The Truth About The Cuba Protests
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- We all saw the news coverage of the supposedly massive anti-government protests in Cuba during the week of July 11th, but if you were paying attention, you may have noticed something strange. In this episode, we'll analyze the protests and take a look at the US' long history of meddling in Cuba.
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Holy shit, that Fox segment with the blurred signs has sent me to a different dimension.
The only good thing fox can cover is Nascar man.
Your videos are s+ tier btw keep it up
Comrade slap love u king
Yes but how do you know that the Cuban government didn't force them to march?
@@libertyprime4535 Hannity told me.
"...pay close attention"
"If Communism is a failed system, then let it fail." That is a perfect point. If Biden and co. actually believed what they say about capitalism/communism, they'd do just that. Their actions speak louder than their words.
Yeah america really shouldn’t have enforced the embargo’s that hard they should’ve just let Cuba break down or just let cuba adopt capitalism with just communism in name whilst stripping property rights when the gov wants to (like China)
Tbf, they did do that for The Soviets and Eastern Europe.
You've just got to look at US FP with a Europe*/Israel/Japan/South Korea policy, and an "everyone else" policy.
*Balkans may or may not apply.
@@Warriorcats64 if you think there was no US interference in the Eastern Bloc and USSR you're either naive or a liar
@@DragonwolfoftheSands By the time the US did anything the Soviet’s influence already collapsed.
Ah yes, let people be oppressed and starve. Let them force children to work on farms. Let them arrest people for having differing opinons. Allow the brutal murderers to become dictators and live in mansions.
Funny how when it comes to capitalism and imperialism, Democrats and Republicans are suddenly in complete agreement.
They are branches of the same CORPORATE PARTY. The illusion of choice. Like coke or pepsi....the same mierda.
Both are branches of the corporate party. The illusion of choice.
conservatives and liberals are both right wing parties and ideologies.
@@rodolfodoce u sound so white
@@mickeycostagain660 unsound so right
Hi. I am a Cuban, living in my country. I Thank you so much for this because I usually feel so impotent and outraged when I have to deal with the huge amount of misinformation about Cuba out there. My opinion is, all that serves the purpose of justifying and perpetuating this crazy aggression on us. The cost of the blockade has been way more than economical, but also social, moral, philosophical, political; this has really damaged a society that has decided to make social justice, human integral development and dignity and equality of opportunities a central goal; which we haven't achieved yet. I would never claim my society is perfect in any way. We do have issues to solve and things to change and improve. But this is the path we've chosen and we have the right to. I think the whole world would benefit from a good old fashion Revolution.
US sanctioned you for your own good. I don’t actually get their point.
If you‘re honestly Cuba, tu deberías saber que gracias por Fidel y Raúl todavía tenemos bastante racismo en nuestra comunidad, como cuando Raul dijo en la mesa redonda que los “negros” ya se están poniendo en posiciones de “governar” y que están aprendiendo lentamente…..
And you would also know that in 2020 the “Gusanos” from Miami donated containers full of food to feed the Cuban people all that food ended up in hotels and not at my abuelitas table as it was promised by the revolucionarios
Yes there are sanctions but even with donations the Castro Cartel decides to sell it to tourist so they can have more money….
After the Riots in cuba 5 generals disappeared that talked against the Castro regime (they didn’t act violent but put a video on social media talking about the problems on the island and why the new generation doesn’t romanticize the revolution)
@@pjkevinrodriguez532
"The sanctions are for your own good"
Fuck off
Even if the government is horrible, there is zero excuse for sanctions that destroy the quality of life of every day people.
> Joined 2 months ago
kek
@@ienpw5949 Then why did liberals support sanctions on South Africa in the 1980s
"An 8-year old that has to sell Lemonade to pay for her Brain Surgery". Just let that statement sink in
If it was on the street, not in a shop, the police would be called to shutdown the lemonade stands. Yes, police have been shutting down children's lemonade stands for peddling merchandise on public property without a permit.
YOUR WRONG! KIDS SELLING LEMONADE IS A HEARTWARMING STORY!! CAPITALISM ROCKS!
Notice the incorrect use of “you’re”.
@@Azurath100 that’s how small business owners are crushed and big corporations take over silly
r/orphancrushingmachine
Don't worry, it's a subreddit that discusses these types of stories, not actual orphan crushing
It makes a grown boomer cry!
"Traditional American values: genocide, aggression, conformity, emotional repression, hypocrisy, and the worship of comfort and consumer goods". - George Carlin.
I know! Let's become better by constantly self flagellating and reinforcing demoralization rhetoric!!
And I'd add : "Conformity, Assimilation, Submission, Ignorance, Hypocrisy, Brutality, The Elite ! All of which are american dreams" - Zack De La Rocha
Genocide? Are you one of the people supporting project 1619 in schools?
That smart moment when you take a comedians act as truth.
@@yabbadabbadoo467 I've got a better idea that America is currently doing, let's put every fucking bad deed under the rug, ignore when other countries call us out on our bullshit and sell the world and ourselves lies. Way better better am I right Yabba?
that censoring of pro government protest signs and calling them anti government on one of the most popular american news networks had me on the floor
ikr
Amal - Australian here ... But surely it didn't suprise you, it was Fox News,
after all.
Yes while Cubans are yelling for freedom and they themselves say it's a protest against their communist government so I find it kind of funny that it's fake news when you can clearly hear it and if you ask Cubans who are protesting they will straight up tell you it's against communism God Liberals are so dumb
By the way don't immediately assume things are true without proof Liberals are notorious for doing this Oh they're pro government signs, Well where's your proof? because they are blurred out what do you have special eyes that allow you to see through blurred text?
@@stratejic1020 The proof is that the original clip was found and it showed the signs having pro communist words on it. As explained in the video. If it were anti communist they wouldn't have blurred it. I give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't watch the video or if you watched it you didn't pay any attention to it because otherwise holy shit you are dumb.
@@stratejic1020 do you know there is something called counter-protests?
Ted Cruz's "my family lived under communism" always got me because his father literally ran away to Austin and claimed asylum because Fulgencio Batista's goons kept assaulting him for being anti-government LOL
Wow
Wait, really??
I don't like that man Ted Cruz..
@@nanithef2034 I do not like his far right views :)
@@sri4116 I don't like his stupid chin,
Socialism works in theory, but in practice you get undermined by the US/capitalist hegemony.
Bad idea to set up socialism next or near america
Cuba does not work becouse the communist, it's not the fault of America, in every video of the revolts you can hear the cuban people saying "abajo el comunismo" (down the communist) I have a cuban friend that escaped cuba and he says that the blockage doesn't exist, it's a excuse for comunism doesn't working
@@rogeer3506 oh the blockage doesn't exist now? that's some next level doublethink.
if communism doesn't work then why don't the US let it fail on its own? without officially documented coup attempts, blockades, propaganda campaigns, hundreds of CIA assessination attempts, etc, etc.
It's notmeven conspiracy theories, that's just what the cia has declassified, don't even get into what they haven't.
@@SirRichard94 is north korea failing because of the US Imperialist too?
@@deisk2707 does it work better in China?
Cuban doctors went all over the world to give their expertises and help during this pandemic and that's how they treat them ? That's just horrifying.
Cuban goverment take their money
@@wesleymarcio8531 Yeah this just shows how much you know about the Henry Reeves Brigade. I won't say anything else, it's not worth the time.
Hey, if you want to know where else we've been treated like shit? Brazil. When Bolsonaro came to power he "denounced" Cuban doctors as spies (I say denounced because honestly it was a dead threat that people are going to be hurt). Cuban doctors are the kinds of doctors you would find in the hells stomach in the jungles helping indigenous people, where not even the brazilian doctors go to help. So family, friends, doctors and patients were forced away, because of how disconected the people of a country are from their state. This wasn't just doctors, diplomatic missions all over Brazil were rushed to shut down and Cuba had to withdraw aid to the people of Brazil. Consulates closed, relations cut. Such is the way of imperialism.
@@dontdrinkthewater5097 but the money goes to cuba then they pay tge doctors dumb ass
Cuban doctors only had just enough knowledge as a nurse, in Argentina they slowed down procedures instead of boosting the healthcare system.
Thanks for including Nelson Mandela's views on Cuba and Castro. As a South African I really appreciate how you include nations from the African continent into the bigger picture. I think you're opening more American minds to a continent that is so often forgotten.
Mandela was sellout trash.
Lapdog of the west.
Do some research.
@@og-greenmachine8623 so…. we’ll take you’re word on what?
By some not so in-depth research as I’m not entirely interested on him researching on him yet, I found he’s, by at least US political definition, leaning pretty left. Well that’s his ideals, so unless you mention his connections with Castro I’ll see if what you’re saying is actually true
@@og-greenmachine8623 America and thhe West just didn't get so harsh towards Mandela because they are afraid of losing public support
Nelson Mandela is a terrorist, isn’t he?
Hey comrade! You ready for the national shutdown, August 24th? Join in the fight against capitalism and worker's oppression. Amandla!
As a cuban-american myself it is disgusting to see other cuban-americans supporting the embargo that actively worsens the economic well-being of its people. Even if you think cuba is an authoritarian state making it poorer through sanctions is not the way to make changes.
You are so right, I am another immigrant from Cuba,and the government of Cuba does really bad stuff,but destroying our human rights ,to protect our human rights,that doesn't make sense.
@@hectorgonzalez8614 as someone from miles across the pacific, what bad stuff are you talking about?
The embargo actually incurs a heavy cost, economic and otherwise, to all parties.
@@palebluedot42042The USA doesn't suffer a bit from it. Their imperialists can't colonise Cuba if the cuban people aren't starving.
Poverty fuels authoritarianism. Sanctioning a dictatorship is a blessing to the dictator, who can point to you and create an enemy for his people to rally against. Successful democracies have almost always emerged from a prosperous middle class, while revolutions by the starving poor tend to end in another dictatorship.
As an American I've always been suspicious of everything I've been told about Cuba. It never seemed to make any sense. Every sovereign nation must be allowed to determine their own path without outside intervention. Full stop.
It's a kidnapped country
All the millions of Cubans that have left the country for the US and the world. The thousands who have escaped by rafts.. Who knows of those how many men , women and children have drowned in their quest for freedom......Doesn't that make you suspicious that things are not well there ?
@@alfredosenalle9284 And who's at fault? Couldn't it be the US deliberately screwing over Cuba?
@@nwcr_ Nope... How about a small group of now millionaires that is the communist party ? A group that staunchily holds on to power so they don't lose their good life and benefits and at the same time couldn't care less about the well being and life of the more than 11 million Cubans on the island.
This group of greedy rich people should step aside and give way to freedom and democracy so the majority of 11 million could prosper and put an end to their miserable life. The greed of a few is destroying the majority.
@@alfredosenalle9284 Most of the Cubans who left, left for 2 reasons. 1) they were capitalists who supported the USA even before Fidel so left of their own volition. 2) The blockade is crippling Cuba so badly that people are forced to look elsewhere for food, even then it's very few that leave for that reason.
Even if all these things you claim (without a source lol) were true, what right does it give the USA to interfere? The USA is the land of the free, no? So it should reflect that in its international politics by leaving other nations alone. Just like the video said, if communism in Cuba is so bad, let it fail on its own without US interference. If they think it'll fail, the cuban people will rise up like they did before and cast out their government. It is not our business on how a sovereign state conducts its own business.
"If Communism is a failed system, let it fail."
In one sentence, you may have dismantled 100 years of foreign policy.
Look at the size of the warsaw packt+china and pretend that they were not literally half of the world that it fail.
@@fallencrow6718 please speak clearly I cannot understand the gibberish
"if your enemy exist, let him exist" thats pretty much what you want those who support capitalism to do or what?
@@user-ol7bt4wp1j I suppose it comes down to the difference between a global community and nation-states. A nation-state May enact socialist or communist policies and yet because of that nation state being an individual unit within a larger Global community, still by geographic necessity engage in what we could call capitalism. I don't exactly see that as an admission of Socialism or communism failing per se. Let's not confuse trade and markets with capitalism.
@Carlos Cepeda Carles Western Europe has never been Communist
Embargoes are just human suffering as a policy. Make the people miserable then point at them protesting in the streets and go "SEE! They need intervention!!!"
Starving the beast, but on an international scale
This is a sick policy that the US has used for over a century to manipulate and impose its influence on many nations. On a level field, US imposed capitalism fails. Perhaps that is why the US is so obsessed with Cuba. Cuba STILL demonstrates how, without the usual political and economic corruption that we have here in America, the capitalist system is so ridiculous and unjust.
@@yasminerivera9151 Politicians are bandits in suits.
In this case when people protest lie about what they're protesting about.
@@yasminerivera9151
Especially after what the last guy who got in charge did.
I find it so ironic that the most brutal prison in Cuba is American.
yahh lol
Exactly. I wanna see the parasites who whine about "Gulags" give us an explanation american prisons.
Never let a right winger get confortable. The parasites need to be put in their place. Confront them 24/7 with their atrocities.
What you mean?
@@abajoelcomunismo6677 Guantanamo Bay
@@abajoelcomunismo6677 8:26
As a cuban its realy anoying seeing politicians saying they "stand with my people" so that they get a few extra votes next time theyre up for election
As i understand it, many Cuban Americans that left Cuba during the revolution are the main drive for continuing this fruitless embargo and suppression.
They lost a LOT of privately held business, infrastructure, and land, some of which are incredibly bitter about it and live in the hopes that if America ever does 'free' Cuba, that the US government will force the return of their family 'held' property.
is that true, or over embellished?
@@niagarawarrior9623
TLDR: Some do think they can get theyre land back, others are just upset about losing land in the first place, and some dont care
i only have one semi close relative in USA so i dont have much personlan experience. but yea there are anti government sentiment among many cubans who either let because of the New regime or theyre kids and grand kids. Some do belive that a New government could redistribute land back to Them but often its also a result of cubans trying to integrate and become a sort of hispanic model minority, aswell as just holding a grudge
Cubans in USAs views on the government is often based on why they moved, if they or theyre parents moved because of political reasons they care alot more and are way more critical then those that move for economic reasons
"Don't you think about the freedom of billionaires? Do you want to deny the right to exploit cuban? Billionaires are people too, who deserve to rest on our work without doing much, imagine how much better would it be for a few cubans if Cuba would open it's doors for massive privatization"
-Prageru (probably)
The only ones voting for them, are the sheeple fanatical devout cultists. Or for that matter voting at all, knowing it's all a sham. Even if it truly weren't your options are corrupt person A, or corrupt person B. That isn't a choice, much like nigh all else in the USA. Delusion of choice, and freedom, yet neither truly ever existed here.
@@1homelander179 The system the we use in the US was built to fail in the first place. Fortunately it ended up somehow working, but now we're stuck with the two party system. So it definitely needs some tweaking.
Damn, beat me to it! 😂
Can't wait to watch this habibi ❤️
The more the merrier! Can’t wait to see yours 🥰
Speed is key
@@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777 indeed
@@lilestojkovicii6618 that and Second Thought has an eye for this things, Which is rather obvious
Looking forward to your vid on this 👀
“The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants.” - Albert Camus
Weird how that applies to ST and his tankie friends
@@namenloss730 Does it really apply?
@@kaydgaming well, since he talks of revolution a lot, and is very friendly with tankies pro CPP and DPRK, yes
@@namenloss730 I guess you are acknowledging the concept of a Wolf in Sheep’s clothing… but the alternative is very much just a blatant wolf. I don’t see a tyrant to actually come out of his ideas. The DPRK isn’t exactly a haven of the working class, for sure though.
@@kaydgaming neither is china.
I m not saying he s a wolf in sheep's clothing, he outright supports rabid wolves.
When there isn't an authoritarian blood thirsty regime your friends won't support, I reserve the right to never trust you
13:10 It warms my heart as a Vietnamese to see the Vietnam flag going side by side with our Cuban fellows.
2 shitty communist dictatorships lmao at least vietnam is slightly better i think if ur here typing this
Naturally the reply is blocked.
Do the Vietnamese really like communism?
This video is about US imperialism and how most Cubans support their government. Most Vietnamese support their government. Your question is irrelevant.
@@okiet1237 No it isn't because both Cuba and Vietnam are communist
America: ww2 germany did so many horrible warcrimes that we have to make them pay
Also America: warcrimes? What are these war crimes you say we keep committing *proceeds to overtake a good countries economic system*
Yup, good ol' 'murica not giving a damn about the will of any people except those with suits and Briefcases of cash
What are the protests about? Is it cubans protesting against the USA having trade sanctions on Cuba? Or is it cubans protesting against their government? I'm Not sure what's going on
@@purromemes7395 XD
@@raymondqiu8202 Cuba is holding massive protest against US sanctions, and the US is trying its best to spin the story to the opposite, in order to gather support for intervention. imagine believing that someone would wish to be sanctioned, but that what the US gov want pll in the US to believe.
Also America: The Israelis doing the same thing as the nazis is not the same thing!!!
One wonders what the US media would say about the BLM protests if they occurred in another country.
Freedom fighters rising up against an oppressive tyrannical regime of eeevilll. Or terrorist insurgents attempting an illegal coup of an allied nation whose government was sanctioned by God himself. But it really depends on what the US gets out of it.
I think you already know.
@@elephant1851 Careful how you say that name
@@elephant1851 Oh ffs. Are you seriously going to ignore the Batistan regime in doing so?
@Elephant The US is a free country. Cuba is not. There’s a difference in how protests get treated.
I am not even living in US or ever visited the country. If you had asked me a few years ago if I wanted to live there, to completely move and establish myself in the “Greatest country in the World” the answer would have been yes without any hint of hesitation. Now, after I started to see and understand how the US works and what it’s goal’s are I have to say that I am lucky as hell to be born on another continent entirely. The US propaganda machine is something that amazes and scares me to my bones when I take the scale of implementation in to consideration. To a foreigner that hears from everywhere, TV shows, movies, Ads and so on only how might and just the United States are it must be true, isn’t it? Only when you start searching and inform yourself you are in for a big surprise..
@@UncleMerlin Its the capitalist ruling class that does all the terrible things in its quest for bigger profits. Wall street is behind all this crap.
haha do you not see the irony here? do you think its impossible that the anti american information youve been given could also largely be propaganda?
it is reallly disappointing to realise the us hero was actually a fake and a villian all along
@@user-rx2mo5ef3bThere is a big difference between propaganda that is based on science, social science, and political theory, by the most genius thinkers and scientists of history for the benevolence of the people, and the propaganda of fear, hatred, violence, imperialism, exploitation, and g3nocide.
@@valm9462 True, as an American I never realized it myself. We were miseducated.
Being born in the Soviet Union I have a special place in my heart for Cuba and its people. I’ve always admired their immeasurable strength in the hardest of times.
Thanks for this amazing video!
¡Viva la revolución cubana! #stoptheembargo
The United States doesn’t owe them crap
Hm true but sadly the ussr never actually was very loyal to Marxist ideals either lol
🤣🤣🤣 viva la revolucion??? Give me a break😂😂😂😂 muerte pura chica. one of the worst inhumane corrupted and hopeless countries i've ever lived in.....
Top g
You were born in the Soviet Union how was it?
The US seems to be on a rush imperial mode, they are doing everything fast and aggressive
That is not the sign of an empire doing well, that's the sign of an empire getting desperate
And you only have to look at the situation to realize things are not great
We may see the empire fall in our lifetime. My biggest dream, for my people to determine their own future ✊🏼
If it truly was such a good idea why do they rely on capitalism so much! As far as I knew the embargo only impedes trade with America, if capitalism is such a perfect system why does it need to trade food and medicine with the UC so bad in order to thrive! Many other countries support Cuba YET they r still failing.
@@laimypie that's good and all but you people slam USA with immagrants.
@@sebastianalejandro481 as a black man very active in my community I want the same
LOL Cope harder tankie.
When I first saw stuff like this I was quite baffled, the news just came out of nowhere and seemed incredibly forced, and I am Australian so i have no idea why Australian media would care, Rupert Murdoch is the worst thing to come out of Australia and I must apologise for his existence because he is now trying to start polarisation on the home front as our press has become increasingly Fox like, and is covering up massive amounts of water corruption that would make WaterGate look unjustified, just because we have social democracy doesn't mean we have figured out how to tame capitalism, it only means we and Europe are better at hiding our shit because we are the best out of a collection of shit.
Honestly, don’t need to apologize, people like them are bound to pop up. So just do you best in making sure one doesn’t hold power
The worst thing to happen to Britain too. He has decided every single election since he arrived.
@@DarrenBurgess1989 Yeah the last time the Australian Labor Party won office was when Kevin Rudd had to Kowtow to News Corp and sacrifice some climate policy just so he could have a fair chance against the Liberal party.
Murdoch owns 70% of all of Australia’s news paper industry and most online or televised news follows what ever The Australian prints which is owned by News Corp, he owns a complete media monopoly in his homeland, I wonder how you Brits are doing on that front.
@@captain-chair and the last time the labour party won here was when the godfather of Murdoch's children Tony Blair was in charge.
@@DarrenBurgess1989 Is Murdoch a cult leader like wtf?
NWO? I doubt it but yeah we the anglophone world should collectively trust bust his ass into oblivion and send him to jail, maybe on Lunar penal colony just for old time sake.
Oh my Glob.... I'm 34 years old, consider myself to be pretty damn intelligent. I had no idea this is the story behind the propaganda. For the better part of 20 years I've thought the citizens of Cuba hated their leadership and are desperate for political change because it's all I've ever heard.
Keep preaching the truth. Keep opening eyes. Keep informing the ignorant such as myself.
Don't listen to this guy. He's lying about the Cuban protests to serve an agenda. He is tankie (basically he wants a return of Soviet-style government), so he is trying to put misinformation out there to support authoritarian-left governments.
Lisa, to back up this video - I have been to Cuba at least 6 times in as many years (CDN) and what this video says is the true reflection of Cuban life. The native Cubans are wonderful people. The Miami Mafia that escaped the end of the US regime in Cuba are the criminals (mostly). It is so so sad that the US media is owned by the Oligarchs, and is nothing but 7x24 propaganda (with one or two real stories thrown in). Keep informing yourself, and tell others.
@@blankblank2370 long live the revolution. we are fidel. long live communism
In the last 20 yrs, you never looked at a Mother Jones Magazine, you never heard a Noam Chomsky lecture, and you never heard of Cuba's solution to AIDS? Only the willfully ignorant will agree with Amerikkka's anti -communist rhetoric...Nixon, Ronnie Raygun, the Bushes, the Donald...They all relied on anti communist propaganda to take and hold office. If you are a republican, I forgive you and celibrate your "awakening"....If you are non political or a Democrat, you should be ashamed of yourself(sounds like you are), for not waking up when you became old enough to read, you can't trust your gov't to do the right thng....We are all aware of the "dumbing down" of Amerikkka...maybe now you will help to spread the word of Truth about Cuba...
@@grantkruse1812 I can't say that I've heard of any of these things. For the "freest country in the world" getting legitimate information is difficult. As a commenter above us stated, it's all controlled by people that are trying to keep the masses cloaked in ignorance. If it weren't for Nebula I'd never have even found this channel as even the overlords of TH-cam are actively working to keep the truth from the public. I will look into the sources you mentioned and continue to seek out the truth behind the lies. Be safe, be well and keep spreading this vital information 💙
Such an excellent video. As a Canadian I realize we have our own problems, but living U.S adjacent certainly creates anxiety. Thanks for all of your work.
Yeah we suck fr :( i didn't realize how bad our government was until i started watching these videos. Now I'm just disgusted with us
Also if i lived by the us I'd be nervous too sorry for tensions
Holy crap. The convoy protests sound a lot like US backed colour revolutions
@@sizor3ds It was
@@mossballus Same here. It’s terrifying realizing how much propaganda and bullshit we’re given. Also, I’ve heard the reason our government wanted Alaska was something along the lines of annexing Canada too.
Was just wondering whether you will cover that topic. Happy to see this video, love your channel.
Thanks, hope you enjoy!
Same
@BoboThePuppy I like that idea
@@civilizedhuman7875 The fuck was that word salad?
I think that's the biggest take away, just leave the Cubans alone.
If you really believe Communism is doomed to fail, LET IT FAIL.
If you really care about the cuban people, let them be forced to work for a one party state that prioritises the luxury of a psychopathic murderer over the basic needs of their own people.
@TheSpirit AndTheBride Ok, so what if it didn’t?
China and Cuba have very little in common, starting with the fact that China’s economy is state-capitalism.
@@kylegarrett2429 with the new constitution Cuba is going to adopt a system similar to the one in China
@@AshliBlattgold Ah yes. Because when anyone calls out a communist country for their objectivity bad practices, then they are automatically a shill of the US. Man, dude, you have quite the brain power.
Also, imagine being so insecure about someone questioning your own belief system that instead of providing any evidence, you call them a shill. Have you even passed fifth grade yet?
@@AshliBlattgold Can't believe you two are fighting for which hypercapitalist empire is less bad holy shit
US: *supports* human right
Also the US: give billions to Saudi Arabia
Exactly. I don’t know why the US does that. Saudi Arabia is authoritarian. America is so hypocritical.
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI money
@@elias6425 true. Wish there was more human decency.
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI It's because Saudi Arabia got *dat oil*
Also US: vetoing 40+ UN resolutions condemning Israel's crimes against humanity.
I am a Cuban and I can say from an unbiased perspective that due to The embargo my country has suffered. However, not all sight should go on the U.S. The Cuban government as it is currently no matter what others tell you have poor quality. No politician has suffered in office due to hunger or illness simply because their king of the castle. Cubans have exterior and interior conflicts. Some are simply blinded my the falsified American dream.
If your country suffers from trade restrictions with other countries because it relies on it so heavily, that's probably a sign that your countries economic system isn't productive or sufficient enough
@@eggbertjohnson2591 0 countries could suffer unscathed through blockades. 0.
@@HoxtonGuitarist not even remotely accurate
@@eggbertjohnson2591 0 tiny island nations could survive a blockade without economic hardship. The complex web of production needed for a modern standard of living is very extensive and international, and it would be nearly impossible to fully reproduce it in a microcosm.
@@wyntrheart it's such a deranged and bizzare statement, China, USA, etc all major capitalist countries would collapse if a trade embargo half as genocidal as the one imposed upon Cuba were imposed upon them, if the same sanctions were imposed upon the Scandinavian/Nordic countries, their quality of life would plummet so hard that it would make Cuba look like a paradise in comparison. Cuba was doing very well before it lost its main trading partner with the dissolution of the USSR, and in the early 1990s the crisis which Cuba faced immediately after losing their main trading partner would have resulted in mass graves in any capitalist country. Cuba provides a greater quality of life to its citizens than capitalist Latin American and African countries at similar levels of development despite the backbreaking trade embargo imposed upon Cuba by USA.
The Shock Doctrine is a fantastic read about some of the American affairs in other countries as well.
Excellent book
Great read
Killing hope and the Jakarta method are great too. Killing hope really woke me up
Thanks!
Yes it's very disturbing!
I also recommend everything of John Pilger, books, films interviews...
Pffft, imagine actually trying to find the context of a situation to actually find out what's going on.
Relatable
downright unamerican!
That’s a communism!
That’s some marxist socialist antifa democrat liberal anarchists socialist oppressive stuff brother /s
If you actually did the research you would know that everything in this video is wrong
It's so ironic to call Cuba a "failed state" when children in the US, the wealthiest country in history, have to save up for their own surgeries and/or medications
That part
And the absolute tragedy of what happened to penicillin
It is a failed state. I've been to the dentist and hospital there it sucks.
Ironic when people from all over the world fly to America for it's hospitals
@@baseddino you mean the rich people because we all know if you can't afford it, you wait until it's about to kill you and then head to the ER.
Oh forgot the part were people go from the U.S to Mexico or Canada for prescriptions.
I had known for years the rhetoric against Cuba was bullshit, but I never saw a video that so perfectly outlines America's true Cuba policy over the last 60 some years. In my lifetime, I would love to be able to freely visit Cuba in the very same way I can freely visit any part of Canada
It’s not I’m Cuban and all of this is bs.
Go to Cuba, get away from the tourism and out into the country and you will change your mind......quickly.
@P T wtf are you talking about lol
@@johnbomar7017 I've been there and tbh Cubans are still proud of their country, they know that their current situation is due to the US punishing them for not obeying them
@@johnbomar7017 That's because of the embargo, you cretin. You've learned something new today... Quickly. You're welcome.
I was suspicious of all the sudden attention with the supposedly massive protests and in my circle we noted the astroturf right away. The lack of coverage of the actually massive pro government rallies was also pretty telling. If I could commit to regular support of a channel this would be in the top 3, but poor in America makes new financial commitments dangerous.
@@numba1killa886 how did rebublicans tell the truth when fox news and all media in usa are spitting same shit. That they protest against communism when thats not the case
@@numba1killa886 Wow, the brainwashing runs very deep in your brain.
@@SunDogGod So why was FOX news blurring pro-government signs and doctoring footage of pro-government protests? Do you have any sources for your claim?
@@SunDogGod You swallow U.S. propaganda really easily. Is your family salty about losing their slaves or are you just gullible?
@@TheMysteryDriver You are not a serious person. Uncritical acceptance of propaganda doesn't mean everyone should turn off their brain.
When Biden says Cuba is a failed state, I think of the US health system and the entire country as Chris Hedges says all the time. He doesn't think the US will last another 10 years.
Bit dramatic
@@Mozzie7920 agreed
Hard to say. This pandemic, climate change and the George Floyd protest make any prediction hard to say. It could be 5 minutes or 500 years. In any case the ruling class has made it clear they'll do anything to maintain the Status Quo.
@@sorzin2289 this i agree with.
@@michaelkilcommons57 yes but the united states has always bounced back from economic depression. I agree with u that the United states has an impending economic collapse and it shows with the amount FUCKIN MONEY WE ARE PRINTING. (Correct me if i'm wrong cuz im quite ignorant in this topic so forgive me) i dont see how an economic collapse can dissolve a nation, especially in todays society.The Only way i see this happening is if the nation only relies on one export (Venezuela for example). If that one export is no loner needed or is all bought out by one nation (sound familiar?) then maybe the country would fall into complete anarchy at worst but for the entire country to simply dissolve is unlikely. However now that i think about it i may have mis understood ur comment so i just typed all of this out for nothing lol
You know when Russia sends humanitarian aid despite American sanctions, there's something wrong in the US.
because the soviet union used them as a pawn
@@imno1112 more like a queen side castle rook tbh. In terms of threatening the US. Also don’t pretend Cuba didn’t want allies.
@@Jay_Johnson how'd that work out for the soviet union? how'd it work out for che guevara? wreckless little tyrant got what he deserved and the United States, while not perfect still has a great standard of living and plenty of opportunity to make something of yourself meanwhile the soviet union totally collapsed and the Cuban people get by on a couple bucks a week.
@@imno1112 The United States has 50 million in poverty and that number is increasing, its infrastructure resembles that of a third world country.
In no way does it have a great standard of living and certainly not opportunity.
@@AndrewManook according to the international poverty line of $1.90 a day the USA shouldn't have anyone in poverty, at that rate im quite sure it doesnt have anyone in poverty and i wont defend every aspect about America, there are nice areas and very poor areas but i truly believe if you have a lick of sense and a bit of work ethic you can make something of yourself in this country and live a dignified life.
You are one of the most honest people I've ever seen. Much respect and love from Serbia. I can relate to every word you are saying about media manipulation about things that your government wants to spin. I know what happen in my county in 1999, I was a kid, but I remember sanctions and cluster bombs everywhere very well. Thank you for existing, and speaking the truth.❤️😇😇
its time to bring back yugoslavia comrade
Greetings my Serbian comrade from Croatia!
@@tito2.091 Thank you my brother. Much respect to you too, and all the best from the bottom of my heart. Politicians, despite all their efforts, did not succeed in inciting us to hate each other, and I am very happy about that. And although there are pliable people, who unfortunately fell for their incitement, when I see that there are people like you and me, it gives me hope for a better tomorrow. Much love for all the good and sincere people in Croatia, and best wishes for you from Serbia, my comrade.🍻🙏😇
@@mitologijaiokultizam7608 Let’s hope that our nations can be friends again.
@@tito2.091 I believe with all my heart that we, the younger generation, can. I believe that honestly, because I don't hate anyone, neither Croats, nor Muslims, on the contrary, I have friends of both, and I respect and love them most sincerely. And I know that it is mutual, and that they are good people. I think that even the elderly could overcome the demons of the past if they tried sincerely and hard enough. But that's up to them. For us, I'm sure we can, just like you and I write now without complexes and bitterness, and I really wish you the best from the bottom of my heart, even though I don't know you and we've only exchanged a few messages. But you gave me no reason to think otherwise, and as long as there are people like us on all sides, I believe we can be friends, my brother.🇷🇸🙏❤️🇭🇷😇
Just wanted to add that those who were also anti-cuban government protester were basically gusanos. They're those bourgeois Cuban exiles/dissidents who basically owned businesses that were siezed by the Cuban government for the benefit of the public like fertile lands, banks, houses, etc. They're bitter about the fact that a pro-people government took away their "livelihood", like how a landlord would complaint about free housing for tenants.
Well papi let me tell you that right now 80% of cuba population is against the comunism and every year more Cubans flee the island because of that government
@@daleds5823 and you're from? And do you have any proof related to that?
As a Cuban American I have to thank you for this.
Friends have been asking me my opinions of the protests to get a stir from my pro-Cuban side.
People don't seem yo understand the cogs of the American propaganda machine.
It's funny to see their reactions when I called the images they saw on tv a sham.
I can't imagine what your Cuban family says . Mine don't want to hear it and threaten to smack me lol . There from Miami so there pro Republicans.
@@cbat1229 my aunt is cheering it on, since she grew up in Miami. Hardcore Republican.
If my mom were alive she'd be quietly cheering at the protests, but would want the US to stay out of it.
My Abuela and Abuelo both liked Fidel and never really told me why they moved here. My Abuelo still isn't a US citizen.
Those “friends” are not your friends and it’s in your best Interest to disassociate from them and to also disown any anti gov family members
What sham? The only sham are American lefties defending the Cuban dictatorship
@@lubu2960 rent free in ur head
Holy shit, I just realized Second Thought is at 1.12M subscribers. Fucking congrats, that's huge for such a outspoken leftist channel.
Because it didn't used to be a leftist channel and gathered people from both sides, then later he changed it which made his viewership plummet and become reliant on his donors
@@ccy0126 Second Thought gained 400k subscribers since his switch to leftist content. Clearly there's a market for it, but TH-cam wants to protect the corporations that buy ads so they actively suppress his content.
@@ccy0126 wouldn't people have unsubscribed then?
hmm, telling the truth means leftist in America, interesting.
ZZ I think they mean that his content switched to almost exclusively discussing leftist ideas and realities from a leftist point of view instead of stuff like black holes.
I am very numb to mainstream media lies at this point, but when you showed how fox blurred out explicitly pro-government posters and claimed that they were anti-government posters, I literately screamed at my tv screen. Thanks for all that you do JT
And I hope no one ever forgets that at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, Cuba sent medical help to Italy before most other countries, including those belonging to the European Union
They do that to keep their image. Those doctors didn’t have any choice other than to go, and they didn’t receive any payment. Maybe 1 bag of rice and that’s about it. You people are so easy to manipulate, it’s astonishing.
@@b.a.2406 Everyone is easy to manipulate if they've only heard one side of the story.
@@RebeccaOre I can understand misinformed people who’ve been mislead. What I can’t tolerate is people who deny/ignore everything the other side, the victims, have to say. There’s no excuses for that.
@@b.a.2406 Give me counter proof that they didn’t.
@@rusty3073 Give me proof that they did receive payment and had the choice to go.
Cuba has done rather well historically and I imagine the country would have flourished big time without the endless meddling of a truly awful country next door to the north.
If it wasn't for Castro Cuba would be a rich and free country
Talk about worst neighbor ever
Vietnam is an interesting example to see how a communist nation free from Embargos, sanctions and western military meddling can function on its own.
@@albertpaquin7876 Yep... if you’re referring to the Americans as becoming “rich” off of Cuba, boy you’d be right
@@albertpaquin7876 more like exploited and poverty stricken. Look what the USA has done to Jamaica and Hati. Would’ve used it up then discard it.
Basically, if you don't play the game the USA wants you to play, you're going to suffer.
In the end though it seems it's the Americans who suffer. From the obesity epidemic to mind-numbing ignorance to drug addictions, to a collapsing infrastructure, to 40 million people under the poverty line... seems to me the US is the real loser here.
@@seybertooth9282 not really. The richest top 5% of the population, the ones responsible for all the global suffering, are doing better than ever. The suffering within the US you speak of is of the workers and the poor.
@@seybertooth9282 And I think the interesting thing here is, most of these are made by the U.S itself.
*From the U.S for the U.S*
@@seybertooth9282 Not trying to play the oppression olympics here, but Americans aren't getting their neighborhoods bombed and communities massacred
The Cuban government is still worse
Great video! My wife is Vietnamese so I've spent time in that country. It is nothing like we have been led to believe. Even people who fought for the old South Vietnamese government are in agreement that the nation is better off under a socialist government. Not that everything is perfect but what they had before was a nightmare.
Better off then SOUTH KOREEA AND SINGAPORE?
No it's worse. Independent institutions rank the country at the bottom in terms of freedom with a score of 19/100. South korea is very free with a score of 88/100
This rank is biased for obvious reasons. the imperialists call opponents terrorists and dictators while being the worst and making the world worse off.@@VMan29397
@@VMan29397What the hell is freedom anyway?
Your argument is null and void if that "freedom" means the cult of the individual that is weaponised by the West to undermine many other countries' territorial sovereignty. Cultural imperialism also exists.
Keep in mind that you are not "free" if you cannot think critically without being discredited by society that is brainwashed by the bourgeoisie propaganda.
@@VMan29397Right, sure, and that's based off of what exactly?
Solidarity with my brothers and sisters in Cuba!!!!! From a Black man in Detroit, MI.
END THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA NOW!!!!!!!!
50 miles off the coast of Florida, a small island hosts a country that has done so much more with so much less, in open defiance of empire. Any rational agent of the theories of empire must consider its very existence a threat.
Knowing history is important. Cuba was a puppet for the US for a long time, but then Fidel came and led a revolution.
Cuba was finally free from US domination, but it had to pay a price. A big price, that it has to pay until today.
We should support Cuba in its struggle to get rid of the shackles that the US empire still has Cuba enchained in.
#HandsOffCuba #LiftCubaEmbargo
@@Jay_Johnson There is a possible way to sanction US by their own logic
If the US hates "Socialism" no matter how small and unwilling to trade or talk to such countries
Then every country in EU with Universal Healthcare (A socialist idea according to them despite being a universal human right)
And any country that wants to bring prosperity to its people
Would he under this umbrella of "socialism" in the end they will be more closed than N.Korea because every country on earth with an ounce of care of its citizens would adopt a "socialist" policy
American actions in Cuba are disgusting. It's gotten so bad, that Russia, a Capitalist nation, is sending them aid.
Pretty sure a lot of those pictures of people holding American flags were demonstrations in Miami too lmao
Lol absolutely. I remember getting stuck on the highway thé first day it started. I absolutely understand why the Cubans in Miami are protesting. I just also find it ironic how last summer the Cuban majority down here were up in arms about black people and other minorities here, protesting excessive authoritarian government and police brutality (same as them).
not american but afaik many of the cubans there were the ones who were kicked out/fled the country during the revolution... the rich ones with ties to the US already. essentially slave owners.
they are pretty staunchly pro-US, pro-police state lol
@@cjoseph369 bc they were damaging property
@@AndyMartin92 lmao
@@AndyMartin92 I feel like this is bait
This is a powerful piece to share with others who may not have a grasp of the full picture. Thank you.
Same thing happened with the Gilets Jaune protests in France and demonstrations in Berlin. US media made them look horrific when it was only about 150 people
Be careful with that. He makes mostly good points but has explicit bias. I’m Cuban, these people support the government because of fear. They have the power to make you participate in there pro government gatherings or they will take you from your family. He is very wrong about the people. It is so wrong it has made me question the whole channel
Im cuban and this video is complete bs. Talk to the cuban ppl and find out whats really happening
@@justinsuarez168 I don't think he hides the fact that be has biases. We all do and there is no such thing as "neutral". Are there people in Cuba who don't like their government? Yes, there most certainly are, but that doesn't change the fact that the U.S. media has blatantly lied about this crap for ages. And we gotta ask ourselves why that would be necessary if things were really that bad. Also, it's not like the U.S. has any damn room to lecture anyone about mistreating protesters.
@@albinocavewoman that is totally fair to say. America has a bad habit of pretending to ride a high horse while it’s really just a peg legged donkey.
I'll be completely honest, I know a video is goddamn incredible when I can't watch it all in one go because I get so unbelievably angry at the content. I get that with several channels, and it always helps motivate me to be better.
Ive just become so tired of this
Instead of being emotionally manipulated, you should do some actual research. No, the US didnt cause these protests nor did the sanctions ferment them
@@salokin3087 go do your own research, you're blinded by propaganda. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
@@OfficialSilverMoon and again, how is this related to the protestors demands? They were frustrated at reimttiance and import controls imposed by the Cuban govt, which were changed after the protests. The protests suceeded in that. How does Northwoods connect to Cuba's own policies, that they themsleves rolled back?
@@OfficialSilverMoon dont respond to that guy, he was downplaying the role of the US in guamtanamo bay. Hes in the imperialist side.
as a mexican-american i love the fact that my country, mexico, is sending needed supplies to cuba.
viva cuba, viva méxico
🇲🇽🤝🏽🇨🇺
México and Cuba would be besties if it wasn't for the US being such a buzzkill
@Abraham_the_pierra literally
I really hope the future generations make a change. We can’t keep going on with this American BS.
At the rate we're going, we'll be lucky if there is a future generation, let alone one that isn't brainwashed.
Probably a lost cause to be honest. America will continue to lose power and influence, slipping into a behind-the-times dystopia while Asia and Europe races forward towards the future.
it won't happen any time soon. too big of a mass has been brainwashed: both USA and European masses
I really hope current generations make a change now so future generations will have a chance.
@@thedarkdragon1437 We in Eu do not follow US, majority of us have been condemning everything they do and only extreme minority of Elites support US.
The FBI ain’t gonna like this very much Second Thought but thank you for being one of the most based TH-camrs around. Your videos keep getting better and better. Let’s make anti imperialism the future of the western left!
I have a new name for the FBI now it's FCI Federal C*nt investigation
You're truly ON FIRE, "President Joe 'Harm-Reduction' Biden" LMAOO
Absolutely… I literally laughed out loud
😂😂😂 i knew i wasn't the only one.
Lol, never noticed that
Thanks for your video. Keep up the good work. A few colleagues and I did an academic paper on Cuba in the early 1970s while attending Uppsala University, Sweden. One thing that stands out still is that before the revolution, Cuba would export tomatoes to the US and import ketchup.
Not only Cuba, but all of Latin America:
- You sell me sugar, I sell you candies
- You sell me cows, I sell you meat
- You sell me bananas, I sell you baby food
The most expected video of July is finally out. Now let's get the algorithm to promote this video either it wants or not.
I think we both know what the algorithm will do.
For The Watch. (Watch = algorithm) Game Of Thrones…
Second thought gets an insane % of likes per views, around 10% every video, he should be getting recommended to most people who watch leftist political videos
For now I'd rather see a Caribbean Federation of Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, etc. than to see another star added to the U.S. Flag...
Yes.
That’d be cool. As far is I recall Caribbean countries relations have been decent with each other, save for Haiti and DR as far I know.
thats not how politics work
That'd be amazing. I'd love to work together with my Caribbean neighbors.
@@jghifiversveiws8729 idfk man all I know is that u can’t just form a strong federation of nations just because those countries feel like it. You don’t know the economic repercussions of drastic change like this. Now is this idea a gud thing idk is this a bad thing I also idk. However I’m sure this idea has been proposed before but there is a language barrier. Half the Caribbean speaks Spanish and half of it speaks English.(these r rough estimates i don’t actually have all the numbers).
Im from the country where Ernesto "che" Guevara was born and I am soo ashamed many of my people are so against cuban self determination. We Latin Americans should unite
recently I saw a film called “The Salt Of the Earth” (1954) it was an insight into the struggle of Latin Americans and it was truly beautiful to see them all unite against white oppression in their factory.. solidarity and love to you all! Death to American imperialism
Yeah Against America, I'd love to see that as an American, we Arrogant bastards need a reality check like Yestarday
I was an exchange student in Argentina- Santiago del Estereo.
I remember there was quite a bit of racism against the indigenous population there…
Also I kept in touch with my host family via social media and was later unfriended by my host brother because I support socialism.
I didn’t realize at the time they were right wingers.
@@julesjules5439 sadly a lot of Argentinians buy right wing propaganda, Argentina historically has been like the least socialist leaning nation in all of latin America
@@ksvba96-36 In the 20th century, Argentina experienced significant political turmoil and democratic reversals. Between 1930 and 1976, the armed forces overthrew six governments in Argentina; and the country alternated periods of democracy (1912-1930, 1946-1955, and 1973-1976) with periods of restricted democracy and military rule. Following a transition that began in 1983, full-scale democracy in Argentina was reestablished. Argentina's democracy endured through the 2001-02 crisis and to the present day; it is regarded as more robust than both its pre-1983 predecessors and other democracies in Latin America. (Wikipedia)
Cuban people have so much courage to stand against the most powerful country for so many years. It's really inspiring.
jajaja you clown
Dude thank you for making videos every friday its such a nice way to end my schoolweek learning about how horrible America is 😂
Glad to be of service 😁
Same here
Same
America isn’t horrible just the governments and the politicians
@@SecondThought You know you're lying in this video and in your conscience there's the blood and suffering of millions of Cubans who are suffering under the communist dictatorship , shame on you for making such a dishonest and untruthful video.
okay this is crazy, i just got back from the keys yesterday’s and i literally thought to myself “ i’m really curious about cuba and what’s going on, i wish second thought would post a video explaining it “ then boom. that’s crazy
thank you for this
BRO I LAUGHED SO HAR AT THE TED CRUZ FOX SEGMENT, They censored their own news LMAO, talk about great journalism
Christ, and I thought they were already bad. That’s already a big flag as without the original context it can be easily misinterpreted as what Ted was saying.
I'm Dominican, My island is right next to Cuba, our history is deeply intertwined, yet even in times of crisis no one speaks bout Cuba in our government. We had hurrucanes destroying Cuba and Puerto Rico and all políticians talked about was sending aid to Puerto Rico which already had massive help from USA but not for Cuba. That tells me that USA policy goes beyond the embargo to use all kinds of influence to weaponize erything they can against Cuba. I understand ideals can't last when they met with hunger but I really feel the Cuban struggle as my own.
I'm also Quisqueyano and too feel the Cuban's pain. I understand that both the embargo and authoritarianism present in Cuba right are unjustifiable. I am a socialist and feel that if we ever go to the point of getting a system that actually cares for it's people, we should not repeat the mistakes of the US or Cuba. We should do better. We should be more humane with our own.
@@brandonmorel2658 Un placer colega, yo vivo en Netherlands pero también Dominicano de ideales socialistas, en nuestro país el último candidato que en realidad fué por y para el pueblo fué Juan Bosch, como los Norteamericanos lo sabían lo derrocaron y luego enviaron 42,000 tropas a la isla para asegurarse que el sistema de desigualdad se mantenga para siempre y así ha sido, colocaron a Balaguer en el poder y este a su vez colocó a Leonel mientras todos explotaron la imagen y reputación de Juan Bosch para promover ideales que nunca compartieron. Nuestro país como tal existe por la lucha Cubana, Juan Bosch hasta escribió parte de la constitución Cubana. Ahora todos dicen que estamos mejor que Cuba y sé que tenemos más inversión e infraestructura pero a qué precio si nuestra juventud está completamente destruida socialmente, lo único que pueden pensar es en lo material y tener es más importante que el saber por esto nuestra criminalidad exhorbitante y lo peor es que no hay unidad en el pueblo para hacer los reclamos debidos al estado.
If communism a failure, capitalists wouldn't try so hard to make them fail.
"Communism can only work if it gets to trade with capitalists" Lmao you bought the missinformation hook line and sinker
Remember thet time before the 90s when literaly ahlf of the wold was englove under the red flag os the warsaw pact+china. The problem is once you have communism you can no longer go to social media to complain.
If communism is so great it wouldn’t rely on capitalism for trade.
@@laimypie the only reason it does is because A. What the fuck are you talking about international trade isn’t some capitalism thing B. The USA is actively trying to destroy Cuba
@@casesater maybe because having a chinese ally right in your backyard is a threat? china has nukes, no risking a cuban missile crisis again
interesting how american news outlets give 24/7 coverage of how bad cuban economy is but i dont see them covering how other latin american countries are (who didnt have a 60 year long blockade preventing them from getting basic things)
Or usa mainstream media daily covering; the growing number of homeless, the growing prison numbers, police brutality, growing child mortality, the falling life expectancy, so on as it would alert Joe & Jane Public that for all the bad the media shows overseas, it is much worse in the usa.
They can still import things from other countries
@@jasonjiang8410 with high tariffs and even if they did sell goods to cuba they cant trade with the us or dock in american ports
Don't worry we are also pretty fucked too and in Argentina while we didnt have the same dictator for over 60 years, a movement like it has been dominating since similar times and you can see the results
@@TheFalconerNZ US media litetally never shut up about internal US issues. Are you blind? And seriously, any big protest occurs and the US media also goes in on it. You people seriously have selective memory.
The propaganda goes far beyond the US, even in the UK I was always under the impression that Castro was a ruthless dictator and generally hated by the Cuban public. I guess that makes sense though given that the UK conservative government we've been stuck with for ages is hell bent on emulating the US in every possible way.
_hey from Ireland..._
Hallo from Germany...
This is what I thought too, I remember what shattered it somewhat for me was when I spent some time learning about how elections actually work there
yeah it really sucks that our government is basically America's background bitch boy, though the government isn't twisting information as much as the US, it still sucks that the conservatives want to be like the US as much as possible.
I mean Castro wasn’t perfect, but yes he was supported by the public. In the US though, speaking of any successes of any ‘communist’ countries would get you laughed out of the room. Like when the media crucified Bernie Sanders for saying that not literally everything about Fidel Castro and his government is bad. He also mentioned the literacy program that the media somehow spun to be a bad thing. Luckily, now that is changing somewhat, probably do to the fact that socialist China is too big to ignore. But a lot more people are being honest about the good and bad of socialist states. You can’t really say socialism doesn’t work, full stop when a self-proclaimed socialist state is rapidly outpacing the growth of the US.
As an American I support doing away with sanction on Cuba. The US government is corrupt and we don’t know how to fix it. In fact most people don’t think it needs to be fixed which is concerning
I saw the protest in the news, smelling fishy since the beginning.
I only heard DW covered this and it was so vague I couldn't tell the scale of the protest or the clear explanation behind it. Now the German are less biased than the American news but nobody can be truly neutral.
What are the protests about? Is it cubans protesting against the USA having trade sanctions on Cuba? Or is it cubans protesting against their government? I'm Not sure what's going on
@@raymondqiu8202 it’s a mix of Cubans protesting against the lack of syringes for vaccines as well as other shortages, Cubans supporting their government’s resilience against the US embargo and I’m assuming some US agitators
@@raymondqiu8202 It's Cuban people protesting against the goverment. They're tired of the represive goberment. For those who claim the EMBARGO is the seed of all evils, sure the embargo makes life hard, but for those in power it doesn't seem to matter. They live with all the luxuries, while the people is left to suffer. And if people protest, then they make sure to shut them up.
I saw a sign that was supposed to be in Florida shown as "Cuban"
The fact that Cuba isn't a ruined country despite all the fuckery caused by the blockage is proof that they must be doing something right.
What blockage? Cuba has wide open trade with most of the world and even limited trade with America. There is no excuse for Cuba's economic status other than Cuba
@@Nope_handlesaretrash no, any company that wants to trade with cuba is restricted from the usa, so most will avoid cuba for fear of that. just because the get a little aid and trade from a select few, often socialist nations doesn't mean they're free
@@myenimtown Canada trades with them wide open though, so do other nations. You don't have to trade with the whole world to do better than they are doing. Don't get me wrong, I don't support the blockade. After 60 years admitting you failed and normalizing relations seems better. Our take on it has obviously not worked. And I'm especially not a fan of America in general these days. I'm just against making excuses and running cover for a totalitarian dystopia where door men at hotels make more money than doctor's. Both America and Cuba are ruled by tyrannical hypocrites that shit on their own people.
@@Nope_handlesaretrash canada as a whole? that's not true. any canadian company that deals w cuba can't dock in the usa for 2 years and while some do overlook that msot don't.
And my question is how have they failed? sure they're not as rich as the coloniser countries but starting off poor destitute and now having an increibly healthy and well educated population with little disparity in living standards while dealing with an economic chokehold sounds like success to me.
Again, totalitarian dystopia is a massive overreach. they can be a little repressive at times but no more than most of the developing world and boast one of the most politically active populations.
For example they recently voted on their new consititution with a pretty high turnout for a non madatory election.
@@myenimtown usually executing your political opposition is reserved for the Clinton family and third world despots. They haven't been a little repressive tlhey have been full-blown get against the wall. Cuba has managed to do a good job with limited supplies in the medical fields and education. I wish the Cuban people well, who knows maybe now without the Castro's They might get somewhere. If the US doesn't get them first.
It is so brave and kind of Mexico to ignore the blockade and help a fellow nation from an oppressive empire. Absolutely heartwarming.
Its easy the Yucatan is close to cuba as Florida
Is not brave the Mexican president wants to make mexico a comunist country. Just like the failed cuban government
"Ignore the blockade" ? What blockade ?
Any country that wants to do business or negotiate with Cuba does so. The blockade is just in name and the only thing that consists of is in the communist dictatorship no getting credit from the US because they DONT PAY BACK.
"We have no right to sentence an entire country to a slow and painful death." This is exactly what is happening in Puerto Rico. The influx of tax cheating gringos since 2017 is really darkening the trajectory and hopes for a sovereign, healthy Puerto Rico for Puerto Ricans.
Cuba and its people are a small ray of light in a world rapidly getting darker and darker.
with the US at the centre of that darkness.
US is basically Mordor from Lotr but in real life.
@@pwixell7113 Isengard tbh. A guy at the top who presents as nice but if you take a look at the thing...
If you think Cuba is cool check out Cherán in Mexico. Many other towns have followed suit, but Cherán is the best documented.
Cuba makes me happy. The way they aid the world by sending out their doctors where people need them most is so inspiring. Truly, how could anyone possibly hate Cuba?
I'm really glad I found this channel. This level of lies and brutality must not be kept secret.
The US-government is doing the classic "Why are you hitting yourself?!"-bullying-routine.
Go ahead keep crying about the government that doesnt allow profit seeking markets in its own country to be deprived from countries that do.
@@davidboylston805 Oh noo, the poor MARKETS. Boohoo! ; __ ;
@@sinisternightmare oh no the poor cuban government has to live under its own policies
The part I hate the most, as a cuban, is the impotence and rage I feel when I see my peers BELIEVE this misinformation and knowing that it's just propaganda from a foreign country.
You may get a lot of hate for this video. Respect for doing it anyway.
just search up Fox news on youtube and you can see all these Americans completely brainwashed to think the opposite of this video
@@jghifiversveiws8729 Most popular with the average age viewer at 65 years old
If you sort by newest you actually find a lot of comments bringing up valid criticism against the conclusion of this video, I didnt see a single hate comment yet
There's a book club!? Seriously considering it now
Holy shit, same!
US is like that one person who didn't grow up when you go to a school reunion
No, it’s like the one person who grew up to be the bully. During the first century of its existence, it was a modest, growing nation. It didn’t gain imperialistic arrogance until after WWII.
So, in essence, it grew up too much... and in a bad way
Wow, that is an awesome simile.
FAR BEYOND that... Is this alleged person at you're high school reunion a criminal against humanity? In nearly every fathomable way to date?
@@t.3465 Mexico would like half its territory back and the indigenous nations would like to think the English Monarch for trying to keep white settlers on the east side of the mountains.
A very true quote, "I used to laugh at comedians and listen to politicians, now I listen to comedians and laugh at politicians."
I laugh at Biden and I listen to Jimmy Dore wow that quote is right.
Isn't the whole point of capitalism about letting people decide for themselves, without government nor corporate interference? You can't push the freedom of capitalism while crushing Cuba under their thumb
No, the whole point of capitalism is that CORPORATES can decide without interference. Not people
That is mistaking democracy with capitalism, they're not the same
Why would a socialist country like Cuba want to trade with a capitalist country like the USA?
That’s the thing about unfettered capitalism. The first neoliberal project where truly uninhibited capitalism could take place occurred in chile in the 70s. It couldn’t occur under democratic conditions due to the left wing government and public so a military coup supported by the US had to happen and a dictatorship installed for the capitalist project to go ahead. It was never about freedom.
@@SCHMALLZZZ Even socialist countries need to trade in a capitalist world and read up on the Helms-Burton Act, if it was just not trading with the US then CUBA would not have such a bad time, but the US is trying to stop CUBA from trading with anyone and getting any external help that international institutions used to borrow or get aid.
Just imagine, a nation that has been in a chokehold for ages yet still managed to survive, where people had to adapt and make the most out of nothing. Extremely hardened, inventive folks. Without those sanctions Cuba would probably take off like a friggin rocket. The US has been pulling back on that spring and now there's a metric fuckton of tension.
Cuba was never going to take off, with or without their sanctions, just loo how Venezuela crashed before any US intervention
@@jodashi200 I noticed too that apples are indeed not oranges.
Dude, try to improve your audience retention and reach by:
1) Starting each video with a *Coming up* and showing the most audacious parts of the video like Fox news blurring and blatantly lying to its viewers
2) Making those Coming up points into TH-cam Shorts that are much more accessible to increase your reach and allowing curious ppl to explore the content in more depth by watching the actual video
pushing this because this channel and its accessibility and reach are so important.
THIS. Capitalist attention spans suck.
Great ideas
Lately, every youtuber has been doing this "coming up" strategy, and it may or may not be effective. But I absolutely hate it and will actively skip the first few seconds on any video that has it included.
3: red circles and arrows
as a cuban, thank you so much for making this. i am so tired of America's influence in Cuba. Let Cuba be free from the clutches of imperialism! 🇨🇺❤️
Why aren't you living in Cuba ?
@@alfredosenalle9284 Why do you assume they moved from Cuba?
@@Meow_Zedong_1949 Because the regular everyday Cuban citizens DO NOT have free access to the internet. Only those officials who belong to the communist party do.
@@alfredosenalle9284Why do you assume they are in America or anywhere else besides Cuba?
@vivaldireal1741 Because talking freely on the internet in places like TH-cam and others are not allowed for the Cuban people. Only those in the communist party are allowed, and even they are being watched over by others to make sure they don't write anything negative against the communist party
Bro, I’ve never sent money to a TH-cam channel before, but I love your content so much, and appreciate the effort and onerous detail so I’m gonna kick ya a few bucks when I get home from work tonight. Thank you for finally giving the left a well articulated voice on TH-cam that strives towards inclusion instead of in group out group bias. 👍
Hey, thanks so much! That really means a lot.
Solidarity over sectarianism!
Man of my word, I’m now a solidarity level patron. Good luck hiring a writer, looking forward to future content
@@squeakysreef9163 I’d argue that supporting leftist content creators is the most efficient use of contributing financially to leftist causes. We need more leftist, and it’s not like corporate media is going to promote any leftist ideas.
@@squeakysreef9163 Plus, 99% of theory is soooo dry. This is a great supplement.
The surprising thing to me was hearing Mexico is sending aid. Always got told by mom that the place is too corrupt to do any good, hence why she ran from it.
AMLO is a left wing President, that's why the media in its own country wants to take him down.
it is quite corrupt. but it can also do good stuff from time to time. americans come here for prescriptions and dental work after all.
i think che Guevara and Fidel planned the revolution in México, there is a very famous coffee shop that claims that
@@SirRichard94 We have a million undocumented americans living here, most come here to live in retirement
México now has it's first ever elected left wing president. The rich are moving their pieces all over to take him down
As someone from the Caribbean, Cuba is the recommended place to go learn medicine
Not really. You can find better schools in Mexico or Colombia.
@@briannab4037 true but it is one of the primarily recommended locations
@@briannab4037 Probably not with the free education people get in Cuba.
@@RebeccaOre Most definitely yes. LOL.
@@RebeccaOre I'm from colombia and poor people here get free education what are you talking about?
watching this in December 2023 is even more disturbing when you think about what the US and Israel are doing to Gaza
The ending got me teary eyed. I'm not gonna lie
Me too. I'm an American but man... It really breaks my heart that that our leadership is so cruel :(
@@ebidraws4052 You live a privileged life full of first world problems. You don't know what cruel leadership looks like.
@@djgroopz4952 if it's more cruel than the US government, it's probably backed by the CIA anyway
@@djgroopz4952 I think he's talking about how cruel the US government is to other countries
I've noticed recently that anytime I say something positive about Cuba online, I immediately get a comment from some one saying "Cuban Here" or "I live in Cuba" followed by Fox News talking points. Has anyone else noticed this?
Honestly, they might actually be conservative Cubans from Miami. But yeah in all likelihood they're doing their best to change public opinion and overthrow Cuba
Yes, I have noticed this and to be honest it quite pisses me off.
Shit like that would confuse people on who’s in the right in this situation.
In this example, the real Cuban folks is in the right and not from Miami Florida.
what you do is you try to get those accounts banned
Maybe they do believe in the fox news talking points because that is what they saw or felt in cuba.
@@ITSMRFOXY yep they saw their slaves getting freed by castro 😢
Second Thought DEFINITELY getting a visit from Homeland Security after this one lmfao
He already got a visit from them once 😂😂
@@somethingelse9228 Seriously?
@@adamsackfield589 at this point I would believe it
@@adamsackfield589 Yep. Search for the video: "When the Feds Come A-Knockin' ft Second Thought"
They tried to scare him so he'd tone down the content he makes.
@@adamsackfield589 Yup, I remember that he mentioned it in one of his older videos
That Protest at the end would have Fidal Castro in tears of pride & joy. RIP.
Thank god, coverage of this that isn't imperialist propaganda.
nah, this time it's just lies and BS by a tanky.
Because whatever justification he finds for shitting on the US is worth grasping at, even when it's not related
@@namenloss730 Nice try CIA
@@AndrewManook Yeah. When someone disagrees with you, I guess they are CIA. Guess I'm CIA too then. *spooky CIA puppet noises*
@Lampy Lamp I’m pretty sure they were joking pea-brain.
Cuban who left the Island in 2016, I think I can shine some light into the matter.
I usually follow and enjoy this channel, except for this video.
The US is not perfect, but at least you can speak your mind without fearing being sent to an Agricultural camp for reeducation.
The Eisenhower Administration had an embargo on Batista as well, it was not the unconditional support you mention here.
The embargo, that targets solely Military companies that administers nearly all enterprises is not the root cause of Cubas's demise. The Cuban government made its own bed by only doing business with the USSR and Nationalizing multiple industries in 1960 (which prompted the Sanctions) and now no one wants to do business with Cuba, you could lose your investment if the national government decides to expropriate the assets.
There is no widespread support for the Castro regime in Cuba (again Cuban here who left less than 5 years ago), Cubans now a day are like the Germans before the fall of the Berlin wall (my family doesn't care about ideology, they care about having the same opportunities and freedoms I enjoy in the US).
The Cuban economy was not the Juggernaut during the Golden Era of Communism as you make it look.
It's not a Blockade, It's an embargo against the military companies.
In Cuba, it was Illegal to be a Homosexual until 2009. And you were sent to a "reeducation camp to cure you of the disease". Is that because of the embargo?
In Cuba, it's Illegal to create a new party. Is that because of the embargo?
In Cuba, there was Child labor until 2013 (the Highschools would send the students age 12-15 to camps to gather and collect potatoes on average 2-3 times a year for about a full month), Is that because of the embargo?
In Cuba, It's illegal to criticize the ruling party. Is that because of the embargo?
Although, there is a Blockade in Cuba, an internal one. The Cuban Government limits the number of things you can import to the country. Is that because of the embargo?
www.aduana.gob.cu/sites/default/files/2021-02/Libro-de-Normas-Aduaneras.pdf
In Cuba, you are forced/coerced to attend Marches for the 1st of May, 10th of October, 1st of January, I was, several times. Is that because of the embargo?
Stop Lecturing me on how life is in Cuba if you have never been there. And stop lying to these people and telling them that Cuba is all perfect and all of its problems are sole because of the Embargo.
The embargo is the best Ally the Cuban regime has. It allows them to do whatever they want to do.
I'm trying so hard to not rage :(.... Thank you for the effort. Patreon incoming
Thanks so much for your support!
All of the figures he gives in the video are wrong, of course you want to rage if what he said was true.
Check the facts, ST is just doing agitprop
16:30 Oh my God!!! I remember that story. Oh the shame of a society where a little girl has to sell lemonade to fund her surgery. It takes a special kind of masochistic Stockholm syndrome to perpetuate the US status quo.