You too !! The Cuban government needs to ease back on the socialism and begin to embrace some forms of capitalism. In addition, western nations to include the US needs to lift all embargoes.
Cuba could become a metropolis of success if it were allowed to change, if the regime went away, Cuba is filled with very strong and intelligent people, and none of them are allowed to make that change, because it’s illegal
If they can have their god-given rights recognized and have their economy made into a capitalist market economy, then they could recover. That requires their current government to be destroyed.
Without guns, it is an uphill battle because the communist tyrants are willing to kill anyone who opposes them. As an American who came from Cuba 25 years ago, I tell you defend the Second Ammendment even if it cost you your life, because living as a sheep, a slave of communism is worse than death.
As an American who came from Cuba 25 years ago, I tell you defend the Second Ammendment even if it cost you your life, because living as a sheep, a slave of communism is worse than death.
L Rodriguez Communism and Woke SJW liberals are the same thing, they are both feudalism ideology base of empower the ruler example Castro family and the ordinary people died and suffer without care.
@L Rodriguez - Americans have the second amendment, but no balls. Read the Declaration of Independence. The list of grievances are things that Americans not only support today, but demand from government. The Founding Fathers of America fought a revolution over much less tyranny than Americans tolerate and expect today.
So unlike Capitalist nations, Cuba has a low homelessness level, free college and guaranteed jobs instead of being turned down because of nepotism, because of your physical appearance, or because you lack job experience THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO GET HIRED IN ORDER TO HAVE. In Cuba those things are a non-issue thanks to the government yet y'all motherfuckers still want to blame the Cuban government?
I have nothing but goodwill towards the people of Ukraine and Russia and China for that matter but Americans should focus on restoring and expanding liberty in America and supporting liberty in our own hemisphere, including Cuban immigrants. Americans must lead by example.
Well said. America has a huge problem with censure, poor election management, and even political prosecution....not a country to show no other countries how to live in freedom....that was many decades ago but now the government had become the enemy of We The People's liberties....and the poor educational system and media just tools for communist brainwashing. We must restore America to the principles the Founders created , like minimum government, respect of the constitution to have our liberties restored.
@@lrodriguez6691 Election management? RINO Trump lost. Stop the squeal already. RINO Trump also did more socialism, more gun control, more debt, bigger deficits, more nanny state policies, more government growth than Obama, in half the time.
I've been to Cuba; it was an eye-opener. Once grand hotels are abandoned with trees growing in their lobbies. Everywhere buildings are crumbling. Everyone had a side hustle to make ends meet, like the washroom attendants in public restrooms looking for a couple of US dollars. It's a depressing place with so much potential. Hopefully, change is coming.
You are aware an island economy has limitations on infrastructure and other modern amenities to improve quality of life right? US Sanctions have been a very big reason things have been falling apart. They can't import products to rebuild or maintain things. They can't export their products to the United States either. Sabotaging their nation is much of the reason this happens.
@@steviacandyman7892 oh right. I forgot the united States is the only other country in the world. They are free to trade with any other country in the world, problem is, they don't produce anything of value. Cigars perhaps, but I'm sure the EU doesn't want to deal in the evil leaf. They should at the very least have a healthy tourism economy, but nobody wants to go to a prison island.
@@mortson978 The embargo has the same effect as any company that trades with Cuba cannot trade with the United States for 180 days, and obviously they would want to trade with the wealthier country. Also imagine complaining about “prison island” when the United States runs a torture camp there.
@@moistestpickle5268 Cuba imprisons people who try to emigrate. People don't emigrate from Cuba, they escape. The embargo doesn't cause the human rights abuses in the "glorious workers' paradise." It is by any reasonable estimation, a prison. That doesn't mean I am pro gitmo. Not sure what that has to do with the argument anyway...
Now this is a good example of what it means to be a Libertarian. For freedom to choose over proverbial governmental assumptions about what it means to be "safe". Humans have been given these RIGHTS by God Almighty and are inalienable for a reason. Any country. Any person.
That is what a real Lockean Liberal says too, lol. We should never have let Progressives steal the name Liberal from us. They are anti Liberals of State Control over the individual. Liberalism is freedom from the Govt, not more Govt, lol.
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I keep wondering why we stopped talking about Cuba. Thanks Reason for bringing this back to light I believe completely that if the USA kept focus on this, there might have been a change. But it didn't fit "the narrative
It's not the US's responsibility to change Cuba into a democracy. While it is sad, the people need to decide for themselves what they want. If a group of people decide they want to live under a dictator, they should be free to do so. The US interference in sovereign nations just makes the US look worse on an international scale.
@@tompain2751 The people still allow it to happen. Governments can only exist if they are propped up by the people. That is true of any government, democracy, communist, monarch, dictator, etc. If the people decide not to support the government, the government will fail. It is not about an election. A fair number of Cubans must still support the government and thus why it still has power.
Trading your freedom for safety has always been a bait and switch. They take your freedoms, sure. But where's the safety? Turns out more freedom = more safety.
@@kimobrien. Communist nonsense aka a statment without supporting facts or argumentation. How about you look up the number of people who died at the hands of "their own" government in the 20th century
@@Barskor1 How about the 100,000,000 who died early deaths due to leaded gasoline? The 20,000 who died to get rid of your capitalist dictator General Batista The number of lives saved by Cuban medical solidarity? Hitler wanted to build a German capitalist Empire like the British. Jimmy "Human Rights" Carter armed and supported Pol Pot at the UN. The US/UK gave the Green light to the Indonesian military dictatorships murder of 1 million Communist suspects. All the libertarians want to do is delink capitalism from the capitalist government and its crimes.
@@Barskor1 The libertarians also talk about how capitalism could work instead of how it actual does like Karl Marx in Das Kapital. The sing hymns of romantic praise to he industrialist as the greatest of ever human beings. Their problem is the have no way to their dream world without crushing the industrial trade unions by use of fascist methods. .
Power is addictive. For someone with sociopathic or narcissistic tendencies, it’s incredibly addictive. You can’t understand it because you’re not empathetically disabled. They can’t understand why someone with the ability to seize power over other people wouldn’t seize it.
I actually think you're the exception. Everyone loves power. Normal people just don't love it so much they would do terrible things for it.I think that many actions that on a first glance have nothing to do with loving to control others have that desire at the core. Like trying to cancel someones show even though you have never watched it. Or forcing someone to obey some rule even though it does not affect you. I see these little things every single day. Starts with harassing someone for crossing a red light on foot when the streets are deserted and end with the sky as the limit.
@@0ntimetaiment921 don’t get me wrong. I love power. I love controlling outcomes within my own life, and I thoroughly enjoy being right about something and watching people’s respect for me develop. We all love power and we all love respect. But, when you have low emotional intelligence, that quest for power gets replaced with pursuing a sense of power from controlling outcomes just for the sake of controlling them. That’s how you end up with Karen’s and other obnoxious sticklers for meaningless rules. I genuinely believe this is the result of a mental deficiency. None of these people can answer the question of why something is important without deferring to the dictates of an authority above them. You hear arguments like “well it’s the law! You have to follow the law!” Or “well that’s just not polite!” There’s no logic or thorough understanding of what the purpose of the rule is, but they glean a hollow, temporary satisfaction from seeing people obey them.
The Word capitalism has become an anticoncept because so many definition that no can agree on terms. And by the Rich using politics to become powerful and powerful to become rich. Call it for what it is.."Politization Process of everyday life". The political economy, Controlled supply chains, centralized industries, fiat property claims, Cartel firms aka coporations reciving incentives and swearing alligences to the state etc.etc.
In Crony Capitalism, the Rich and the Powerful tend to sleep together for the sake of "public good". Real capitalism is about people having the right to own their own things.
You should interview Yoel and Mari, a Cuban-American TH-cam couple who make videos about Yoel’s reaction to life in America with capitalism versus communism in Cuba. Both immigrated to the US within the last five years and participated in last summer’s demonstrations.
Ah yes, the "communism bad, but capitalism good" argument. Do they know what is required for capitalism to work? Someone has to get screwed. You know, if you drove into big American cities, where capitalism has left its mark, you find abandoned properties, stores, and decomposing buildings like you would think is happening in Cuba. Americans were in a lot of trouble too during the pandemic.
@mr oko Funny thing is a lot of philosophers warned about the dangers of communism, Marx chose to ignore them all. Max Stirner even exposed the selfish nature of communism in 'The Unique and It's Own' and Marx responded with an ad hominem attack that was even longer than Stirner's book, all without refuting Stirner's critique of communism. Modern woke NPCs got their arguing style and sense of infallibility from Marx himself
As a Cuban American if we here in the US continue to let the federal government infringe on the Second Amendment we'll end up like Cuba. Without the Second Amendment no other amendment matters.
"Fidel Castro had a net worth of $900 million at the time of his death in 2016. Fidel scoffed at estimates of his net worth while he was alive, but several reports have come forward pegging the number at $500 million minimum. "
As long as there is money there will always be someone willing to suppress others freedom. People have to stop living in fear and be willing to die for freedom, otherwise nothing will change.
Money is only information. Information as to how much labor and skills when into a product or service. Physical money is just government debt that you hold, and IOU from the government that the government can then recollect at a later date in the form of taxes. Money is nothing but a intermediary for the exchange of goods and services. Money is just some ink and paper that we choose to deem valuable.
@@Dbulkss I completely agree. Money is a good thing, much more efficient than bartering. Thank goodness we have it but most people don't realize what it really is.
Socialism is the obsolete 'ideology' that lost the Cold War when the Soviet Union disintegrated without a single shot being fired, a conflict that the United States and Capitalism WON; but Socialism/Communism also failed miserably in Romania, Chile, Hungary, Cambodia, Czechoslovakia, Sudan, Mongonlia, Cape Verde, Burma, Bolivia, Chad, Djibouti, Granada, Ethiopia, North Korea, Algeria, Congo, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Guinea Bissau, Tanzania, Albania, Bulgaria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Angola, Soviet Union, Guyana, Yugoslavia, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Laos, East Germany, Mozambique, Poland, Nicaragua, South Yemen, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Somalia, Cuba, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, China (which hasn't been communist except in name since the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping in 1964 which was done because the previous and latest Communist dictator, Mao Zedong, killed more than 30 million Chinese with his stupid policies and hunger, although he didn't suffer any hunger or anything, in fact he was rich, a hypocritical feature that characterizes all Socialist dictators, just ask Nicolas Maduro, his son literally showered himself with bundles of $100 dollar bills in a party while Venezuela lost a quarter of all of its population) and many many other places; after which Communism caused over 120 million DEATHS BTW, how come Lefties always complain about American 'imperialism' anyway? What about Vietnamese imperalism in Cambodia? Or Soviet imperialism in Hungary or Czechoslovakia or Poland or East Germany or Latvia or Lithuania or Estonia? Or Chinese imperialism in Tibet and North Korea and Vietnam? Or Russian imperialism in Georgia or Azerbaijan or Ukraine or Byelorussia or Armenia? Or Cuban imperialism on Angola or Venezuela or Nicaragua or Bolivia? And remember to recite the Communist's Prayer: "That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, it's not a big deal. And if it is, it wasn't their fault. And if it was, they didn't mean it. And if they did, the victims deserved it."
Vietnam also had similar reforms to Deng's China, it's why Vietnam isn't that much of a shithole anymore, Fascism with a red coat of paint works, sadly enough
The pandemic restrictions were a real eye-opener for me. I’ve always disliked communism but now having only gotten just tiny taste of it here especially here in NYC, I truly *truly* hate communism with all my heart. The restrictions and the lockdowns were almost parallel with Cuban govt style dictatorship - the unhealthy worshiping of Fauci by the msm media, being restricted to only buy food from big box stores and marketplaces like walmart, target, or amazon, coerced vaccinations, etc. I’ve never been to Cuba but I know enough that it would be a depressing place to be and that I must stop communism from spreading here at all costs. The scariest part of this is that there are people that just go along with all this and are just fine with it ignorant of the path that it leads!
You just complained about capitalism, not communism. Every single government overreach was benefiting the capitalist class in America. I doubt you know what communism is.
@@steviacandyman7892 Capitalism is simply having the choice of goods and services by competing private entities. Communism is when government in some way or in every way owns the goods and/or services and can only be sustained by an authoritarian government. I never said capitalism is a perfect system but certainly prefer that over communism. I think you’re the one who’s confused.
Was the Second World War worth fighting for FREEDOM? Do you know the restrictions that were placed by governments on Americans, Canadians and British and other allies during that war? Food rationing throughout even America, so that the troops in Europe could be fed. Thousands of manufacturing organizations place under government control to manufacture for the war effort. Many people forced into factory labor to produce munitions and arms. Mandatory recycling implemented to conserve materials required for the war effort. All automobile and farm equipment manufacturing ceased to convert factories to war machines and munitions. Hundreds of everyday products were no longer available. Wages of many industries frozen. Livestock, horses and dogs removed from farms and homes to be sent to support the war. Men in America and Canada conscripted (drafted) into military service. Women in Britain and Europe also conscripted. Britain and Europe forced to respond to air raid sirens to seek shelters. British and European power outages and homes forced into darkness to avoid aerial sighting and sightings from sea. Anyone on the street in Britain or Europe were forced to have their masks on their possession (a big rubber mask with two glass eyes and a 5" diameter X 10" long filter can attached to the front of your face). All military troops were force vaccinated against the diseases of Europe. To refuse vaccination resulted in a charge of insubordination, dishonorable discharge and military jail time. You could say that people temporarily lost their freedoms to support the war, but you should say that good people made sacrifices to defeat an enemy. Do you believe that Britain and all allied forces had a communist agenda during WWII, or were they doing what was necessary to defeat the Nazi enemy?
@@chrisgraham2904 You’re comparing apples to oranges. You’re also taking out of context that in those times, we were still feeling the effects of the ‘Great Depression’ so the economy wasn’t in the best shape either. Drastic times called for drastic measures. But you can’t compare a global pandemic with a 1% mortality rate to a world war where your chances of death were a lot higher by comparison. Unlike WWII, here, the government was more interested in playing doctor/dictator by imposing unnecessary and ineffective mandates and coercionary tactics than public safety. When the government doesn’t care if you suffer potentially deadly side-effects from a fairly experimental medicine, when the government threatens your family’s ability to feed themselves and their well-being, when the government is more interested in protecting the pharmaceutical companies’ financial interests than the well-being of its citizenry, it should make one wonder if this is really about public health or is it about control?
@@lrod312 I disagree. This is a world-wide war against a virus. The virus has killed more people than WWII. The virus isn't finished fighting, maybe just beginning. Do you think people in 1943 said; "It's been two years and this has gone on long enough. I quit!" Governments have screwed up aspects of the pandemic miserably all over the world. You can't say that "governments have imposed unnecessary or ineffective mandates". I can't tell you how many lives have been spared because of the protocols and mandates, but I can't tell you how many injuries and lives have been saved by handrails on staircases either, but the building code does require handrails. Are handrails an affront to your rights?
i think its time communism collapses in cuba if communism collapsed in Russia it can also happen in Cuba and China no regime lasts forever not even communism
ReasonTV Do not need the dramatic music overlay. The Powerful voice of reason is so much more inspiring than some music. Cut the music and let the people speak raw!
Gimme a break. Just lift the embargo so the regime cannot use the big bad USA as a scapegoat. It will never happen, though, Florida Cuban votes are too precious. Why don't you guys go to Vietnam?
My mother and her family fled Cuba in 1966. I grew up with stories of what Cuba used to be, and what ended up happening, of the starvation, the fear, everything my family of doctors and architects worked hard for taken by the government, some family members being killed in jail. My great Uncle was a high up general who grew up with Fidel in the army, so my family had a harder time escaping with their affiliation, and it's a miracle they did. They left everything in order to give my mom and my uncle a better life where they won't starve and become young communists. I am proud to have Cuban blood, and I weep for my ancestral country. A lot of people in the comments are very very very ignorant and jumping to conclusions. Ya'll better be GRATEFUL we have not gotten to where Cuba is now in the US. They live in dirt and filth with no food and water, and YET all of you can easily drive down the street to buy food, even with inflation and clean water runs from your taps. Yes we could get to that point, but all of you better decide wether to fight or sit idly by. We still have guns
Ya that water in Flint, MI was real clean. I really enjoyed living in a California homeless shelter. The Cuban revolution was made with all American arms. Keep selling those guns because we know which way to point them.
@@kwannp6141 End the US Blockade of Cuba!!! 499. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mallory) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)1 Washington , April 6, 1960. SUBJECT The Decline and Fall of Castro Salient considerations respecting the life of the present Government of Cuba are: 1. The majority of Cubans support Castro (the lowest estimate I have seen is 50 percent). 2. There is no effective political opposition. 3. Fidel Castro and other members of the Cuban Government espouse or condone communist influence. 4. Communist influence is pervading the Government and the body politic at an amazingly fast rate. 5. Militant opposition to Castro from without Cuba would only serve his and the communist cause. 6. The only foreseeable means of alienating internal support is through disenchantment and disaffection based on economic dissatisfaction and hardship. If the above are accepted or cannot be successfully countered, it follows that every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba. If such a policy is adopted, it should be the result of a positive decision which would call forth a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government. The principal item in our economic quiver would be flexible authority in the sugar legislation. This needs to be sought urgently. All other avenues should likewise be explored. But first, a decision is [Page 886]necessary as to the line of our conduct. Would you wish to have such a proposal prepared for the Secretary?2
Canadian that survived & lost my Gift to a Cuban Family. I made it work & Provided food from a small farm operation, nothing was permitted once I had made it work with a Return of Free Food for more than one Cuban Family. Nothing but Controls on everything I started & completed with a Cuban Family. The Loss of $$$ is Nothing to the Food we created together. 2015 till 2019 I went too far; I interfered by creating an independent Cuban Family operated food supply that made this Cuban Family a little $$ & great Nutrition.
@@robertlehman9411 Ya like Canada has no controls or taxes on anything. If there is one thing peasant farmers and slaves know it how to do it is to produce food. Maybe as a philanthropist you should concentrate on saving Canadians dying of Drug abuse on the streets of Toronto or maybe helping those Canadian farmers being pushed off the land by capitalist farming. At the time of the revolution Cuba had 3 million people it has about 12 million today that's a factor of 4 Where as the population of Canada went from 18 million to 38 million about double. Canada has much more arable land and is not blockaded by the USA. .
The embargo does not prohibit fishermen in Cuba from fishing, the dictatorship does; The embargo does not confiscate what farmers harvest, the dictatorship does; The embargo does not dictate that the cows are state property, the dictatorship does; The embargo does not prohibit Cubans on the island from doing business freely, the dictatorship does; The embargo did not destroy every sugar mill, textile factory, shoe store, canning factory, the dictatorship did; The embargo is not responsible for Cubans being paid with worthless pesos and stores sell you products with American dollars; the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible that Cubans are beaten and imprisoned for thinking differently, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible that there are hundreds of Cuban political prisoners who have not committed any crime, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible for sending Cubans US dollars that they give to you in worthless pesos in the Western Union, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible for the dictatorship building hotels and the roofs that fall on Cubans' heads, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible for hospitals in Cuba that are disgusting, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible for not having water in homes, for not maintaining the aqueduct system, the dictatorship is;"
I would love to see a Free Cuba, with Liberties restored for the Cuban people. I salute Martha Bueno and her efforts to bring humanitarian aid to the Cuban People.
I'm a South African and I hate that our government spends so much money and resources on the Cuban government, we exchange medical students and army members and yet many South Africans have nothing. At the same time while Russia is being blacklisted by the international community, out government wants to deepen its Russian ties. Very irritating
there's a story by a west African author tittled 'the strangers son' it talks about a man who left his village and went to city and he begot a son ,later ,when he was a fully grown man the son went back to the village , conformed to all cultural practices but the diviner always predicted something bad was going to happen, the young man sought all protections until but the dark prophecy never went away until one day he asked the diviner ,why the village people wanted to harm him and the diviner told him , the village people don't see you as one of their own .You are a foreigner and will always be to them. This is how most of the diaspora community is seen around the world ,yes you have nigerian, cuban, ugandan parents and the people know this ,they will accept you but never include you .you're a foreigner. now put this in the context of cuba which has been under a trade embargo for 50 years, has had a very anti American government with anti American propaganda. Do you think the cubans will be accepting of a cuban American person to lead a revolution? I don't think so, to them you're just another american but with cuban parents, you're not a true son/daughter of the land
Send over a hundred 3d printers with flash cards, laptops and ammo making supplies. You could arm the population for cheap. The cubans are smart and resourceful people.
Beautiful and strong, I don't know if that came out right. But I mean there is beauty and so much strength. I wish her the best of luck and Cuba the best of luck, gaining its freedom
Imagine your most hated country that you plotted a coup and supported terrorist attacks against, that has been under one of the harshest embargos in the world and lost all its allies still is more democratic than the shining beacon of freedom and democracy.
Thank you. As a Cuban immigrant who fled communist Cuba at 15 and trying since to wake up America about communism, this video is one of the many tools that I've already shared to continue my work. I've created my own videos based on my life under communism in Cuba, but coming from my source most Americans have ignored it and even attacked me, calling me an Overzealous Cuban in exile and also a liar that all they watched in my videos never happened to me which is putting salt in my opened wounds that would never heal because I left my home, my family, and everything behind... when I see young Americans and surprisingly many adults wanting socialism in America I'm in shock!
They have been talking about Cuba Goverment collapsing my entire 50 year life. It has been 30 years since Soviet Union fell. Average person there lives in extreme poverty and I think that is exactly how they’re government wants it. US policy toward Cuba isn’t working. It is only adding to suffering of those people we want to help. Maybe it is time to try something different or are we suppose to wait another 50 years?
Being on line saying you’re SMUGGLING resources will only make them crack down on your operation. Why do you feel a need to tell people about your operation? That puts it at risk🤦🏿♀️.
5:45 - It's ironic how Sebastian Arcos was denied healthcare for not being a hardline communist from a country that preaches "free" healthcare has a benefit of communism. So much for compassion for your enemies.
If America actually believed in Liberty and Democracy, it could end this dictatorship in a weekend. I don't condone intervention, but we do often intervene for much less noble reasons. Even just getting out of the way of those willing to help would be a good start.
The future is so unpredictable now. Maybe the reverse is going to happen where in Cuba turns American again. Just see the Russian war in Ukraine. Just see how the US just pulled that entire continent on their side in a week.
@@hendrikdependrik1891 except the left arent pushing marxismn their pushing the great reset which is what WEF and Klaus wants so they can take over the US and the world
@@hendrikdependrik1891 History is definitely repeating itself. The left controls America's education system, mainstream media, big tech, etc and people are sheep. The country is screwed imo.
“There’s a new generation of Cubans that haven’t been brain washed..” But the previous generation of young Cubans (now old), supported en masse the policies and communist regime that got them in this pickle.
When you're young, you want freedom. But as you grow older, your view on life changes, you want more security. I believe if the embargo we're lifted, Cuba would be a great place to live, for both young n old. No place is perfect, but Cuba is a lot better off than many places around the world, even with the 60yr old embargo. My husband is Cuban, n now that we're older, we want a secure, quiet, within our budget place to retire, so we bought a house on Coast in Cuba n plan to move there at the end of the year. We hope to see the Embargo end ASAP, the only two countries that need to get on board with the rest of the world for that to happen is Israel n the US, how CRAZY is that?
@Block Lord WOW, what a genies idea, I'm surprised no one has thought of this in over 60yrs, thanks! I'll be sure to pass this along....N since you have all the answers, if Israel doesn't give a 💩 about Cuba, why do they vote, n not just stay neutral like a few countries choose too.
The US HAS been trying to "save" Cuba since the 1950's, but not for the purposes of setting up "a decent government". The US has been wanting to set up it's own puppet dictatorship there friendly to international corporations like it did in Guatamala, Honduras, Columbia, Chile, and other Latin American countries. The US doesn't care what type of government another small country has, just as long as it's friendly to "American interests" which means free access to the country's natural resources, property, and slave labor, by international corporations. If the US cannot control the government and economy of a smaller country it will punish that country with embargoes and sanctions. Venezuela did not want to let itself be controlled by the US government and that is why the US has been hell-bent on collapsing the Venezuelan economy for the last 20 years. Chile let the US set up a puppet government there in 1973, therefore the Chilean people lost almost all of their property rights, and international mining corporations swooped in to divide the spoils. Billions of dollars have been made by international corporations at the expense of the Chilean people. All the other Latin American countries that the US has installed puppet governments in, have gone the same way. Us set up a puppet government in Ukraine in 2014 that was friendly to international interests. Those international interests have been threatening to admit Ukraine into NATO. This is the thing that motivated Russia to invade Ukraine he cannot allow a NATO country at his doorstep. We are fighting for Ukraine because it is a puppet government worth billions of dollars to the western controlled economy and banking system. It has nothing to do with the freedom of innocent citizens... it has everything to do with the freedom of international bankers and businesses. They would rather have control of a pile of rubble then lose control of beautiful paradise. Because the love of money is the root of all evil.
@@jchoneandonly In theory, yes, this would be the morally right thing to do, but is this not what the US tried in South Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan? The interests of politicians and their cronies in all counties involved always end up placing the lives of the people they claim to be "liberating" on the back burner.
@JD - The only difference between democrats and republicans is the spelling. Look at republicans in 2022: They still worship a lifelong NY liberal degenerate democrat conman who did more socialism, more gun control, more debt, bigger deficits, more nanny state policies, more government growth than Obama, and who spreads communist propaganda about the US Constitution and form of government being a joke because he lost election to Biden.
@@jdinhuntsvilleal4514 Which republicans are capitalists? RINO Trump did more socialism than Obama in half the time, and he got republicans to cheer for it. RINO Trump demanded and signed the biggest socialist bill in US history, $6.2 TRILLION in Rona relief, and joined his old pals and donation recipients Nancy Pelosi and John Kerry, to demand that the only Republican (Thomas Massie) who opposed the socialist bill be thrown out of Congress and out of the GOP. RINO Trump congratulated China on 70 years of communist rule. RINO Trump outspent Obama 2:1 in half the time (that's growth of government at twice the rate, by the way).
If you have to obey someone they are not your servant. Joe Mertens A person is no less a slave if they can choose a new master every few years. Lysander Spooner.
Try to start a business in America without paying tribute to the crown. You will be fined or jailed also. If your business model conflicts with entrenched interests, the hurdles are insurmountable. If you defy the rules you will end up like Eric Garner.
There is no denying who the prime minister of Canada’s father is when you look at the pictures of Castro. My neighbor to the north is making me nervous!
The embargo does not prohibit fishermen in Cuba from fishing, the dictatorship does; The embargo does not confiscate what farmers harvest, the dictatorship does; The embargo does not dictate that the cows are state property, the dictatorship does; The embargo does not prohibit Cubans on the island from doing business freely, the dictatorship does; The embargo did not destroy every sugar mill, textile factory, shoe store, canning factory, the dictatorship did; The embargo is not responsible for Cubans being paid with worthless pesos and stores sell you products with American dollars; the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible that Cubans are beaten and imprisoned for thinking differently, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible that there are hundreds of Cuban political prisoners who have not committed any crime, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible for sending Cubans US dollars that they give to you in worthless pesos in the Western Union, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible for the dictatorship building hotels and the roofs that fall on Cubans' heads, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible for hospitals in Cuba that are disgusting, the dictatorship is; The embargo is not responsible for not having water in homes, for not maintaining the aqueduct system, the dictatorship is;"
Martha Bueno, although she is doing great work in sending medicine, doesn't need to smuggle it. There is an organization called "Puentes de Amor" who does the same work. It sends medicine and crowdfunds. Maybe they could partner? And help even more people? She says she doesn't want to give medicine to the Cuban Government because then they will sell them. To whom? The population which has no money to pay for it? I don't understand.
No it doesn't. In America most employers are private companies that can fire people for any reason (ethical or not). Different forms of Employment discrimination run rampant in America and NBA players are making millions of dollars to be useless to society while janitors are underpaid. When citizens have freedom they abuse it.
@@incelvillain1253 Really? Can you get a job without government permission? Nah, you need to get a socialist security card. Can you enter into any consensual business deal without government arresting you if government says that's not okay in USA? Nope. Can you operate a business without a license or permit from government? Nope. You don't know what you're talking about.
@@barfo281 you don’t know what you’re talking about if you think a communistic system would be “more free”. You would be told what to do down to how many hours of internet you should be allowed a day.
@@billyjesus5773 - Communism doesn't exist in reality. It is a goal, not a means to a goal. Unfortunately when socialism begins to become successful, it is usually sabotaged by agents of capitalism via private contractors or government agencies or in some cases, bombing and destroying the infrastructure via our military. It's quite easy to point fingers at "communist countries" who have had to rebuilt what we destroyed and claim "see, socialism doesn't work" because we sabotaged them in the first place.
@@steviacandyman7892 so when they start systematically killing their citizens and controlling every aspect of their lives, that’s because of American interference and not the natural consequence of government being unchecked? Okay. Let’s talk about China for a second. They aren’t even allowed to speak freely on the internet, like we are now, and they are the most prosperous “communist” nation in the world. The reason true communism doesn’t exist is because it inevitably starts to fail and capitalist venture is the only sustainable model. Governments resort to exercises of force to try and keep it together, because the system itself isn’t sustainable. The only semi sustainable collectivist system is authoritarian socialism, which has NEVER led to good outcomes.
One the most smartest things I have seen for a longtime namely 'do you wang to trade your freedom for security' Cuba is a special case in the world. Cuba was more or less forced to go the way it has gone. The Russians had to hold back Castro from using nuclesr weapons against the USA. The conflict between the USA and Cuba dates back to the Spanish USA war. The USA has given the Cuban gov. an excuse to oppress its people because of the USA economical war. Castro wasnt a communist from the beggining. He went to the Soviet because of the USA embargo.
No, Fidel was a radical Leftist long before he took power. He lied about not being a communist in order to gain support from gullible, useful-idiot Americans. Raul and Che, his closest advisors, were even more radically Leftist than Fidel.
I would love to see Cuba get on it's feet and become all we know it can.
You too !! The Cuban government needs to ease back on the socialism and begin to embrace some forms of capitalism. In addition, western nations to include the US needs to lift all embargoes.
Cuba could become a metropolis of success if it were allowed to change, if the regime went away, Cuba is filled with very strong and intelligent people, and none of them are allowed to make that change, because it’s illegal
If they can have their god-given rights recognized and have their economy made into a capitalist market economy, then they could recover. That requires their current government to be destroyed.
Without guns, it is an uphill battle because the communist tyrants are willing to kill anyone who opposes them. As an American who came from Cuba 25 years ago, I tell you defend the Second Ammendment even if it cost you your life, because living as a sheep, a slave of communism is worse than death.
Just trigger the Cuban government to send troops to Ukraine to obliterate any socialist morale they're having. Then they can become capitalist again.
As an American who came from Cuba 25 years ago, I tell you defend the Second Ammendment even if it cost you your life, because living as a sheep, a slave of communism is worse than death.
L Rodriguez Communism and Woke SJW liberals are the same thing, they are both feudalism ideology base of empower the ruler example Castro family and the ordinary people died and suffer without care.
@L Rodriguez - Americans have the second amendment, but no balls. Read the Declaration of Independence. The list of grievances are things that Americans not only support today, but demand from government.
The Founding Fathers of America fought a revolution over much less tyranny than Americans tolerate and expect today.
Yup.
@@barfo281 that’s a half truth. We haven’t even began a diplomatic process. You are missing huge chunks of patience.
So unlike Capitalist nations, Cuba has a low homelessness level, free college and guaranteed jobs instead of being turned down because of nepotism, because of your physical appearance, or because you lack job experience THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO GET HIRED IN ORDER TO HAVE. In Cuba those things are a non-issue thanks to the government yet y'all motherfuckers still want to blame the Cuban government?
I have nothing but goodwill towards the people of Ukraine and Russia and China for that matter but Americans should focus on restoring and expanding liberty in America and supporting liberty in our own hemisphere, including Cuban immigrants. Americans must lead by example.
Well said. America has a huge problem with censure, poor election management, and even political prosecution....not a country to show no other countries how to live in freedom....that was many decades ago but now the government had become the enemy of We The People's liberties....and the poor educational system and media just tools for communist brainwashing. We must restore America to the principles the Founders created , like minimum government, respect of the constitution to have our liberties restored.
No land is our final home. We are just travellers and its in our best interest to help all people regardless of where we live.
@@lrodriguez6691 Election management? RINO Trump lost. Stop the squeal already. RINO Trump also did more socialism, more gun control, more debt, bigger deficits, more nanny state policies, more government growth than Obama, in half the time.
The American Govt is completely broken. Hint: Stealing elections confirms that fact.
@@trappedcat3615 Logically you have to start somewhere, first with yourself. Keep the platitudes.
Having a large Cuban population, it is no surprise that Floridians lived in relative freedom during COVID-19 pandemic. Safety for freedom? NO DEAL.
I've been to Cuba; it was an eye-opener. Once grand hotels are abandoned with trees growing in their lobbies. Everywhere buildings are crumbling. Everyone had a side hustle to make ends meet, like the washroom attendants in public restrooms looking for a couple of US dollars. It's a depressing place with so much potential. Hopefully, change is coming.
Should be a bustling island paradise. Marxism turned it into alcatraz.
You are aware an island economy has limitations on infrastructure and other modern amenities to improve quality of life right? US Sanctions have been a very big reason things have been falling apart. They can't import products to rebuild or maintain things. They can't export their products to the United States either. Sabotaging their nation is much of the reason this happens.
@@steviacandyman7892 oh right. I forgot the united States is the only other country in the world. They are free to trade with any other country in the world, problem is, they don't produce anything of value. Cigars perhaps, but I'm sure the EU doesn't want to deal in the evil leaf. They should at the very least have a healthy tourism economy, but nobody wants to go to a prison island.
@@mortson978 The embargo has the same effect as any company that trades with Cuba cannot trade with the United States for 180 days, and obviously they would want to trade with the wealthier country. Also imagine complaining about “prison island” when the United States runs a torture camp there.
@@moistestpickle5268 Cuba imprisons people who try to emigrate. People don't emigrate from Cuba, they escape. The embargo doesn't cause the human rights abuses in the "glorious workers' paradise." It is by any reasonable estimation, a prison. That doesn't mean I am pro gitmo. Not sure what that has to do with the argument anyway...
Trudeau is using Cuba as a model for Canada.
Hello buddy.. greetings
*Castreau
Now this is a good example of what it means to be a Libertarian. For freedom to choose over proverbial governmental assumptions about what it means to be "safe". Humans have been given these RIGHTS by God Almighty and are inalienable for a reason. Any country. Any person.
That is what a real Lockean Liberal says too, lol. We should never have let Progressives steal the name Liberal from us. They are anti Liberals of State Control over the individual. Liberalism is freedom from the Govt, not more Govt, lol.
@@Despiser25 I absolutely agree.
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Libertarianism is a joke.
These rights are not given, they just are. It is up to the people to recognize these rights and to fight for them.
I keep wondering why we stopped talking about Cuba. Thanks Reason for bringing this back to light
I believe completely that if the USA kept focus on this, there might have been a change. But it didn't fit "the narrative
It's not the US's responsibility to change Cuba into a democracy. While it is sad, the people need to decide for themselves what they want. If a group of people decide they want to live under a dictator, they should be free to do so. The US interference in sovereign nations just makes the US look worse on an international scale.
@@crissd8283 Cuba has higher election participation rates than the USA 😂😂 they are a more functioning democracy than the corrupt sh*thole USA
Cuba's elections, are not democratic. They are controlled by the government, and produce the desired results of the dictatorship.
@@tompain2751 The people still allow it to happen. Governments can only exist if they are propped up by the people. That is true of any government, democracy, communist, monarch, dictator, etc. If the people decide not to support the government, the government will fail. It is not about an election. A fair number of Cubans must still support the government and thus why it still has power.
@@crissd8283 You can vote your way to socialism. You have to fight your way out. The people of Cuba, have no power!
Trading your freedom for safety has always been a bait and switch. They take your freedoms, sure. But where's the safety? Turns out more freedom = more safety.
To rest one's head on the government's pillow is to find it on a chopping block.
@@Barskor1 Libertarian nonsense.
@@kimobrien. Communist nonsense aka a statment without supporting facts or argumentation. How about you look up the number of people who died at the hands of "their own" government in the 20th century
@@Barskor1 How about the 100,000,000 who died early deaths due to leaded gasoline? The 20,000 who died to get rid of your capitalist dictator General Batista The number of lives saved by Cuban medical solidarity? Hitler wanted to build a German capitalist Empire like the British. Jimmy "Human Rights" Carter armed and supported Pol Pot at the UN. The US/UK gave the Green light to the Indonesian military dictatorships murder of 1 million Communist suspects. All the libertarians want to do is delink capitalism from the capitalist government and its crimes.
@@Barskor1 The libertarians also talk about how capitalism could work instead of how it actual does like Karl Marx in Das Kapital. The sing hymns of romantic praise to he industrialist as the greatest of ever human beings. Their problem is the have no way to their dream world without crushing the industrial trade unions by use of fascist methods. .
I have never understood why one human would feel such a need to control another. Tyranny is evil.
Power is addictive. For someone with sociopathic or narcissistic tendencies, it’s incredibly addictive. You can’t understand it because you’re not empathetically disabled. They can’t understand why someone with the ability to seize power over other people wouldn’t seize it.
@@Matt-vz5wy well said!
I actually think you're the exception. Everyone loves power. Normal people just don't love it so much they would do terrible things for it.I think that many actions that on a first glance have nothing to do with loving to control others have that desire at the core.
Like trying to cancel someones show even though you have never watched it. Or forcing someone to obey some rule even though it does not affect you.
I see these little things every single day. Starts with harassing someone for crossing a red light on foot when the streets are deserted and end with the sky as the limit.
@@0ntimetaiment921 don’t get me wrong. I love power. I love controlling outcomes within my own life, and I thoroughly enjoy being right about something and watching people’s respect for me develop. We all love power and we all love respect. But, when you have low emotional intelligence, that quest for power gets replaced with pursuing a sense of power from controlling outcomes just for the sake of controlling them. That’s how you end up with Karen’s and other obnoxious sticklers for meaningless rules. I genuinely believe this is the result of a mental deficiency. None of these people can answer the question of why something is important without deferring to the dictates of an authority above them. You hear arguments like “well it’s the law! You have to follow the law!” Or “well that’s just not polite!” There’s no logic or thorough understanding of what the purpose of the rule is, but they glean a hollow, temporary satisfaction from seeing people obey them.
You should meet my first wife.
In Capitalism, the Rich use Politics to become Powerful.
In Socialism/Dictatorships, the Powerful use Politics to become Rich.
The Word capitalism has become an anticoncept because so many definition that no can agree on terms. And by the Rich using politics to become powerful and powerful to become rich. Call it for what it is.."Politization Process of everyday life". The political economy, Controlled supply chains, centralized industries, fiat property claims, Cartel firms aka coporations reciving incentives and swearing alligences to the state etc.etc.
In Crony Capitalism, the Rich and the Powerful tend to sleep together for the sake of "public good". Real capitalism is about people having the right to own their own things.
Most dictatorships are capitalist.
@@paul_is_here2139 And China, Venuzuela, Cuba and North Korea aren't?
@@grambo4436 4 countries.
You should interview Yoel and Mari, a Cuban-American TH-cam couple who make videos about Yoel’s reaction to life in America with capitalism versus communism in Cuba. Both immigrated to the US within the last five years and participated in last summer’s demonstrations.
Ah yes, the "communism bad, but capitalism good" argument. Do they know what is required for capitalism to work? Someone has to get screwed. You know, if you drove into big American cities, where capitalism has left its mark, you find abandoned properties, stores, and decomposing buildings like you would think is happening in Cuba. Americans were in a lot of trouble too during the pandemic.
@@steviacandyman7892 You are weakness.
And who is responsible for Cuba being a hellhole? USA, who else. I mean why did they attempt to kill Castro over 600 times?
@@DacLMK cuba
@@outtolunch2834 Nice try, but it's the USA fault for not letting Cuba prosper because the USA doesn't like when a nation isn't under its foot.
"I should wish that a few great experiments might prove that in a socialist society life negates itself, cuts off its own roots."
- Nietzsche
Source?
@@MRCKify "The Will to Power".
The dialectic. Negation.
Too bad the socialists never learn that.
@mr oko Funny thing is a lot of philosophers warned about the dangers of communism, Marx chose to ignore them all.
Max Stirner even exposed the selfish nature of communism in 'The Unique and It's Own' and Marx responded with an ad hominem attack that was even longer than Stirner's book, all without refuting Stirner's critique of communism.
Modern woke NPCs got their arguing style and sense of infallibility from Marx himself
Hearing stories of what happens in the rest of teh world makes me grateful for the wisdom of the Founders in writing the Second Amendment.
Now it's our turn to keep it alive.
Slavery could not have been maintained without it.
Slavery has existed in all civilisations and in all ages.. you don't have a clue what you're talking about...
As a Cuban American if we here in the US continue to let the federal government infringe on the Second Amendment we'll end up like Cuba. Without the Second Amendment no other amendment matters.
cringe take
I wish for the best for the Cuban people..and of course the people in Venezuela.
"Fidel Castro had a net worth of $900 million at the time of his death in 2016. Fidel scoffed at estimates of his net worth while he was alive, but several reports have come forward pegging the number at $500 million minimum. "
Everyone in Cuba knows the Castro brothers robbed the Cuban people blind.
We see alot of the early signs of this same mindset in Canada
Damn, where can I find a libertarian girl like that? 😅 Keep up the great work Martha 👍
As long as there is money there will always be someone willing to suppress others freedom. People have to stop living in fear and be willing to die for freedom, otherwise nothing will change.
"Money" is simply the device we use to trade. It is the perfect example of FREEDOM.
Money is only information. Information as to how much labor and skills when into a product or service. Physical money is just government debt that you hold, and IOU from the government that the government can then recollect at a later date in the form of taxes. Money is nothing but a intermediary for the exchange of goods and services. Money is just some ink and paper that we choose to deem valuable.
@@crissd8283 all currency is. Unless you want to go back to BARTERING. Use of currency is drastically more sophisticated.
@@Dbulkss I completely agree. Money is a good thing, much more efficient than bartering. Thank goodness we have it but most people don't realize what it really is.
Socialism is the obsolete 'ideology' that lost the Cold War when the Soviet Union disintegrated without a single shot being fired, a conflict that the United States and Capitalism WON; but Socialism/Communism also failed miserably in Romania, Chile, Hungary, Cambodia, Czechoslovakia, Sudan, Mongonlia, Cape Verde, Burma, Bolivia, Chad, Djibouti, Granada, Ethiopia, North Korea, Algeria, Congo, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Guinea Bissau, Tanzania, Albania, Bulgaria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Angola, Soviet Union, Guyana, Yugoslavia, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Laos, East Germany, Mozambique, Poland, Nicaragua, South Yemen, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Somalia, Cuba, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, China (which hasn't been communist except in name since the economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping in 1964 which was done because the previous and latest Communist dictator, Mao Zedong, killed more than 30 million Chinese with his stupid policies and hunger, although he didn't suffer any hunger or anything, in fact he was rich, a hypocritical feature that characterizes all Socialist dictators, just ask Nicolas Maduro, his son literally showered himself with bundles of $100 dollar bills in a party while Venezuela lost a quarter of all of its population) and many many other places; after which Communism caused over 120 million DEATHS
BTW, how come Lefties always complain about American 'imperialism' anyway? What about Vietnamese imperalism in Cambodia? Or Soviet imperialism in Hungary or Czechoslovakia or Poland or East Germany or Latvia or Lithuania or Estonia? Or Chinese imperialism in Tibet and North Korea and Vietnam? Or Russian imperialism in Georgia or Azerbaijan or Ukraine or Byelorussia or Armenia? Or Cuban imperialism on Angola or Venezuela or Nicaragua or Bolivia?
And remember to recite the Communist's Prayer:
"That didn't happen.
And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
And if it was, it's not a big deal.
And if it is, it wasn't their fault.
And if it was, they didn't mean it.
And if they did,
the victims deserved it."
The far left is a "fifth column".
We complain because if they don't relay on us they would get there own army.
Vietnam also had similar reforms to Deng's China, it's why Vietnam isn't that much of a shithole anymore, Fascism with a red coat of paint works, sadly enough
The pandemic restrictions were a real eye-opener for me. I’ve always disliked communism but now having only gotten just tiny taste of it here especially here in NYC, I truly *truly* hate communism with all my heart. The restrictions and the lockdowns were almost parallel with Cuban govt style dictatorship - the unhealthy worshiping of Fauci by the msm media, being restricted to only buy food from big box stores and marketplaces like walmart, target, or amazon, coerced vaccinations, etc. I’ve never been to Cuba but I know enough that it would be a depressing place to be and that I must stop communism from spreading here at all costs. The scariest part of this is that there are people that just go along with all this and are just fine with it ignorant of the path that it leads!
You just complained about capitalism, not communism. Every single government overreach was benefiting the capitalist class in America. I doubt you know what communism is.
@@steviacandyman7892 Capitalism is simply having the choice of goods and services by competing private entities. Communism is when government in some way or in every way owns the goods and/or services and can only be sustained by an authoritarian government. I never said capitalism is a perfect system but certainly prefer that over communism. I think you’re the one who’s confused.
Was the Second World War worth fighting for FREEDOM? Do you know the restrictions that were placed by governments on Americans, Canadians and British and other allies during that war? Food rationing throughout even America, so that the troops in Europe could be fed. Thousands of manufacturing organizations place under government control to manufacture for the war effort. Many people forced into factory labor to produce munitions and arms. Mandatory recycling implemented to conserve materials required for the war effort. All automobile and farm equipment manufacturing ceased to convert factories to war machines and munitions. Hundreds of everyday products were no longer available. Wages of many industries frozen. Livestock, horses and dogs removed from farms and homes to be sent to support the war. Men in America and Canada conscripted (drafted) into military service. Women in Britain and Europe also conscripted. Britain and Europe forced to respond to air raid sirens to seek shelters. British and European power outages and homes forced into darkness to avoid aerial sighting and sightings from sea. Anyone on the street in Britain or Europe were forced to have their masks on their possession (a big rubber mask with two glass eyes and a 5" diameter X 10" long filter can attached to the front of your face). All military troops were force vaccinated against the diseases of Europe. To refuse vaccination resulted in a charge of insubordination, dishonorable discharge and military jail time.
You could say that people temporarily lost their freedoms to support the war, but you should say that good people made sacrifices to defeat an enemy. Do you believe that Britain and all allied forces had a communist agenda during WWII, or were they doing what was necessary to defeat the Nazi enemy?
@@chrisgraham2904 You’re comparing apples to oranges. You’re also taking out of context that in those times, we were still feeling the effects of the ‘Great Depression’ so the economy wasn’t in the best shape either. Drastic times called for drastic measures. But you can’t compare a global pandemic with a 1% mortality rate to a world war where your chances of death were a lot higher by comparison. Unlike WWII, here, the government was more interested in playing doctor/dictator by imposing unnecessary and ineffective mandates and coercionary tactics than public safety. When the government doesn’t care if you suffer potentially deadly side-effects from a fairly experimental medicine, when the government threatens your family’s ability to feed themselves and their well-being, when the government is more interested in protecting the pharmaceutical companies’ financial interests than the well-being of its citizenry, it should make one wonder if this is really about public health or is it about control?
@@lrod312 I disagree. This is a world-wide war against a virus. The virus has killed more people than WWII.
The virus isn't finished fighting, maybe just beginning. Do you think people in 1943 said; "It's been two years and this has gone on long enough. I quit!" Governments have screwed up aspects of the pandemic miserably all over the world. You can't say that "governments have imposed unnecessary or ineffective mandates". I can't tell you how many lives have been spared because of the protocols and mandates, but I can't tell you how many injuries and lives have been saved by handrails on staircases either, but the building code does require handrails. Are handrails an affront to your rights?
0:21 ReasonTV: Were you listening to me? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?
Those who would give up essential liberties for security deserve neither security nor liberty. Ben Franklin
The freeing of Cuba would be a great example for us here on the mainland(s).
i think its time communism collapses in cuba if communism collapsed in Russia it can also happen in Cuba and China no regime lasts forever not even communism
Worked with a guy who escaped Cuba. He was a college grad nurse making the equivelant of $27 monthly.
ReasonTV
Do not need the dramatic music overlay.
The Powerful voice of reason is so much more inspiring than some music.
Cut the music and let the people speak raw!
Poor Cuba. US is supporting Nazis half a continent away, but ignores these people next door.
We barely have any rights and freedoms left here in our own country. Let's focus on ourselves first.
Gimme a break. Just lift the embargo so the regime cannot use the big bad USA as a scapegoat. It will never happen, though, Florida Cuban votes are too precious. Why don't you guys go to Vietnam?
This video should be mandated in all schools
Cuba libre!
The situation will improve a lot if they end the US embargo!
Always the people who are willing to give up their freedom for little comfort, will lose both.
Freedom for Cuba. Death to oppression.
'In Times of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth IS a Revolutionary Act.'
George Orwell
Lmao is that Pierre Trudeau behind Castro at 7:30? Nice touch guys 😂
My mother and her family fled Cuba in 1966. I grew up with stories of what Cuba used to be, and what ended up happening, of the starvation, the fear, everything my family of doctors and architects worked hard for taken by the government, some family members being killed in jail. My great Uncle was a high up general who grew up with Fidel in the army, so my family had a harder time escaping with their affiliation, and it's a miracle they did. They left everything in order to give my mom and my uncle a better life where they won't starve and become young communists. I am proud to have Cuban blood, and I weep for my ancestral country.
A lot of people in the comments are very very very ignorant and jumping to conclusions. Ya'll better be GRATEFUL we have not gotten to where Cuba is now in the US. They live in dirt and filth with no food and water, and YET all of you can easily drive down the street to buy food, even with inflation and clean water runs from your taps. Yes we could get to that point, but all of you better decide wether to fight or sit idly by. We still have guns
Ya that water in Flint, MI was real clean. I really enjoyed living in a California homeless shelter. The Cuban revolution was made with all American arms. Keep selling those guns because we know which way to point them.
Nicole, since you're Cubana, I would like to ask you some questions please?
@@kwannp6141 End the US Blockade of Cuba!!!
499. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mallory) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Rubottom)1
Washington , April 6, 1960.
SUBJECT
The Decline and Fall of Castro
Salient considerations respecting the life of the present Government of Cuba are:
1.
The majority of Cubans support Castro (the lowest estimate I have seen is 50 percent).
2.
There is no effective political opposition.
3.
Fidel Castro and other members of the Cuban Government espouse or condone communist influence.
4.
Communist influence is pervading the Government and the body politic at an amazingly fast rate.
5.
Militant opposition to Castro from without Cuba would only serve his and the communist cause.
6.
The only foreseeable means of alienating internal support is through disenchantment and disaffection based on economic dissatisfaction and hardship.
If the above are accepted or cannot be successfully countered, it follows that every possible means should be undertaken promptly to weaken the economic life of Cuba. If such a policy is adopted, it should be the result of a positive decision which would call forth a line of action which, while as adroit and inconspicuous as possible, makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation and overthrow of government.
The principal item in our economic quiver would be flexible authority in the sugar legislation. This needs to be sought urgently. All other avenues should likewise be explored. But first, a decision is [Page 886]necessary as to the line of our conduct. Would you wish to have such a proposal prepared for the Secretary?2
Canadian that survived & lost my Gift to a Cuban Family. I made it work & Provided food from a small farm operation, nothing was permitted once I had made it work with a Return of Free Food for more than one Cuban Family. Nothing but Controls on everything I started & completed with a Cuban Family. The Loss of $$$ is Nothing to the Food we created together. 2015 till 2019 I went too far; I interfered by creating an independent Cuban Family operated food supply that made this Cuban Family a little $$ & great Nutrition.
@@robertlehman9411 Ya like Canada has no controls or taxes on anything. If there is one thing peasant farmers and slaves know it how to do it is to produce food. Maybe as a philanthropist you should concentrate on saving Canadians dying of Drug abuse on the streets of Toronto or maybe helping those Canadian farmers being pushed off the land by capitalist farming. At the time of the revolution Cuba had 3 million people it has about 12 million today that's a factor of 4 Where as the population of Canada went from 18 million to 38 million about double. Canada has much more arable land and is not blockaded by the USA. .
As a Cuban it hurts me to see my country in shambles
You are only allowed to make money if the government says it is ok. Canada is heading in that direction.
Embargo on Cuba can't be ignored people.
The embargo does not prohibit fishermen in Cuba from fishing, the dictatorship does;
The embargo does not confiscate what farmers harvest, the dictatorship does;
The embargo does not dictate that the cows are state property, the dictatorship does;
The embargo does not prohibit Cubans on the island from doing business freely, the dictatorship does;
The embargo did not destroy every sugar mill, textile factory, shoe store, canning factory, the dictatorship did;
The embargo is not responsible for Cubans being paid with worthless pesos and stores sell you products with American dollars; the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible that Cubans are beaten and imprisoned for thinking differently, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible that there are hundreds of Cuban political prisoners who have not committed any crime, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible for sending Cubans US dollars that they give to you in worthless pesos in the Western Union, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible for the dictatorship building hotels and the roofs that fall on Cubans' heads, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible for hospitals in Cuba that are disgusting, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible for not having water in homes, for not maintaining the aqueduct system, the dictatorship is;"
I would love to see a Free Cuba, with Liberties restored for the Cuban people. I salute Martha Bueno and her efforts to bring humanitarian aid to the Cuban People.
You heard her admit the US Coast Guard is enforcing the blockade.
tHaTs nOt rEaL cOmMuNiSm
I'm a South African and I hate that our government spends so much money and resources on the Cuban government, we exchange medical students and army members and yet many South Africans have nothing. At the same time while Russia is being blacklisted by the international community, out government wants to deepen its Russian ties. Very irritating
What is wrong with your country having Russian ties?
there's a story by a west African author tittled 'the strangers son' it talks about a man who left his village and went to city and he begot a son ,later ,when he was a fully grown man the son went back to the village , conformed to all cultural practices but the diviner always predicted something bad was going to happen, the young man sought all protections until but the dark prophecy never went away until one day he asked the diviner ,why the village people wanted to harm him and the diviner told him , the village people don't see you as one of their own .You are a foreigner and will always be to them. This is how most of the diaspora community is seen around the world ,yes you have nigerian, cuban, ugandan parents and the people know this ,they will accept you but never include you .you're a foreigner.
now put this in the context of cuba which has been under a trade embargo for 50 years, has had a very anti American government with anti American propaganda. Do you think the cubans will be accepting of a cuban American person to lead a revolution? I don't think so, to them you're just another american but with cuban parents, you're not a true son/daughter of the land
While I don't support its oppressive government, Cuba is not an enemy of the US anymore. Its inherited animosity.
You may want to trade safety for freedumb, but I'll take liberty any time.
I hear of countless stories of Communist oppression. Thank you for your hard work
Send over a hundred 3d printers with flash cards, laptops and ammo making supplies. You could arm the population for cheap. The cubans are smart and resourceful people.
Yet, so many here and in other countries still believe full socialism/communism is a better way. Sad.
Beautiful and strong, I don't know if that came out right. But I mean there is beauty and so much strength. I wish her the best of luck and Cuba the best of luck, gaining its freedom
Cuba is already free from US imperialism.
¡Viva la Revolución y Fidel! ¡Viva el Socialismo! 🇨🇺☭
Looks like Canada is the new Cuba.
Fight on people! 🔥🔥🔥🗽🗽🗽
I will not trade my freedom for safety! I will die first.
Freedom for the illusion of safety at that.
Cuba libre, patria y vida mi gente
Such a great video, thank you for telling these stories!
Imagine your most hated country that you plotted a coup and supported terrorist attacks against, that has been under one of the harshest embargos in the world and lost all its allies still is more democratic than the shining beacon of freedom and democracy.
Thank you. As a Cuban immigrant who fled communist Cuba at 15 and trying since to wake up America about communism, this video is one of the many tools that I've already shared to continue my work. I've created my own videos based on my life under communism in Cuba, but coming from my source most Americans have ignored it and even attacked me, calling me an Overzealous Cuban in exile and also a liar that all they watched in my videos never happened to me which is putting salt in my opened wounds that would never heal because I left my home, my family, and everything behind... when I see young Americans and surprisingly many adults wanting socialism in America I'm in shock!
They have been talking about Cuba Goverment collapsing my entire 50 year life. It has been 30 years since Soviet Union fell. Average person there lives in extreme poverty and I think that is exactly how they’re government wants it. US policy toward Cuba isn’t working. It is only adding to suffering of those people we want to help. Maybe it is time to try something different or are we suppose to wait another 50 years?
Really want to see Reason's videos on Rumble!
Being on line saying you’re SMUGGLING resources will only make them crack down on your operation. Why do you feel a need to tell people about your operation? That puts it at risk🤦🏿♀️.
The Cuban government already knows about what her group is trying to do.
Wow lady Liberty 🗽
5:45 - It's ironic how Sebastian Arcos was denied healthcare for not being a hardline communist from a country that preaches "free" healthcare has a benefit of communism.
So much for compassion for your enemies.
State control of the medical system is just another way for the government to control the people.
If America actually believed in Liberty and Democracy, it could end this dictatorship in a weekend. I don't condone intervention, but we do often intervene for much less noble reasons. Even just getting out of the way of those willing to help would be a good start.
"I'm not talking about the Socialism in Cuba." Say that one more time, Bernie. I DARE you!
@mr oko I doubt he visited during Holodomor, since that was in the mid 30s.
@mr oko Oh no, I fully agree that Bernie is an idiot and his praise of the USSR is disgusting, but I just wanted facts to be clear.
America getting a preview into its future
I can't wait to worship my overlord Klaus Schwab in 2030 and cherish stakeholder "capitalism".
The future is so unpredictable now. Maybe the reverse is going to happen where in Cuba turns American again. Just see the Russian war in Ukraine. Just see how the US just pulled that entire continent on their side in a week.
@@hendrikdependrik1891 except the left arent pushing marxismn their pushing the great reset which is what WEF and Klaus wants so they can take over the US and the world
@@hendrikdependrik1891 History is definitely repeating itself. The left controls America's education system, mainstream media, big tech, etc and people are sheep. The country is screwed imo.
“There’s a new generation of Cubans that haven’t been brain washed..”
But the previous generation of young Cubans (now old), supported en masse the policies and communist regime that got them in this pickle.
Smuggle in some guns and this would go a very different direction.
It would need to be pretty widespread to succeed, else a poor few people would be made an example of
@Extoxico Until you succeed, try try again.
Heartwarming stuff
When you're young, you want freedom. But as you grow older, your view on life changes, you want more security. I believe if the embargo we're lifted, Cuba would be a great place to live, for both young n old. No place is perfect, but Cuba is a lot better off than many places around the world, even with the 60yr old embargo. My husband is Cuban, n now that we're older, we want a secure, quiet, within our budget place to retire, so we bought a house on Coast in Cuba n plan to move there at the end of the year. We hope to see the Embargo end ASAP, the only two countries that need to get on board with the rest of the world for that to happen is Israel n the US, how CRAZY is that?
@Block Lord WOW, what a genies idea, I'm surprised no one has thought of this in over 60yrs, thanks! I'll be sure to pass this along....N since you have all the answers, if Israel doesn't give a 💩 about Cuba, why do they vote, n not just stay neutral like a few countries choose too.
Nothing is going to change
Strange that Michael Moore hasn’t had much to say about these protests.
The woke crowd should watch this
We should just make Cuba the US. It would be easy.
This is where we are headed if we keep on
So we're obsessed with saving Ukraine, but we can't set up an operation to help Cuba set up a decent government... Why?
The US HAS been trying to "save" Cuba since the 1950's, but not for the purposes of setting up "a decent government". The US has been wanting to set up it's own puppet dictatorship there friendly to international corporations like it did in Guatamala, Honduras, Columbia, Chile, and other Latin American countries. The US doesn't care what type of government another small country has, just as long as it's friendly to "American interests" which means free access to the country's natural resources, property, and slave labor, by international corporations. If the US cannot control the government and economy of a smaller country it will punish that country with embargoes and sanctions. Venezuela did not want to let itself be controlled by the US government and that is why the US has been hell-bent on collapsing the Venezuelan economy for the last 20 years. Chile let the US set up a puppet government there in 1973, therefore the Chilean people lost almost all of their property rights, and international mining corporations swooped in to divide the spoils. Billions of dollars have been made by international corporations at the expense of the Chilean people. All the other Latin American countries that the US has installed puppet governments in, have gone the same way. Us set up a puppet government in Ukraine in 2014 that was friendly to international interests. Those international interests have been threatening to admit Ukraine into NATO. This is the thing that motivated Russia to invade Ukraine he cannot allow a NATO country at his doorstep. We are fighting for Ukraine because it is a puppet government worth billions of dollars to the western controlled economy and banking system. It has nothing to do with the freedom of innocent citizens... it has everything to do with the freedom of international bankers and businesses. They would rather have control of a pile of rubble then lose control of beautiful paradise. Because the love of money is the root of all evil.
Nation building fails no matter where it is attempted.
@@jaytea4093 fair. I just think doing so in an attempt to actually help people might do better
@@jchoneandonly In theory, yes, this would be the morally right thing to do, but is this not what the US tried in South Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan? The interests of politicians and their cronies in all counties involved always end up placing the lives of the people they claim to be "liberating" on the back burner.
@@jaytea4093 oh I completely agree with you there too. Lol
KEEP VOTING DEMOCRAT, people, and we'll have the EXACT SAME SITUATION HERE IN AMERICA.
If you are a CLASSIC Liberal -- VOTE LIBERTARIAN INSTEAD.
@JD - The only difference between democrats and republicans is the spelling. Look at republicans in 2022: They still worship a lifelong NY liberal degenerate democrat conman who did more socialism, more gun control, more debt, bigger deficits, more nanny state policies, more government growth than Obama, and who spreads communist propaganda about the US Constitution and form of government being a joke because he lost election to Biden.
@@barfo281 You are SO WRONG. AT LEAST the Republicans are CAPITALISTS, while Democrats have been usurped by COMMUNISTS.
@@jdinhuntsvilleal4514 Which republicans are capitalists? RINO Trump did more socialism than Obama in half the time, and he got republicans to cheer for it.
RINO Trump demanded and signed the biggest socialist bill in US history, $6.2 TRILLION in Rona relief, and joined his old pals and donation recipients Nancy Pelosi and John Kerry, to demand that the only Republican (Thomas Massie) who opposed the socialist bill be thrown out of Congress and out of the GOP.
RINO Trump congratulated China on 70 years of communist rule.
RINO Trump outspent Obama 2:1 in half the time (that's growth of government at twice the rate, by the way).
If you have to obey someone they are not your servant. Joe Mertens
A person is no less a slave if they can choose a new master every few years. Lysander Spooner.
Try to start a business in America without paying tribute to the crown. You will be fined or jailed also. If your business model conflicts with entrenched interests, the hurdles are insurmountable. If you defy the rules you will end up like Eric Garner.
Looks a lot like what Castro's son wants for Canada.
Deporting dissidents, that's not punishment.
As an American of Dominican ancestry and knowing what Trujillo's dictatorship did to my family I do not support any type of Tyrannical government.
@mr oko Thanks
We Dominicans were already slaves for too long. We must protect the USA freedoms with our life. Defend the US Constitution
Imagine living in a country that imprisons political prisoners.... Oh wait.
There is no denying who the prime minister of Canada’s father is when you look at the pictures of Castro. My neighbor to the north is making me nervous!
Coming to canada soon
Canada is becoming more like cuba
Then here in the US, people want to give the government more power...
So when is the U.S. government going to do it's part in helping out? By lifting the embargo for example!?!?! That'll help!
The embargo does not prohibit fishermen in Cuba from fishing, the dictatorship does;
The embargo does not confiscate what farmers harvest, the dictatorship does;
The embargo does not dictate that the cows are state property, the dictatorship does;
The embargo does not prohibit Cubans on the island from doing business freely, the dictatorship does;
The embargo did not destroy every sugar mill, textile factory, shoe store, canning factory, the dictatorship did;
The embargo is not responsible for Cubans being paid with worthless pesos and stores sell you products with American dollars; the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible that Cubans are beaten and imprisoned for thinking differently, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible that there are hundreds of Cuban political prisoners who have not committed any crime, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible for sending Cubans US dollars that they give to you in worthless pesos in the Western Union, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible for the dictatorship building hotels and the roofs that fall on Cubans' heads, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible for hospitals in Cuba that are disgusting, the dictatorship is;
The embargo is not responsible for not having water in homes, for not maintaining the aqueduct system, the dictatorship is;"
It's up to the Cubans to fix their government. They need to get the military and police behind them.
Sounds like America’s story in the future that’s coming our way.
#FREECUBANPOLITICALPRISONERS
Freedom is the only way forward for humanity, the Idea people are okay with trading freedoms for comfort is insulting to our ancestors.
We must free our brothers
Freedom is hard
Martha Bueno, although she is doing great work in sending medicine, doesn't need to smuggle it. There is an organization called "Puentes de Amor" who does the same work. It sends medicine and crowdfunds. Maybe they could partner? And help even more people?
She says she doesn't want to give medicine to the Cuban Government because then they will sell them. To whom? The population which has no money to pay for it? I don't understand.
"In Cuba, you're only allowed to make money if the government says it's okay."
Sounds like the United States too.
No it doesn't. In America most employers are private companies that can fire people for any reason (ethical or not). Different
forms of Employment discrimination run rampant in America and NBA players are making millions of dollars to be useless to society while janitors are underpaid. When citizens have freedom they abuse it.
@@incelvillain1253 Really? Can you get a job without government permission? Nah, you need to get a socialist security card. Can you enter into any consensual business deal without government arresting you if government says that's not okay in USA? Nope. Can you operate a business without a license or permit from government? Nope.
You don't know what you're talking about.
@@barfo281 you don’t know what you’re talking about if you think a communistic system would be “more free”. You would be told what to do down to how many hours of internet you should be allowed a day.
@@billyjesus5773 - Communism doesn't exist in reality. It is a goal, not a means to a goal. Unfortunately when socialism begins to become successful, it is usually sabotaged by agents of capitalism via private contractors or government agencies or in some cases, bombing and destroying the infrastructure via our military. It's quite easy to point fingers at "communist countries" who have had to rebuilt what we destroyed and claim "see, socialism doesn't work" because we sabotaged them in the first place.
@@steviacandyman7892 so when they start systematically killing their citizens and controlling every aspect of their lives, that’s because of American interference and not the natural consequence of government being unchecked? Okay. Let’s talk about China for a second. They aren’t even allowed to speak freely on the internet, like we are now, and they are the most prosperous “communist” nation in the world. The reason true communism doesn’t exist is because it inevitably starts to fail and capitalist venture is the only sustainable model. Governments resort to exercises of force to try and keep it together, because the system itself isn’t sustainable. The only semi sustainable collectivist system is authoritarian socialism, which has NEVER led to good outcomes.
I'd love to take my father's ashes back to his home in 🇨🇺
Take away the embargo and you take away their excuse. The people will notice.
I don't and won't make that change
Communist just means godless
nah, as an atheist i despise communism
@@hannibal8810 atheist just means you don’t believe in holidays?
@@abe_ismain ???? wtf are you on about bruh
@@hannibal8810 purple haze
@@abe_ismain like from jojo?
Send Michael Moore back to Cuba.
One the most smartest things I have seen for a longtime namely 'do you wang to trade your freedom for security' Cuba is a special case in the world. Cuba was more or less forced to go the way it has gone. The Russians had to hold back Castro from using nuclesr weapons against the USA. The conflict between the USA and Cuba dates back to the Spanish USA war. The USA has given the Cuban gov. an excuse to oppress its people because of the USA economical war. Castro wasnt a communist from the beggining. He went to the Soviet because of the USA embargo.
No, Fidel was a radical Leftist long before he took power. He lied about not being a communist in order to gain support from gullible, useful-idiot Americans. Raul and Che, his closest advisors, were even more radically Leftist than Fidel.