• Victor
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    41 month ago

    Ah, man, thank you for this. I became just a little bit wiser today. Love you.

    how the US obliterated the economy of Cuba because of “communism” which was really just Cuba not wanting to be the US’s sugar plantation anymore

    Oof. I did not know this. That’s scummy af.

    • @LePoisson
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      41 month ago

      Think that’s scummy, take a look at what happened with Haiti when they fought for and gained their independence.

      There’s a reason one half of the same island is way worse off than the other when it comes to living conditions for their people.

      • Victor
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        21 month ago

        I barely want to know. Nothing I can change, and I’m sure it’ll be triggering af 🫨

        • @LePoisson
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          11 month ago

          Short version: after gaining their independence in a slave rebellion France (in particular since they were a colony of them) was pissed and our for revenge. They got the other European powers and the USA to enforce an embargo on Haiti. They’re still poor af because they had many years of basically being isolated from international trade of many things.