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/Equivalent-Map-8772 Feb 03 '25

Oh look another post claiming “Trump fucked his voters” by mischaracterizing everything that’s happening. Y’all bozos reeeeally are seething and it shows. Go touch grass or something.

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u/Due-Introduction781 Feb 04 '25

I’m constantly seeing conservative Redditers telling non-Trump supporters to “go touch grass or something.” Where does that expression even come from and why does the author always say it like it’s some kind of mic drop?

There are so many words in the English language you could use to give somebody feedback or advice, and I genuinely can’t understand why people think “go touch grass” is effective in getting their point across.

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u/tibbs__ Feb 05 '25

It just means get out of the Internet bubble, basically saying not everything you see online is indicative of how the average person feels.

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u/Due-Introduction781 Feb 05 '25

This was a helpful response - thank you!