• @madcaesar
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    221 month ago

    Soooo wtf are these Cubans thinking? These embargoes hurt the people in Cuba. So Cubans in Florida are basically Republican women? As in, they’d gladly hurt those like them as long as they can feel superior?

    • @Thunderbird4
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      1 month ago

      Absolutely. See also: increasingly conservative Mexicans in US border states who support building a wall.

      • Dessalines
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        231 month ago

        Its the “pull up the ladder” phenomenon. You even see it in places you wouldn’t expect, like US workers opposing student loan forgiveness proposals because they had to pay, and want to make damn sure everyone else has to go through the pain that they did.

      • @[email protected]
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        71 month ago

        I watched an immigrant buy the house across the street and turn it into a compound, build a business with undocumented folk he kept in campers outside his house, and now that its established he ditched the campers, flys Trump flags, and advocates for mass deportation.

        The “I got mine” mentality is strong.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 month ago

      The Cuban refugees were mostly supporters of the Batista regime, owners of sugar plantations, etc.