- cross-posted to:
- leopardsatemyface
- politics
- cross-posted to:
- leopardsatemyface
- politics
[Trump] has repatriated more than 1,600 Cubans in 2025, according to the Cuban government. That is about double the number of Cubans who were repatriated in 2024. And in the years that Mr. Trump has been president, he has sent more Cubans back than his three predecessors.
Families, businesses and communities that once felt removed from or immune to immigration enforcement now must face it head-on. Some Floridians worry that these deportations could stain the state’s proud Cuban identity, turning older immigrants against newer ones.
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Many of these folks are people that lost their plantation or were no longer allowed to be landlords because of communism. I feel like they have an inkling what communism is about. If all you are is a parasite, and communism weeds you out, you’re right to dislike communism, and the rest of the world is right to dislike you.
My mother was never a landlord in Cuba and she hates Comunism regardless. She blames the hardships of her youth and current family on the castros, which I agree with, as they let corruption run rampart and imprison/kill their own citizenry. Hell I can’t even post a picture of my cousin after he got out of forced military training (2 years ago) due to fears that the goberment may pay my family a visit.
You do not have any metrics of corruption in Cuba that can be reasonably believed, and neither does your mother, so you’re just handwaving the word “corruption” around without anything to back it up.
Same thing I’d say about your side of the argument. But I am the one here with family still in Cuba and they can still tell me their hardships. You will never sway someone onto comunism when that very same word has been used to extract wealth from them for decades.
I know I can’t convince your family, yet the people in Cuba majorly support the system and are aware that it’s primarily the embargo’s fault that people experience hardship. It’s hard to get statistics about Cuba in particular, but all socialist countries experience booms in inequality if socialism ends, as it happened all over the eastern block in the 90s. The only thing separating Cuba from becoming a new Haiti is communism.
LOL my gusano mother told me so.
They are all innocent sheep if you believe their stories aren’t they?
Are you suggesting that corruption wasn’t an issue under Batista? Why do you blame communism but not the embargo thats designed to cripple an economy and force “hardships” for your mothers “hardships?”
No. I don’t blame comunism, it’s just another lie they got told to be exploited. The US embargo also has fault yes but in the end of the day one Cuban has to make the choice of how what they have gets distributed and I assure you none of the castros are skipping a meal. It’s not all black or white bloody hell.