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Participatory Democracy In Cuba (hexbear.net)

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[-] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 1 points 9 months ago

It's a quote from that article I posted.

Opposition groups, primarily outside of Cuba, had encouraged voters to stay home in protest, saying the election had no meaning in a one-party system with no formal opposition or international oversight.

I read it and it's a good summary I'm just trying to wrap my head around it, and reconcile it with the criticism I've heard before about Cuban elections being a sham, such as in that linked article or on Wikipedia.

Political scientists characterize the political system of Cuba as a single-party authoritarian regime where political opposition is not permitted.[7][8][9] There are elections in Cuba, but they are not considered democratic.[10][11]

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Are these the same "opposition groups" the U.S. trained to conduct terrorist attacks in Cuba? I'm skeptical of what they might have to say, especially when we don't even have a name of the group or some sort of Cuban law we can point to.

When the U.S. designates a country a state enemy, you see all sorts of stuff made up about it, along with all sorts of muddled half-truths, exaggerations, and misleading spins. You just saw an example of this -- the half (at best) truth that Cuban elections are not contested. You can't take this sort of "Bad Country" mythos at face value.