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Originally Posted by creaturecat
i would be a bit embarrassed, as a US citizen, being in Cuba.
50 some years of a bull**** embargo. starving people, for what reason, exactly? machismo? ego?
entertainment?
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1). Castro the first is kaput. Russia hasn't been around since the Kennedys. You can spread USD around the world to undermine foreign influences, and help maintain your own assets.
2). Another way of looking at it is to help poor people directly.
Instead of through some NY corporate 'charity'.
3). Another way of looking at it is for health care.
Those poor Cubans enjoy much better medical treatment than us high-falutin hoihty-toighty Americans.
4). Another way is to 'make things right' if you're a bleeding heart.
The Shame Complex is still strong within our culture, and forced upon us all.
Daily. Subtlety.
Even on the young and innocent.