but just like how the west will never forgive the USSR for defeating fascism in Europe, the US will never forgive Cuba for defeating US imperialism underneath its nose.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 71 points 11 months ago

It costs the US the most valuable thing it has, hegemony, which is why we won't see it in our lifetimes unless quite a few things change.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 40 points 11 months ago

Not even that, it saves the US money. Unironically, if the US was a smarter capitalist country, they'd lift the embargo and just try to cause Cuba to undergo another glasnost and perestroika by simply having capitalism prove itself.

But of course, this means corporations would have to be in it for the long haul, and they're too addicted to instant gratification to even avert a climate catastrophe.