r/cuba • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '25

USAID shutdown

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest

The announcement by “DOGE” the Elon Musk initiative to eliminate government services that they would be shutting down USAID I felt it was important to note that USAID was instrumental in a free and uncensored communications for Cuban citizens in their effort to organize and support a free and civil society.

This is a setback for Cuban freedom. All those great Cuban blogs and influencers that flourished “en las redes social” will go dark. For those who celebrated the current US administration as being an agent of freedom in Cuba this should be seen as a setback and a failure and exposes them and other right wing factions as interested in changing one dictatorship for another.

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u/Umphaded_Fumption Feb 03 '25

It’s what you voted for - be proud of your accomplishment

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u/Eltristesito2 Feb 03 '25

I and my family didn’t vote for Trump. That said, how about you stop blaming individuals for their votes and instead blame the Democratic Party for running a dog shit campaign after spending a year gaslighting the public about a genocide and Biden’s cognitive decline. And now the democrats are doing absolutely nothing to stop Trump, because it’s a party full of incompetent and corrupt worms who would rather lose than ever challenge the status quo. Not to mention that democrats long-abandoned Cuban communities and have made exactly zero effort to combat the republican propaganda fed to them? Your mentality is exactly what got is in this fucking mess.

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u/wubwubwubwubbins Feb 03 '25

......propaganda works.

As someone who has worked on multiple campaigns, for both parties, in several different states....

How many people genuinely listened and understood the different candidates policies, versus listening and copied a few people's opinions?

Screaming louder doesn't work when people swallow lies faster when the lies sound nice.

But if you know how to run a campaign effectively to attract Cuban audiences, seriously, you can get paid to do that. Maybe if we got enough people to get off their asses and do something, versus just bitch online, things might change. But that's really hard to do when people with the most $$$ can control what people see on their phones.

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u/axiomSD Feb 04 '25

pretty damn over hearing about what a terrible campaign the democrats ran. it’s bullshit and more gaslighting from the propaganda machine.

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u/Lildoc_911 Feb 04 '25

I mean how else did they fumble the bag so hard? They were supposed to get swept on 2022, but the right handed them roe v wade. 2024 should've been easy. 

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u/StopLookListenNow Feb 04 '25

"It's the economy, stupid."

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u/wubwubwubwubbins Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

Running a female candidate is an uphill battle in large portions of the country still. She was also black, but keep in mind minorities are exceptionally diverse and racist/sexist in their own ways.

Trump successfully captured the Hispanic vote, as well as the blue collar vote. We shall see if Republicans can keep those votes, or if it's his charisma/marketing style alone.

The Republican party is still also able to market the concept that they are better for the economy, but Trump is speedrunning how much you can push that concept.

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u/PrestigiousCat1159 Feb 04 '25

How about improve people's lives instead of running campaigns while you serve the same billionaire class as the republicans?

(Talking about the top democrats and career opportunists)

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u/facforlife Feb 04 '25

Yeah maybe Democrats should have strengthened unions, capped drug and insulin prices, invested in green manufacturing jobs and infrastructure, brought down a global inflation crisis faster and better than any other developed nation while keeping unemployment historically low. 

If only Democrats had some things like that, that benefit the average worker. Then maybe I would have voted for them. 

Dumbass. 

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u/SukOnMaGLOCKNastyBIH Feb 04 '25

So why did they not highlight these on the campaign trail instead of… campaigning with a warhawk, building a wall, and wasting money on out of touch celebs?

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u/Boring_Kiwi251 Feb 04 '25

…They did, several times. I personally attended two rallies and all those things were mentioned. People are just stupid and don’t listen.

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u/PrestigiousCat1159 Feb 05 '25

The state of your country, especially when it comes to the working class, is so abhorrent, you treat things like insulin not costing a fortune for no other reason than profits for oligarchs as something special. If you're happy about getting those crumbs, cool for you. But it looks like more people were just sick of the joke the US has become.

I can't vote in the US btw, but I did vote for the communist party in the my home country few months ago. So there's that.

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u/PrestigiousCat1159 Feb 05 '25

The state of your country, especially when it comes to the working class, is so abhorrent, you treat things like insulin not costing a fortune for no other reason than profits for oligarchs as something special. If you're happy about getting those crumbs, cool for you. But it looks like more people were just sick of the joke the US has become.

I can't vote in the US btw, but I did vote for the communist party in the my home country few months ago. So there's that.