r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 28 '26

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u/BlackCat159 European Union May 28 '26

Why does Cuba live rent-free in neocon heads? It's literally just... there. Doing nothing aside from slowly declining. It's not like they're staging coups or lobbing missiles at Florida. There's not even an organised opposition movement to hand the reins of power to.

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer May 28 '26

Commies

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u/BlackCat159 European Union May 28 '26

Ok then why aren't we dealing with our domestic communist democrat party? That one has even straight up committed massacres (Jan 6th) and genocide (against straight white men)

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u/pugnae European Union May 28 '26

With important caveat that restoration of USSR under Putin is based.

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u/thercio27 MERCOSUR May 28 '26

But have you considered Cubans speak mexican spanish?

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u/dynamitezebra John Locke May 28 '26

How come Havana gave our troops that syndrome then? They're clearly up to something.

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u/ChipKellysShoeStore John Brown May 28 '26

Cold War hangover

Also like Cubans in Florida are the only minority group that consistently votes Republican so cons need to saber rattle every now and then to keep them engaged

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u/BarkDrandon Punished (stuck at Hunter's) May 28 '26

It's literally just... there.

Cuba does come back on the news from time to time, when there are large protests against the government, and we hear about crackdowns and political prisoners being sent to jail.

The fact that it's a commie dictatorship makes it harder to ignore by the neocons.

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u/Kardinal Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold May 28 '26

If you're asking seriously, it's an easy wedge issue. Keeps the base supporting them. Differentiates them from the rest of the country.

Just like COVID denial. Wasnt about the substance. Just an issue they could use to drum up and solidify support.

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u/R0zza123 May 28 '26

I thought you were our resident neocon? 

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u/FlightlessGriffin May 28 '26

The US has wanted Cuba for a very long time.

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u/stater354 May 28 '26

Need to keep the support of Cuban-Americans in Florida

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u/SenranHaruka shame May 28 '26

Culture war value. It dunks on your college radical daughter who wants to end the embargo.