Dot.@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoCuba faces nation-wide blackout, activists renew calls for an end to the blockade.peoplesdispatch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down14
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkCuba faces nation-wide blackout, activists renew calls for an end to the blockade.peoplesdispatch.orgDot.@feddit.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareatomicfox@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down37·17 days agoHow’s that communism working out for them?
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·17 days agoIn Cuha it’s not even about communism; it’s about being way too close to a global superpower who is also your enemy.
minus-squareOwen Earl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·edit-217 days agoIdk, compaired to USA they have free healthcare, legal abortion and: Lower homicide rate Lower suicide rate Lower infant mortality rate Lower covid deaths per capita Higher representation of women in government Higher literacy rate Less air pollution Less car related deaths Roughly equal life expectancy IDK if that says more about cuba being good or the US being bad 🤷♀️🤷♂️🤷
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoAdd home ownership rates to the list. Actually, if you look at home ownership rates across the world, certain patterns start to emerge.
minus-squarecount_dongulus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·17 days agoYa but do they have electricity? Seems not.
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down6·edit-217 days agoMaybe this blackout will make it clear for them. If an oligarchy wasn’t the way to go, we wouldn’t be winning so hard.
minus-squareOwen Earl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 days agoWho’s “we”? Surely you don’t mean the USA?
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoI’m being sarcastic, hence my use of the word oligarchy. I fully mean the united states.
minus-squareOwen Earl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days agoGotcha. I didn’t catch the sarcasm first time around but it makes total sense now
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoThe only thing I’m losing at is sarcasm, I clearly didn’t get my point across.
minus-squareravhall@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down18·17 days agoML will just complain about sanctions and send you a bunch of random links
How’s that communism working out for them?
In Cuha it’s not even about communism; it’s about being way too close to a global superpower who is also your enemy.
Idk, compaired to USA they have free healthcare, legal abortion and:
IDK if that says more about cuba being good or the US being bad 🤷♀️🤷♂️🤷
Add home ownership rates to the list. Actually, if you look at home ownership rates across the world, certain patterns start to emerge.
Ya but do they have electricity? Seems not.
Maybe this blackout will make it clear for them. If an oligarchy wasn’t the way to go, we wouldn’t be winning so hard.
Who’s “we”? Surely you don’t mean the USA?
I’m being sarcastic, hence my use of the word oligarchy. I fully mean the united states.
Gotcha. I didn’t catch the sarcasm first time around but it makes total sense now
You are not even wining.
The only thing I’m losing at is sarcasm, I clearly didn’t get my point across.
ML will just complain about sanctions and send you a bunch of random links