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[-] G_M0N3Y_2503@lemmy.zip 73 points 1 week ago

I didn't know until recently that the US had such an effective blockade, so enemies of the US are Cuba's only hope, this is great to see.

https://youtu.be/5Dvu7qiM5rg

[-] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

If you want to work for a major American corporation outside of the US (e.g., in the EU), you may run into trouble if you've ever been to Cuba (or a few other so-called terror states).

What are they worried about? There's no reason to go that far, other than ensuring deaths of as many Cubans as possible, and the eventual collapse of the entire country.

[-] thanksforreading@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 week ago

The EU should be taking notes

[-] tigermountain@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I wouldn't be surprised if China might also be supplying weapons to Cuba.

What's up with the down votes? I'm hoping they're armed to the teeth if the US tries any shit.

Hopefully enough weapons to scare US of Fucking A shit its pants.

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[-] TiredTiger@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 week ago

I hope so. If they'd been able to keep the missiles the Soviets had stationed there, they wouldn't be in this mess.

[-] PotatoPie@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 week ago

I hope they do so much, they had it so hard

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

Fingers crossed they do

[-] Fancy_Gecko@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

hopefully china gives enough weapons to cripple the US energy production , when US eventually invades Cuba

[-] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Here's hoping right

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

That's based. But didn't Cuba basically rescind their Communist policies recently because of a lack of international support and the US sanctions having crippled the country

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 week ago
[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago
[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago

Next you'll be telling me that China and Vietnam abandoned socialism because they use markets.

[-] ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

China abandoned socialism because they use markets.

No, but because most money, gdp (3/4), companies and work (80%) etc is fully privately owned with no state ownership at all, because the workers rights are not improving (gig economy booming, retirement going up, vacation being 5 days per decade of work experience, no practical sick leave, the second employment system), because giant companies are slapped on the wrist for transgression and personal C-levels punishments for shit they do like Pinduoduo

[-] QinShiHuangsShlong@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

workers rights are not improving

My polish nationalist friend we meet again. Here you once again remain pushing falsehoods.

gig economy booming

Gig economy being actively cracked down on and regulated to the benefit of workers:

https://hrss.suzhou.gov.cn/jsszhrss/zxfgk/202405/9acd0c4465e24bfeab20419cab150233.shtml

https://ldjy.xizang.gov.cn/xwzx/cjyfzzc/202402/t20240226_404989.html

https://ipc.court.gov.cn/zh-cn/news/view-2849.html

https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/450651.html

https://fgk.chinatax.gov.cn/zcfgk/c100013/c5241790/content.html

https://chrm.mohrss.gov.cn/%E4%BA%BA%E7%A4%BE%E9%83%A8%E7%AD%89%E5%85%AD%E9%83%A8%E9%97%A8%E9%83%A8%E7%BD%B2%E5%8A%A0%E5%BC%BA%E6%96%B0%E5%B0%B1%E4%B8%9A%E5%BD%A2%E6%80%81%E5%8A%B3%E5%8A%A8%E7%BA%A0%E7%BA%B7%E4%B8%80%E7%AB%99/

https://chinajob.mohrss.gov.cn/h5/c/2024-11-13/418523.shtml

https://www.news.cn/politics/zywj/20260426/7f994e10f9f14810b899795970007a30/c.html

retirement going up

Misleading. Retirement age is being raised gradually over 15 years, while flexible early retirement up to 3 years early remains, delayed retirement requires agreement, special early-retirement protections are retained for hazardous/special work, and older-worker protections are being strengthened. Also, raising retirement from 50 to 55 for women and 60 to 63 for men over a period of 15 years, while life expectancy continues to rise and early-retirement options remain, is not the anti-worker gotcha you seem to think it is.

https://www.spp.gov.cn/spp/tt/202409/t20240913_666042.shtml

https://chrm.mohrss.gov.cn/%E3%80%8A%E5%AE%9E%E6%96%BD%E5%BC%B9%E6%80%A7%E9%80%80%E4%BC%91%E5%88%B6%E5%BA%A6%E6%9A%82%E8%A1%8C%E5%8A%9E%E6%B3%95%E3%80%8B%E5%8F%91%E5%B8%83/

https://big5.www.gov.cn/gate/big5/www.gov.cn/zhengce/202409/content_6974508.htm

https://english.scio.gov.cn/chinavoices/2025-01/02/content_117641102.html

vacation being 5 days per decade of work experience

Misleading again. While it is true that paid annual leave is 5 days after 1-10 years, 10 days after 10-20 years, and 15 days after 20+ years, public holidays and rest days do not count against annual leave. This adds 13 days of leave off the bat. A more accurat set of numbers would be 18, 23, 28 which is an entirely reasonable amount of leave. (Plus a few extra for minority groups to celebrate our major holidays).

https://publicservices.hrss.tj.gov.cn/ecdomain/framework/zcydt/fbbafimfopkibboikmfajfanojgaanpa/fadgmmdgopkjbboikmfajfanojgaanpa.do?disp_template=ccnjmfhhefpibbodjemcncephdmpjlhn&fileid=1092&isfloat=1&kbms=1&moduleIDPage=fadgmmdgopkjbboikmfajfanojgaanpa&siteIDPage=zcydt

https://xzfg.moj.gov.cn/front/law/detail?LawID=1737

The 2025 consumption-boost plan also explicitly calls for strict implementation of paid annual leave, making paid annual leave enforcement a focus of supervision, protecting rest rights, and prohibiting illegal extension of working hours:

https://www.news.cn/politics/zywj/20250316/12731c57b4e547f99c55606d9950bebd/c.html

no practical sick leave

False. China has a statutory medical-treatment period for illness or non-work injury of 3 to 24 months depending on working years and years with the employer. During that period, sick-pay/disease-relief pay must be paid and cannot be below 80% of the local minimum wage. Employers also cannot simply dismiss workers during the prescribed medical period.

https://rsj.gz.gov.cn/zmhd/cjwt/ldbz/content/post_10319021.html

https://chinajob.mohrss.gov.cn/h5/c/2021-06-10/309418.shtml

https://www.gjxfj.gov.cn/gjxfj/xxgk/fgwj/flfg/webinfo/2016/03/1460585589931971.htm

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

That sounds more like Worst Korea than China or Vietnam.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The Cuban social system is not being abandoned because they wanted to but because the US successfully imposed it on Cuba.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago

Cuban social system isn't being abandoned period. Please stop spreading ultra nonsense on here.

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[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago
[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

This reminded me of that cope article of when China passed the Gaza genocide approval resolution and whaddayaknow

https://socialistchina.org/2025/11/19/china-explains-its-abstention-in-un-gaza-vote/

[-] KimBongUn420@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

complains about adhominem because noone takes his favorite YouTuber serious

Does adhominem

The only cope I see is yours tbh

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[-] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 week ago

It had to be a BadEmpanada video of course. His entire channel is dedicated to attacking other leftists for not being perfect platonic ideals of communism as he understands it. He would accuse Karl Marx of being a liberal if he lived in the same time period.

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago

Yet more examples of splitting. In the span of weeks, BE was promoted to golden god of truth & righteousness, and Cuba demoted to capitalist pigs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealization_and_devaluation

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[-] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

Bad Empanada is fucking embarrassing 💀

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[-] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I can't tell if this video itself or your uncritically posting it is the bigger "oof" moment.

[-] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

You should listen to this podcast episode which argues that Cuba did not, in fact, "rescind its communist policies", and that Cuba has long been navigating the constraints of the blockade in various ways, for decades

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[-] Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

More like 75 MSS SIGINT transceivers.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 week ago
[-] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

Thank you for the new profile picture, lol

[-] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago

I mean…. Even if that IS true (which like lol)…. Who gives a shit? I would rather be spied on then fucking dead?

[-] _lunar@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

ngl fam you probably should have left after that AI thread of yours

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