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That, if true (since you didn't link any sources), sounds at worst like the kind of exploitation that Westerners like you and me rely on (from "undocumented" or even documented immigrants in your own country, resource extraction sectors in developing countries, cheap overseas manufacturing, etc) that allows us to make the illusion of a living wage from what little work we do in comparison. In reality Cuba would actually be far less exploitative than us because we do all of what you described and much, much worst to people you never see or think about. Where did that cobalt in your phone come from? What about your chocolate? Where does your e-waste go after you drop it off at a big box store before buying the newest thing? Cuba at least doesn't prop up their own citizens at the great expense of people they deem less important.
You cannot ask for sources if you don’t supply them yourself. You just made up that shit about Cuba because you have no idea about Cuba. You’ll find a long history of labor abuse in Cuba. This just proves everything you say is bullshit hive rhetoric.
https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/main/socialism_faq.md#on-cuba
Not a source in itself but links to many sources.
Also, you know nothing about Cuba and everything you say is straight out of the US propaganda pool which they've been using to justify their illegal blockade of the country. Also also, if I'm just a hive mind drone and you're apparently not, why not post your own sources to show how much better informed you are? Seems like you don't have sources and are deflecting from your lack of sources.
Fuck the US. Kill trump. Fuck the embargo. Don’t shift the topic because you got caught in a LIE.
You’ll never once hear me simp for the US.
Doesn't simp for the US, just coincidentally believes every claim the US makes about socialist countries. Cool.
Post your sources then. I posted mine after I "got caught in a LIE." Since you're obviously not LYING and are a well-read expert on Cuban labour practices, that should be an easy ask for you.
Me disagreeing with your hive mind doesn’t make me agree with the US. That’s just a convenient excuse to avoid defending your opinions. The same could be said for you. You turn a blind eye to all the bad things in countries you’re told to side with.
All government not controlled by the people is bad government. Any country that allows billionaires to exist is a capitalist country. Any country to silence dissent is a fascist country. Any country to put people in camps for extermination or reeducation is a fascist country. Any country to deny civil rights to its citizens is a fascist country.
USA == CHINA. There is very little difference below the surface.
Keep on desperately trying to turn me into your enemy, like they want you to.
Sure buddy, China's just like the USA. These are definitely things that happen in capitalist countries. 🤣
90% of families in the country own their home giving China one of the highest home ownership rates in the world. What’s more is that 80% of these homes are owned outright, without mortgages or any other leans. https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2016/03/30/how-people-in-china-afford-their-outrageously-expensive-homes
The real (inflation-adjusted) incomes of the poorest half of the Chinese population increased by more than four hundred percent from 1978 to 2015, while real incomes of the poorest half of the US population actually declined during the same time period. https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w23119/w23119.pdf
Real wage (i.e. the wage adjusted for the prices you pay) has gone up 4x in the past 25 years, more than any other country. This is staggering considering it’s the most populous country on the planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw8SvK0E5dI
From 1978 to 2000, the number of people in China living on under $1/day fell by 300 million, reversing a global trend of rising poverty that had lasted half a century (i.e. if China were excluded, the world’s total poverty population would have risen) https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/China%E2%80%99s-Economic-Growth-and-Poverty-Reduction-Angang-Linlin/c883fc7496aa1b920b05dc2546b880f54b9c77a4
From 2010 to 2019 (the most recent period for which uninterrupted data is available), the income of the poorest 20% in China increased even as a share of total income. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.DST.FRST.20?end=2019&%3Blocations=CN&%3Bstart=2008
Chinese household savings hit another record high in 2024 https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-jones-bank-earnings-01-12-2024/card/chinese-household-savings-hit-another-record-high-xqyky00IsIe357rtJb4j
Student debt in China is virtually non-existent because education is not run for profit. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jlim/2016/08/29/why-china-doesnt-have-a-student-debt-problem/
The typical Chinese adult is now richer than the typical European adult https://www.businessinsider.com/typical-chinese-adult-now-richer-than-europeans-wealth-report-finds-2022-9
I mean, if you read the article you’ll be embarrassed how it doesn’t support your claim.
People earning enough money to be able to buy housing for their children isn't the own you think it is. Certainly doesn't happen in capitalist fash regimes like the one you live in. 🤣
That’s very much not what the article says. You should read it.