College Freshman Explains Socialism To Cuban Who Escaped On A Raft

[@johnm5131]

I grew up in a 90% Cuban neighborhood in the 70's. The cubans who escaped castro frequently clashed with their kids, who were taught that his regime was benevolent, and that it was America that was garbage. I remember one time (around 6th grade), my cuban friend was busting his dad's chops by complaining about America. His grandpa hears this, stops typing, shows his hands with a few fingers missing, and just says, "Castro". You see, Grandpa was a journalist in Havana in the 60's and refused to write the stories Castro wanted, so they cut his fingers off. He fled to USA and wrote an Anti-communist NewsPaper. Real Cubans remember. And always will.....

[@workdelo]

@@HC-wo2tz ah youa re the kid in the video.

[@B1-997]

@@HC-wo2tz no way would a socialist/communist goverment ever do something that bad to people right?

[@johnm5131]

@@HC-wo2tz it was Union City, you were off by 2000 miles. If you are Cuban, you'd know that was the #1 destination of the early wave of refugees ("Havana on the Hudson"). The 1980's saw miami's Cuban population grow exponentially, and later most of the UC Cubans moved to Miami to join them. And the US Senator that grew up there in Union City, Sen Menendez, is a democrat, not a republican. Sadly many of the Cuban grandchildren don't believe either. But if you look in the archive publications from the 1970's, you'll see the names and stories as described and verified at the time.

[@CarlosXPhone]

Spine chills, bro. I've never heard of this kinda story. Castro cut his finger, brah.

[@chriskourliourod1651]

It’s plainly evident that everything communism touches turns to shit, not only in Cuba but worldwide. Check out what they did to the Romanian priest Fr. George Calciu. In a nutshell, communism was invented by both people who want something for nothing and devilish people who seized an opportunity for power. History 101. Everyone is equally miserable, except for the party bosses: “All for me, none for thee.” In capitalism, the cream and the scum rise; in communism, only the scum rises.

[@IsmaelGuimarais]

Yes, as a Cuban who lives here on the island, it is painful to read about Americans defending this dictatorship.

[@bvegannow1936]

With the nice weather there, no one should have to go hungry or wait in food lines for rations for not being allowed to grow their own food. Convince gov to let everyone that wants use about acre or maybe half acre of free tax free land to grow their own food and live on. Ban tax funded farm subsidies. End taxes on lower middle class. Automatic watering with moisture sensor, (can potentially be partly made from trash non electric). Rain collection. Grey water. Food forest. Dwarf food trees Could go in small spaces. People should plant food forest everywhere they can

[@Ineedcoffee-n4j]

so flee on a raft

[@LeatherSoup-c5j]

As an American who lives in America we don't claim those idiots.

[@XellosMetallium]

only liberals defend Cuban dictators. Even Cuban childrens, that’s why they vote democrats. Because democrats sell them the same idea of socialism

[@bender6316]

@@Ineedcoffee-n4j You think your funny? you elitist POS.

[@MGD313]

He might only have spent half a semester in college learning about socialism, but his parents have spent $55,000 on his education.

[@ProfessorChocolateCake]

Nominated for Comment of the Year 2023.

[@hansblitz7770]

I went to a small state school on the Pell grant. Had several conservative professors, a bunch of the students were older using their G.I. bill, no debt, degree worked well on civil service point systems, partied some, met 19-21 year old girls when I was 25. It was awesome.

[@richardmead5969]

so far. next comes student debt, which he hopes the libtards will forgive. eventually. not on my watch

[@ernsttrekiew198]

I'm in my 70s and have actually met a few morons just like this. Their willful ignorance is astonishing.

[@NINacide]

@@outlaw7195 I wouldn't mind it so much if they replaced most of the G.E. classes with Math/Science, classes that have a utilitarian purpose and can help you get a job to help pay back your loans. I couldn't get into the few math classes they offered because they were full, and had to take way too many filler classes to stay enrolled. Boy did they take all of my time and money, what a scam.

[@danastalyn]

this happened in real life, in a tv show in argentina. a leftie debated with a cuban who had ran away about how Cuba was ''paradise'' and the dude had never been to Cuba. It was so painful to watch

[@danastalyn]

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[@nomoneyspent4886]

That’s everyday here in America

[@MichaelHolland-r7h]

Yeah I've seen countless leftless who you can tell never leaves their house, listen to hard left media.

[@DAWN001]

We need more study abroad programs to send these kids to their chosen paradise countries

[@anormalturk1234]

whgats the show and episode called

[@MongPhu]

I went through the same experience. I am former Vietnamese refugee and I was in prison for trying to leave Vietnam. My father took all the blame and did five years of hard labour camp. Six months after prison leaving prison we tried again. My little sister died on Pulau Bidong due to malnutrition. We were on little fishing boats for seven days. I understand Vietnamese, Cantonese and little bit of Mandarin. Now live in United States of America and before that Canada. I have people telling me I don't know what I am talking about

[@thejoker3151]

Respect dude

[@x-omnistar-x9602]

I am sorry you have to deal with those uneducated assholes, sir.

[@IcicleFerret]

Much respect. My father in law is also from Vietnam and also spent time in a reeducarion camp.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

Vietnamese of new generation don't know anything about this, and liberal and commie Americans would definitely say that you are a piece or propaganda.

[@Skeleton_With_VR]

who the hell is telling you that you dont know what is going on

[@WaveyaAddict]

Since I am close with a Cuban family (in Brazil) who fled Cuba under extreme targeted government duress (bc they did illegal things, like save and then share food with those poor than themselves) only to have to escape being captured by human traffickers, I feel the weight of truth behind this satire.

[@karllager2214]

Where in Brazil are you?

[@TheKimmiek]

Thanks for speaking truth

[@SigvaldtheMagnificentPrince]

@@karllager2214 Do you intend to take the cuban family?

[@nobishesquestionmark]

@@karllager2214 bro works for the cuban government

[@MustardSkaven]

Well your family are criminals so...

[@evanaltman9286]

When you decide you'd rather roll the dice on 90 miles of ocean on a raft you made yourself out of trash rather than spend one more night in Cuba, that says a lot about Cuba

[@evanjohnson1299]

Milton Friedman described that as "voting with your feet"

[@joefer5360]

Even better. Instead of floating to your island neighbors to your right, which speak the same langauge and share a similar culture, you have better chances just floating north from Havana to the USA, versus trying to go eastward by land and then eastward by raft - you know since moving around the country without a permit would get you gulagged.

[@tonytorre9432]

​@@joefer5360 Haiti, Jamaica, the Caymans speak Spanish?

[@nitrocatofficial6939]

A couple days ago a few Cubans safely landed in Florida from a couple fan powered gliders

[@nochepatada]

If communism is so bad why does the USA always overthrow communist governments?

[@polishhockeyfan]

My parents fled the communists in Poland to come to the U.S. Actually made me sick to hear my cultural peers think Communism is "cool" and "for the people" and got mad at me when I asked how theyd feel about waiting 6 hours for bread.

[@nomoneyspent4886]

They always get mad when you ask them real questions

[@LyricsQuest]

In cuba, there's little to no lines at the bread store or the fruit markets. But you want anything resembling western grocery stores (Alcohol, ice cream, cleaners, candy,soda, etc.), the wait was often 30-60 minutes with between 30-50 people normally in line waiting for the turn to enter the state store. There were independent stores that had their small selection of western goods (Including coca-cola and snickers), but the price was often twice the price at the state stores. One of the most famous restaurants were the pizza shops, with $1 pan-sized pizzas. Instead of it being covered in cheese like in america, you're lucky to see more than 10 strands of cheese.

[@junkahoolik]

that's only because you judged them without understanding the context of your relatives livelihoods. the countries of east europe were far far worse before communism took hold. communism was what started the industrial revolution in this countries. and although there is an argument to be made that it's also responsible for economic downturn towards the end of it's run, but the fact that there was an economy to tank to begin with is still a great feat for the communist parties of these countries

[@iKrivetko]

@@junkahoolik that's just rubbish, Russia's industry was booming to say the least, in fact it even kept growing during WWI all the way until these degenerates ruined the country. The first car manufacturer appeared in circa 1904 and more started popping up, Russo-Balt in particular was in very high regard at the time, railroads were buing built at breakneck speed, the amount of power plants doubled and electricity production quadrupled in less than a decade that preceeded WWI. The country was producing like half of the world's supply of eggs, was the world's top exporter of grain, butter, you name it, whereas thanks to the amazing policies of the commies millions literally starved to death. Great feat, my arse.

[@kenshinyang7375]

btw this basically a satire skit. Just like The Onion but conservatives.

[@bobtheduck]

The worst part about this is that their own children don't understand it. It's bad enough when strangers don't understand, but when children get caught up in politics that's forced them to ignore what their parents went through, that's when we know that the State of Affairs is really sad

[@gregb6469]

They made the mistake of sending their kids to be educated in the socialist American public school system.

[@darlingusa2pettee57]

Professors at universities are every bit as much at fault as the owned media. Sometimes kids can't help being stupid and easy to fool into false narratives, but the universities and media need real justice served to them immediately and very very long term. Give our grandchildren a chance.

[@zamar2158]

Ideological subversion and indoctrination- at the universities -of the most vulnerable and impressionable, our children. And we pay vast sums to have their heads filled with these subversive ideas. It's a tragedy beyond compare.

[@jeremykraenzlein5975]

It's not that strangers don't understand, that would be easy enough to fix. They problem is that they think that they understand, but they are in error. To paraphrase Yoda, we must teach them to unlearn what they have learned. In many cases, that means parents have to teach their children to unlearn what these same parents have already paid (in tuition) for them to learn.

[@scintillam_dei]

That's their parents' fault for sending their kids to the indoctrination camps to make libtards out of them.

[@hannachumakova1086]

Having spent first 25 years of my life in the USSR and now living in Canada, I feel exactly like this Cuban guy. Well, I didn't ride a raft but I can tell my stories about free education, free medicine, working for peanuts and "great social programs". The extreme stupidity of the young generation of Americans is not a joke, it's a disaster in the making. They are driving 200mph into a concrete wall.

[@eriksoderquist4218]

and they are willfully blind to it 😿

[@ayuwoki453]

I'm Cuban and I agree too. But one thing I hate is when they blame all of Cuba's problems on the supposed "genocidal American blockade".

[@codygillard]

The worst part is people will see you story, but then they'll disprove you by quoting Marx at you, and assume that that must mean what they're saying is true, and what you're saying is wrong. It's stupid and what's more, it's disrespectful

[@tailswinsmore5054]

Your parents had great social structure, you A-Holes were on watch for 20 years and let a Hollywood cowboy gut our country to make his friends richer. Thanks Capitalist you're too big to fail.

[@graceamerican3558]

They’ll speed up at the end too just so they can hit that wall faster.

[@sebione3576]

To us, this is satire. To a Bernie supporter, this is a documentary.

[@IUSTITA]

[@jeffkeenan5059]

To a Canadian this is now

[@AlexTamayo.]

​@@noorzanayasmin1364 Bernie Sanders is an ìdϊót. I used to be a Marxist and a Bernie bro, until I learnt economics. Nothing Bernie has ever utter is true or accurate. ALL of the current problems with the market are government induced. Crony capitalism is a fiction marxists invented to prop up their nonsense ideology. Anyone claiming that Bernie has anything useful to say it's as clueless as the blond character in this sketch.

[@brcuriosidades]

Perfect hahaha

[@AlexTamayo.]

​@@jeffkeenan5059 Canada is long gone. There are two kinds of Canadians, leftists and those who don't pay attention. Canada doesn't have a right wing.

[@xtszero]

My brother and i are first generation cubans in our family born in america. Some of the stories my dad would tell me were funny, or concerning, or just absolutely spine chilling. It amazes me that my fathers family was openly anti-communist and able to survive. When i think about people my age who believe communism or socialism is so wonderful after reading about it in school, i can only wonder how much privilege they enjoy while my immediate family fought and suffered tooth and nail to eventually give my brother and i the future and opportunities we have today. The fact that these individuals are able to think this way is because no one is oppressing or threatening them. If only they heard the stories, theyd buy a gun and reconsider.

[@YandryPozo]

I'm a Cuban who literally escaped in a raft and I approve this too real message ❤

[@scintillam_dei]

Name checks out.

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

You went to a country that can´t even secure their borders properly?

[@garethwest9069]

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. - Ecclesiastes 10:2

[@Tenebarum]

Really truly you are a Balsero?

[@RealMakarov]

@@garethwest9069 The prophets literally predicted modern politics

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

As an American who has visited Cuba, you nailed it. Our driver had his glasses break one day because he had been waiting for a new pair for almost 4 years. That night they fixed them with an old circuit board, an aspirin tablet and a ping pong paddle. It was an impressive feat that made Macgyver look like a beginner.

[@ProfessorChocolateCake]

I'm finding it difficult to picture someone fixing a pair of glasses using a ping pong paddle, my brain hurts, how do people come up with this stuff?

[@ProfessorChocolateCake]

@@andrew1476 Funnily enough this is why the Roman Empire collapsed.

[@jimjoe9945]

Who's MacGyver?

[@Rekhan4242]

I saw some stuff on Cuban cars and other creations, they are next level. DIY is a necessity, not a hobby

[@ivanquiles4903]

​@@jimjoe9945 better to google it. He's a famous character

[@JRRob3wn]

My wife’s family fled Cuba. Some years ago my former Executive Officer (who went to Exeter and a service academy) was extolling the virtues of Cuban healthcare…I laughed her face and informed her about how horrific Cuban healthcare actually is. She got really quiet and sulked.

[@areyousur3]

Based

[@jsusbdndk1362]

@@areyousur3 well you have the US to thank for it. Babylon Bee forgetting US 1960s and 90s sanctions on Cuba. In 1997, the American Association for World Health stated that the embargo contributed to malnutrition, poor water access, lack of access to medicine and other medical supplies and concluded that "a humanitarian catastrophe has been averted only because the Cuban government has maintained a high level of budgetary support for a health care system designed to deliver primary and preventative medicine to all its citizens."

[@petrmaly9087]

@@jsusbdndk1362 Cuba is free to trade with the entire rest of the world, the embargo is pretty much just imposed by the USA and it doesn't include stuff like medicine, yet there are shortages. Also explain why North Korea, which is literally supplied by "evil capitalist" countries with food, still has starving population. I was born in the eastern bloc, there was a coca-cola factory here, but it was pretty much impossible for locals to buy a bottle. Not because of "evil capitalists" and some (non-existent) sanctions, but because the socialist government didn't want people to consume western products.

[@Brokefootchuck]

​@@jsusbdndk1362 I suppose next youre gonna tell us that the US did that cuz they were just big mean bullys and Castro was just trying to live his best life and cuba would totally be a utopian paradise right now. Whats next? Russia is doing a great job fighting global warming by keeping it really cold in their country?😂😂😅

[@jsusbdndk1362]

@@petrmaly9087 Cuba does trade with multiple countries, but the embargo can make it difficult for any foreign companies to do business in the country. Its complex licensing requirements effectively prevent food, medicine, and medical equipment from reaching Cubans. They discourage sales of medical equipment to the island, resulting in the cancellation of ventilator sales by a Swiss company to Cuba during the pandemic. Regulatory requirements also impose onerous challenges to the provision of humanitarian assistance. These restrictive policies make it extremely difficult to send aid to Cuba or do business with it for fear of running afoul of the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and incurring hefty fines.

[@backitup5954]

Imagine being a Russian, cuban, or chinese immigrant in US and hearing privileged Gen Z university kids walking around in apple airpods and carrying vegan lattes defending the government you fled from.

[@elgringo993]

Russia and china arent socialist or communist though cuba yes but i think they have private properties, im not sure

[@Mshaw98]

Imagine living under Viktor Orbán in Hungary or Putin in Russia and hearing privileged boomers walking around in cargo shorts, sipping black coffee from a thermos, and defending fascism with Trump bumper stickers on their cars.

[@juliansolano6815]

​@@Mshaw98And you have stickers of Che and Mao, mate, what's the difference?

[@Mshaw98]

@@juliansolano6815 I don't, but if saying I do comforts you, go for it, mate.

[@jewishbanana7055]

Actually Russia and China are doing much better then western in countries in terms of quality of life and living expenses. People aren’t trying to flee from those countries lol, don’t fall for everything western media’s tell you.

[@dashhuber2901]

The proudest American I ever met lived in Florida he was a Cuban refugee who basically pushed his entire family on a raft across an ocean. I served with his grandson in the army. Every year he held a barbecue where he invited the entire neighborhood. He passed away several years ago, but all of his children and his grandchildren hate communism. The best way to convince someone that communism is a bad idea is to have them speak to somebody who actually lived under communism and managed to escape.

[@johnathanbagley985]

Sometimes, sadly, that doesn't work. Some people just need to experience it for themselves.

[@zamar2158]

Even then they will say, that gecause we didn't run the communist show. Because it wasn't done right. Or find some way to blame capitalism and 'white' people or idiotic illogical things like that . These dumbos are beyond help.

[@ccrisc100]

Not even. My aunt "hates" the Cubans in Florida that don't vote Democrat and talk ill about socialism. Facts. Yes, she's crazy.

[@Mythhammer]

The typical response when confronted by reality is to claim that Cuba and the others aren't "real" socialism/communism.

[@dashhuber2901]

@@ccrisc100 I said it was the best way, not that it was always effective. Physical evidence in the form of a person, who can actually speak about their own experiences is powerful. I agree that nothing will change the mind of someone who won't listen, and that seems to be the goal of socialism, and communism. Believe only the state, and no one else.

[@jimleg1]

I’m Cuban and because of my job, I interact with a lot of people daily and this happens to me 50 times a year. One time I met a Phd professor in Economics that was a fanatic of communism and after I laughed on his face for a while, I wondered how many kids had been poisoned by him during his tenure.

[@Andres_81]

How many kids have been poisoned? I assure you a negligible amount, since the discourse that reigns in this emisphere is the capitalist one. But if you lived in haiti or in the authoritarian capitalist regime in chile during the 80s or in most countries of Africa, you would think capitalism is pure evil. Failures are on both sides, and being mature is understand that every system is necessary in a specific historical period. Every "ism" has passed and should pass away, because every one of them are unstable at some point.

[@JoBlakeLisbon]

@@Andres_81 Have you actually engaged with any students or the media in recent years? The entire media class and almost all of academia is left leaning. You will find few genuinely conservative news outlets in the West. Most are slightly left of centre. As a general rule, you are better off being governed by gangsters and caciques than communists. The DR for example is run by oligarchs and it is by far the richest 'real' country in the Caribbean. One of the many issues with communists is they want to control EVERYTHING, dragging everything down into squalor eventually as they're too stupid and arrogant to realise the technical reasons why a completely centrally planned economy is doomed to fail. Gangsters and caciques want their money, their portion of industries etc but beyond that, they don't really care what the rest of the population do with their lives or their money. I've lived in Cuba and the Dominican Republic and the difference between the two islands is incredible. The DR is what Cuba could easily have been with a capitalist government.

[@zichithefox4781]

Grass is always greener I guess. Especially if someone gaslight you to think your lawn isn't green.

[@Tuishimi]

@@Andres_81 I would say the poison is the process of convincing the students that our country is the most horrible country in the world.

[@Andres_81]

@@JoBlakeLisbon I think you are misunderstanding the definition of communism. Communism wants to control everything? That is totalitarianism, a political system, communism is an economical system. Also under the ideal communism there is no state since the working class are the only owners of the sources of production, so who will control everything if there is no state? The answer is the people, that is why marx also supports democracy. A completely centrally planned economy is doomed to fail? Why though? I mean, ALL the companies are centrally planned, they do market studies and prediction models in order to improve profit (companies are also little dictatorships). In fact a centrally planned economy is the key factor in the growth of China.

[@TheArtistFKApingaso3687]

My mother’s cousin is a nurse in Cuba. One day a humanitarian group showed up at the hospital she worked at with some packages. They started opening the packages and one of the doctors started crying when he saw a box of latex gloves. Yeah great healthcare system. My family is lucky my dad, may he rest in peace, got us out of Cuba over 40 years ago. And we are extremely blessed that this country opened their arms to us, it hasn’t been easy but our family has become successful through hard work. Something we never could have achieved in Cuba.

[@danielesposito9705]

Ever consider writing about this? Maybe a longer version somewhere online?

[@SamSard]

Could it be due to like a billion US sanctions?

[@60sebastian]

God bless

[@axz0nice]

@AnviumZogged We don't have any proof of god's existence, or non-existence in this case

[@_erieri]

@AnviumZogged Redditor ass response 💀 Take some reddit gold or wtv

[@Mark-o1g2j]

0:10 He's supposed to be CUBAN my man, not MEXICAN 😂😂

[@LeviSquidman]

Cubans speak Spanish dumbass.

[@PatrickMcCarthy-m1k]

Nobody gets on a raft to escape capitalism, that doesn't happen.

[@PatrickMcCarthy-m1k]

America isn't perfect, it has its problems, but we don't have to put a wall up to prevent our people from leaving us--John F. Kennedy

[@wind-born2581]

Look up the official language of Cuba.

[@PreSam76]

Bud, Cubans speak Spanish

[@ironmike4843]

I worked with Cubans that had been tortured in Cuba, they lived in Miami and always wore two tee shirts so that the scars on their backs could not be seen by the people they worked with. Their personal stories of what they went through to escape and what they endured will haunt me until I die.

[@baloghlcb]

My parents came to the US in the early 80s from Romania. My dad was nearly beaten to death by Romanian authorities when they found out that he was trying to flee the country with his family. My parents said most didn't even dare speak out against the government for fear of what would happen to them.

[@Tawadeb]

Wow thats so sad for them

[@waverider227]

that is really tragic and terrible but i believe it. I have heard this from another person before.

[@waverider227]

@@baloghlcb i remember the "Christmas day Romanian Revolution back in 1989 The wall came down in Berlin a month earlier and the whole of Eastern Europe began to change I remember when Romania's Ceaucescu stubbornly held out and eventually his own people turned on him and had him shot on national tv on Christmas morning, i later heard about it and remembered it was amazing what just a little taste of freedom and a lot of repression eventually does to a people as a whole. The Politicians today should remember this it can happen to them at anytime by everybody. Worse is today young college and high school kids like the one above who are too young to have lived nor ever read a history book are voting for certain politicians who have a similar mindset to eventually transform our free country into a socialist or even communist one with woke culture and indoctrination of our news and education system. It sends shivers down my spine after reading what happened years ago in former communist dictatorships.

[@baloghlcb]

​@@waverider227 Yeah I have some family that still lived there during that time. My ex was also there in one of the bigger cities. She told me she remembered hiding in the closet in their apartment hearing gun shots just outside in the streets. She was only 9, but said it's definitely something she'll never forget.

[@greentriumph1643]

I know this is satire but this hits a little too close to home for me to truly appreciate it. My godfather immigrated from Cuba in 1958 and was always proud to be an American. He wasn't able to leave with anything and they wouldn't even release his grade transcripts out of spite. He served in the army and then went into business and was very successful. I never knew a man so driven. His wife and him both passed in the last 3 years and left a great influence on the people that knew them. God Bless you Emilio and Camellia.

[@Styxswimmer]

I really wish we could trade 1,000,000 college student socialists for an equal number of Cubans who want to be here. Those kids would learn real quick how bad socialism is and we would get people who want to work and not mooch off others.

[@RoseBaggins]

A great big thank you for his services.

[@rustyshackelford5758]

Same. My grandfather was a surgeon, came to america to work as a handyman and still never looked back. They probably should have left my aunt though… she is a school teacher of course far left even tho one of my family members was murdered by castro for dissent

[@Styxswimmer]

@@rustyshackelford5758 send your aunt back. She wants socialism, let her have it.

[@pH7screwtube]

@@rustyshackelford5758 Dale, you had me at Rusty.

[@beehive5835]

The sad thing is that this isn't fake...it is actually true for most college students.

[@firstlast8258]

Not my truth 🤓🖕

[@michaelmaston4702]

I know...and it sucks.

[@Capt083]

and these ass wipes want us to pay for their basket weaving degrees!

[@justaneditygangstar]

The KZbinr Second Thoughts interviewing actual people who escaped from socialism countries

[@clownman9404]

College in west. Prestigious schools too. Did someone instigated this in the background? Slowly but surely..

[@Ichibuns]

Cuban's were practically forced to become mechanics and engineers. People were just trying to keep old things working and finding a new purpose for things that didn't. Their ingenuity is incredible.

[@yourbadday89]

i always found it hilarious when they would tell me that all socialist countries have great educational programs. of course they have to teach people to read, how else would they be able to know what rules to blindly follow and how to report their neighbors?

[@ernsttrekiew198]

And don't forget: in socialist countries, medical care is free! Also, remember that you get what you pay for.

[@arcturus4762]

Literacy rates are slightly higher because the poorest starve. But hey, muh literacy rates amirite?

[@SynthwavelLover]

@@ernsttrekiew198 Countries with Universal Healthcare- Israel (hey that's a friend of the US's how funny), Canada, UK, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden. Did you know that even the United States basically has universal healthcare depending on your income? It's true- it's called medicaid. I know plenty of people who use medicaid and do just fine; without it they'd be unable to get medication they'd need in order to live. Get what you pay for? What planet are you on dude? You're obviously not on earth you have no clue what's going on here.

[@neisanland2503]

@@ernsttrekiew198 its not free if you pay with taxes

[@mennovanlavieren3885]

They always use Northern European countries as an example. While we have big socialist programs those are not the reason for success in this part of the world. It has more to do with a good work ethic, lack of influential criminal organizations and big economic investments in the aftermath of WWII. The socialist programs ave prevented part of the population to fail into dire poverty and in criminality. Which has prevented a huge cost to the economy. But the last decade more and more young people get stuck in a lifestyle of government dependence, so the question is how long it will last. On the lower end of the income spectrum you can earn more, but loose government benefits as fast as you earn more. Only if you have a good education AND make a career you earn to much to receive any benefits and your extra income starts counting. This disincentivizes young people to pursue earning more, because for most earning that much is to far of.

[@rickylesende]

I am a Cuban American 🇺🇸 U.S. Army veteran. The reason why I joined was to thank this country for the refuge and freedom it gave my parents.

[@icevariable9600]

And yet, republicans have a hard on for building a wall to Mexicans & Central/South Americans out. Don’t think for a second that conservatives love dark skinned immigrants.

[@Trevor-nb6cn]

We need 100 million immigrants like this.

[@rickylesende]

@@Trevor-nb6cn thank you

[@bikefixer]

I'm glad you escaped that dictatorship. I hope you also enjoy your socialist G.I. and veteran's benefits.

[@rickylesende]

@@bikefixer small price to pay in order to be able to allow individuals to speak their minds, and not be executed for speaking their minds. But of course I enjoyed my GI benefits, and currently enjoying my veteran benefits.

[@pmurilo3265]

Dude, this is depressingly accurate. I'm a a college student in Brazil and all of my classmates/professors are exactly like this, i'm not even exaggerating. Everyone thinks they're freedom fighters, but they're just hive-minded and immature.

[@meusisto]

Open the minds of friends.

[@glau_uco.Vinicius]

É realmente uma desgraça, mano. Fico PUTO

[@d3vilmaycry25]

@@r90f Every where else. Philippines too but we keep this sick fkers in our watch list.

[@guilhermecunha2969]

Graças a imbecis como seus professores e colegas Lula voltou ao poder

[@donramon5794]

Pois irmão, eles já estão doutrinados, é bem difícil eles mudarem de ideia

[@LonzoZoty]

My mom works as a doctor in NYC and she had a fellow doctor tell her that in Cuba doctors work as taxi drivers on the side to make extra money

[@andrewgarcia940]

This is not even to make "extra" money, its to make a primary income. When I visited family in Cuba in the early 2000's cuban doctors made the equivalent of $20 USD per month in salary. As a taxi driver, you could make more than $60 USD on an average day. The way my uncle survived from malnutrition was by siphoning gas from his government work truck and selling it on the black market, to which we would have been imprisoned if caught.

[@misterb6416]

Sadly, the way this kid portrayed college students of today is spot on.

[@PROVOCATEURSK]

Does that mean capitalism can´t produce smart students?

[@ultimateslinger9857]

My experience so far, is that probably 90% of college students are a bunch of same thinking drones.

[@colebyrnes7889]

Except they would've started yelling at him and calling him a fascist as soon as he politely disagreed.

[@Daves_Not_Here_Man_76]

nah. It didn't immediately get violent and throw a tantrum the moment it was challenged

[@tango_uniform]

Fourth graders sound like this too.

[@TheNewsInASL]

"You left Cuba on purpose?" "No, not on a porpoise. On a raft!" This whole video was amazing, as usual. I have to wonder, though, how Babylon Bee happens to have so many people in the right places at the right times to take notes from these actual conversations.

[@seaknightvirchow8131]

It has to be Project Veritas, doesn’t it? Assange is still in reeducation camp.

[@KopperNeoman]

You mean the O'Keefe Media Group?

[@jamesclarkmaxwell-v2n]

great

[@caseydulgar7058]

Just lucky, I guess. 😂😂😂

[@UnclePhil1112]

Sad thing is, there are millions of college students like this across the country

[@ichbinhier355]

in western Europe as well...

[@jonathannato5983]

Tell that to the leftist I as think

[@loruamasouza2699]

In my country too Brazil. What is taught at Schoosl? Once I heard people like George Sorós are behind what is being taught at schools.

[@ezln3924]

No theirs not

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

We've had 2 in the White House.

[@Biggems9274]

Born and raised in Texas. I am pro America, pro Capitalism, anti Communism, anti Democrat. I did a paper in HS about Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto. It helped me understand the Cold War so much more. I hate our open borders, but I am ok with the people fleeing Communist hell holes to come here and make better. I wish the last two generations of Americans were as patriotic to our ways as these refugees.

[@ilijazivanovic6211]

My dad emigrated from Yugoslavia and I love watching him laugh in peoples faces when they glorify communism or try and slip the classic “that wasn’t real communism.”

[@josephfalardeau7841]

they see communist like the roman sentence Bread and Game for everybody. Thinking that everything is free and accessible and no need to work. And the funniest thing is never you will see these pro-communism people travel or immigrate in their paradise socialism country

[@elmodelo101]

I hear that a lot, that's one of the classics when communism does not work. 1. That's not real communism. 2. They wanted to help the poor, but the capitalists people blocked the project. 3. The project to improve life quality failed because capitalism sabotaged the project.

[@josephbrandenburg4373]

Which part of Yugoslavia? Did he pass on the language? Most of those countries are nice places to visit today.

[@karthiktirumala1773]

@@josephbrandenburg4373I’ll guess from Serbia.

[@HypeBeast764]

Because it's not "real communism", but definition. Too bad you guys are too dumb to use google.

[@aaronlopez492]

I'm originally born in Marianao, Havana, Cuba, and what the gentleman in the sombrero is saying is accurate.

[@victoria87cub]

Centro Habana here and for sure this is accurate.

[@Styxswimmer]

Actually, he is understating how bad it is in Cuba. Cuba is far worse than he says here

[@beaucaspar3990]

Let me guess you now live in Miami?

[@aaronlopez492]

@@beaucaspar3990 I wish. I'm an independent contractor overseas.

[@victoria87cub]

@@beaucaspar3990 I'm a Finnish citizen of spanish and scandinavian ancestry born and raised in Havana.

[@Archalias100]

As someone who grew up in a third world country, this is insanely accurate. People don’t know how good they have it here, things they would see as basic here would be a dream for a lot of people.

[@rollingdudes8859]

As an AMERICAN I get so frustrated about all the FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS we complain about!!!

[@tailswinsmore5054]

​@@rollingdudes8859 as an American I don't use developing nations as a barometer 👌

[@cek0792]

​@@tailswinsmore5054 a lot of countries have the label "developing country" just to be nice to those countries and to give a tiny bit of hope for the people of those countries. Despite nearly half of what we consider "developing countries" not seeing meaningful economic growth since the past decade.

[@comradehogan7636]

@@cek0792 Gee I wonder why 🤔 western dominated financial institutions like the imf and world bank and their structural adjustment policies that liberalize these economies and keep them underdeveloped, killing anyone who stands in their way

[@cbradley1391]

​@@tailswinsmore5054that refusal is exactly why we have so many entitled young people who think socialism and communism is so great and think their first world capitalist problems are the worst thing they could possibly go through and that communism and socialism is going to save them

[@clayz1]

My first grade teacher escaped from East Berlin over the Berlin Wall to West Berlin. It was a big deal back then during the cold war.

[@Herb...StateChamps]

I was born in Cuba and this is 100% accurate.

[@rollingdudes8859]

I like the ice cream flavor ROT IN HELL FIDEL that they serve in Little Havana after CASTRO DIED and went to HELL!!!

[@Stoicsaiyan]

Same

[@reydolla]

And Cuba it's bloqued by US since 1960.

[@Herb...StateChamps]

@@reydolla there isn’t a “blockade” of Cuba. If that was the case, US warships would have been surrounding Cuba for decades and blocking anyone from getting in or out. This is clearly not the case. In fact, the Cuban genocidal dictatorship is under economic sanctions because they stole hundreds of millions of dollars from US industries. Do you often spread misinformation or was this a one time thing ?

[@Herb...StateChamps]

@@reydolla aparte reydolla yo Se q tu hablas español. Vamos a ampliar en el tema del embargo. Que embargo? El que Estados Unidos coloco sobre la tirania castrista despues que esta ROBARA millones de dolares en vienes de empresas americanas? Vamos a expandir en este asunto. Para empezar, el embargo tiene excepciones de tipo humanitaria como la comida y medicinas. Por ejemplo, La tirania castrista le a comprado a USA 123 millones de dolar en pollo en in periodo de 6 meses en el 2021. Fuente: Secretaria de Prensa de la Casa Blanca Jen Psaki en conferencia de prensa el 12 de Julio del 2021. A pesar de esto, los Cubanos se mueren al diario por falta de estas necesidades. Esto sucede porque la major parte de la economia cubana es controlada por el MININT (los militares). Estos controlan la entrada de todos estos bienes a la isla. Por lo tanto, abastecen a la elite militar primero. Despues abastecen a los hoteles y hospitales solo para turistas extrangeros. Despues (cuando sobra algo) se lo revenden al pueblo cubano a 10x presios minoristas en monedas que el cubano de apie no tiene aceso. Dolares o Euros. Ademas, el embargo coloca restrinciones severas contra entidades controladas for el govierno tiranico de cuba con especial incapie en los esbiros del MININT. Dicho embargo practicamente no restrinje al ciudadano cubano en su capacidad de individual privada. Entoces los unicos que bloquean al pueblo cubano de hacer negocios con otros cubanos y el mundo es la tirania Castro-Canel y su pandilla de esbirros acesinos. Para finalizar, los genocidas en la Habana se encuentran pricipalmente en estas circuntancias por dos motivos. Primero, los comunistas tienes una politica monetaria terrible. No pagan sus deudas y por lo tanto nadie en el mundo les quiere dar credito. Segundo, El cumunismo no produce nada y es imcapaz de competir con los mercados globares y libres de hoy en dia.

[@brenon45]

Babylon Bee is crossing over from Satire to ACTUAL History these days.

[@Soravia]

Their satire business is getting taken over by dumb voters

[@braxtonjones6163]

Most Cubans liked Castro and wanted this change in fact before Castro they had a U.S sponsored dictator. Get over your feelings.

[@Avenus112]

​@@braxtonjones6163 they liked him because he promised to steal american property and get them the gibs by chiking the golden goose of productive people. The sanctions from their brigandry caused a famine Get over your feelings.

[@djjaysky9071]

​​@@braxtonjones6163 Fidel Castro was hated by the people and che was one of the most hated people in history because everywhere he went the people ended up worse off than before he came there

[@schrempskynate8944]

​@@braxtonjones6163 Thank you Mr. Trudeau now go back to putting truckers in jail.

[@Bad_Llama]

I work with a young man in his early 30s who has never left America and experienced anything foreign. Strangely enough, he thinks the US is the worst country to live in. Nothing breeds contempt like wealth does.

[@maxwellcrazycat9204]

Why doesn't he leave?

[@tarlison2k1]

I think there places in the USA that is worse than third world countries and its run by the same people telling them america is bad

[@rustysworldofentertainment850]

I don't know, poverty must run a pretty close second.

[@MadsterV]

@@maxwellcrazycat9204 because they don't really really believe in what they say

[@dundonrl]

That's 99.9% of Americans (and for that matter Canadians). They have no idea what real poverty is and how socialist and communist nations treat their citizens, I mean slaves.

[@Shlibble]

I am proud to be in a American family that immigrated from Scandinavia back in the 1790s,I can’t imagine looking anywhere else

[@nolimitscoasterguy4813]

Funny story, my great aunt is Cuban and lived in cubs during the time Castro took over, she had to wait in lines for food and couldn’t eat certain types of food. She had a bunch of story’s about this but she fled Cuba. Now she lives here and she actually got into an argument with someone exactly like this.

[@MadsterV]

apparently this hasn't changed much

[@alwillk]

So it was paradise under Batista? You traded one authortarab for another.

[@manasrai747]

​@@alwillk Cuba under Batista had per capita income greater than USA. I think it was only below Venezuela and Argentina in all of the Americas i.e. the New World.

[@SomeDigitalGhost]

I want a beer with that cuban man, actor, chief.

[@Irish381]

Rum and Diet Pepsi served over ice garnished with a wedge of Lime. Cuba Libre

[@Si_Mondo]

​@@martins.7060Ay caramba!

[@JennyPerezMonto]

@@Irish381 Never Diet Pepsi! It must be Coca-Cola!! LOL, there is a difference in taste...

[@alejov923]

@@martins.7060 Cerveza*, just for a complete cultural appropiation.

[@Irish381]

@@JennyPerezMonto my apologies for the cola confusion. Coca-Cola and rum over ice served in a high ball garnished with a wedge of lime! Cuba Libre 🇨🇺🇮🇪🇺🇸

[@Dollface98]

This used to be me, and this exact situation happened to me until I spoke to an older Cuban lady, who looked at me in horror when I told her how great living in Cuba must’ve been 😬 then she told me the terrible things she endured before escaping to the U.S

[@nickkorkodylas5005]

@blu menthal _>May i ask why did you believe living in socialist country is great?_ She looks female...

[@Dollface98]

@blu menthal its what they’re teaching in schools. In middle school i had a teacher that would have us watch Michael Moore documentaries, he makes a lot of anti capitalism, pro socialism rhetoric in his films. In the movie Sicko, he takes Americans to Cuba to get “great”healthcare but it’s straight up propaganda. Then in high school a lot of my teachers would praise Bernie sanders ideas, I’m sure it’s a lot worse now

[@gahmivolka]

@@Dollface98 damn they was legit brainwashing you...

[@mynameisinigomontoya8179]

​@@Dollface98 Michael Moore is the biggest tub of hypocritical shit in the world. The only self proclaimed socialist who made millions in a capitalist state, then tramples on better men and women who oppose his warped ideas. In so glad you saw the truth for yourself.

[@hgff69]

Welcome to reality, my dear.

[@asdrubalivan18]

As a Venezuelan myself, I have gone through that experience.

[@bubbatools6701]

As someone from russia, this is so accurate, they try to tell us what OUR lives were like in Russia because they watched a video on it.

[@waercanner]

рил

[@OperationHawaiiana]

same thing happens to people when they talk about hawai'i. I'm like," boy, you truly haven't actually been here before have you"? they don't understand how much pressure us locals get

[@Useruserusername790]

America is a Free country unless you scare Rich people. Then you'll see how Unequal this country is.

[@Locomotion-uz4ly]

It's exactly the same in Bulgaria. We say "They used to promise us how good we're going to have it when we build Socialism. Now they are telling our children how good we had it before 1989."

[@odrs]

As someone from America, this is also so accurate

[@horoshomi1818]

This literally happened last year in Argentina. A young argentinan telling a Cuban that in Cuba u live Better. Hilarious

[@WaveyaAddict]

Hey, I've been to Argentina and I know a number of Cuban refugee families in neighboring Brazil and it's possible that in many, but of course not all or even necessarily the majority of circumstances, the statement may be accurate.

[@unusualaussie9606]

Personal experience or footage?

[@lissam956]

It’s not hard to believe this, I was born in a ex communist country and I had literally people from other countries telling me how wonderful communism is…how we get free stuff, free food, free health, free school and so on, believe me when I tell you nothing is free over there as there is nothing to give. What good free education is when all they teach you about their heroes and Lenin and Marx.

[@WaveyaAddict]

@@unusualaussie9606 both in my case

[@burt591]

As an Argentinian I'm starting to consider building a raft myself

[@danmyers9372]

My wife travelled to Cuba a few years ago with a group on a “medical mission”. Hearing her stories about the people she spent time with was very eye opening. Engineers and other professionals who had to work second jobs driving cabs to be able to support their families. Doctors who got shipped off to other third works countries by the Cuban Government to work long hours for very minimal pay. While the Cuban government sold those same services for millions of dollars. The doctors had no right to refuse as the Cuban government paid for the doctors education (free education!) and now basically owns the doctor for life. It’s so sad to see young Americans so lied to about the truth of Socialism.

[@righardvanniekerk7434]

Yes, we got some of those Cuban doctors here in South Africa. There are 11 languages here, and Spanish isn't one of them or closely related. When you go sit in that que, you hope to get a student doctor instead of them Cuban doctors. This government sent students to study medicine in Cuba, lets say it didn't go well.

[@1001Balance]

The US is more socialist than communist Cuba. Medicare is socialism

[@montazownianr1]

"free education" payed "by government" "truth of Socialism" THERE IS NOTHING FREE FROM GOVERNMENT, READ ABOUT TAXES YOU MORON

[@IronFoot-n1q]

No. It's sad to see those young Americans swallowing the socialist lie hook, line, and sinker. Politics is NOT a child's game, yet we keep letting the kiddies have a say as if they're wise enough to consult. Children are for beating and commanding, not listening to.

[@nicolaslatorre810]

Well in the US they lied as well. They paint themselves and the government as the "free world" and how here "we are the good guys". When in reality they are just as criminal, hypocritical and oppressive.

[@saxon1177]

This reminds me of my nephew who tried to tell his father and I one day during a political debate that we were wrong about our knowledge through life experiences. He kept saying, "My professor says, my professor says." He refused to believe us, as if we were strangers and the professor was all knowing God. Talk about brainwashing.

[@maranatha256]

My Americanism vs. Communism class was taught by a Cuban immigrant. Thank you Mr. Fumero! He was THE BEST!!! Yeah, that required class is no longer required and heaven help us how it would be taught today.

[@polishscribe674]

"Americanism"?

[@OhioStudiosOG]

@@polishscribe674probably means capitalism, either that or specifically the american type?

[@Useruserusername790]

It means,,, the state of being an American. And it's really pronounced Am-ereee-can

[@maranatha256]

Nope, it was Americanism vs. Communism and mandatory in Florida. It was a long time ago now.

[@Ch33se-ij5cd]

Then people would actually be doing something

[@dario6463]

As a Venezuelan, I feel this on a spiritual level.

[@danielseiser6189]

Prayers for all your people and your family.

[@venezolanoanimatios5863]

yo tambien, pana

[@4hire565]

Hermano!! De pana que te entiendo!

[@riograndedosulball248]

All that, to have Argentinian and Brazilian commies praising Bolivarianism

[@wullahblack6452]

You feel US sanctions or coup attempts?

[@veritasome5965]

As I approach 40, I sometimes feel bummed that I’m no longer considered young anymore. Then I remember if I had been born 20 years later, this would be what I’d be learning in school today and I breathe a heartfelt sigh of relief about dodging this particular train wreck. Better to be old and ‘backwards’ than young and ‘educated’ today if this is the end result.

[@mywellnessjourney-kk3sx]

Yes I'm 43 and know what you mean. However with two young kids it's already getting exhausting countering the propaganda they are fed, and they're not even in secondary school yet.

[@milansvancara]

Literally no one is teaching this at school

[@Malphorus]

@@milansvancara Lol, apparently no one is teaching what literally means either.

[@Indigoporcelain]

​@Milan Švancara not explicitly overt, but the ideas of equity and fairness, oppressor and oppressed are constantly inserted. That's how they present these ideas as progressive

[@Indigoporcelain]

Don't know what's worse. A young 'educated' kid fresh out of college or a 50, 60 year old who still thinks it works great. Logic seemed to have eluded them for decades. I knew a 50 something lawyer who had utopian ideas, not knowing he'd probably be the first on the chopping block.

[@KingRage10]

My grandparents escaped from Cuba, they’ve told me multiple stories, send that dude to Cuba for one week, he will be begging on his knees to go back to America

[@ericsfishingadventures4433]

The bee always delivers with some of the best satire out there! Just really sucks a lot of this insanity has become a reality.

[@tomwilliams6744]

Yes, it's like satire has become reality.

[@stevenewberry6460]

No. Its still insanity but it has become an epidemic. Pisses me off!

[@pizzacatthegreat559]

Omfg lol fml ._.

[@SynthwavelLover]

If you think this is funny, it's not, try The Onion.

[@JohnCiaccio]

I think of them as live reenactments....

[@pokisun522]

I’m from Taiwan and I can totally relate to this. Many young American coworkers believe in socialism, and I always encourage them to move to China, or move to Taiwan to feel china’s flighting jets hovering on the border on the hourly basis. It’s shocking to me American kids pay 100k college tuition just to get brain washed.

[@MaLianghong]

我想你根本就不是台湾人，烂电影看多了吧！

[@alwillk]

China is not entirely socialist Sinopec isn’t state owned.

[@USAmerican100]

@@alwillk Because when China WAS socialist CCP killed 60 million Chinese. Starvation and Cultural Revolution.

[@samyeharshel]

As an Indian I must say mixed economy works better but if had to choose between socialism and capitalism I would choose capitalism any time. We are much more prosperous and powerful after we shifted towards capitalism.

[@moralityisnotsubjective5]

I second htis motion. Send them to experience what they claim to support.

[@craigrucin451]

I served in Russia as a missionary and actually sat at a meal where an American college student had a similar discussion with a Russian couple. As the student explained how glorious communism is, the husband turned to the rest of us and asked, "Is she joking?" Rather than believe their stories of surviving through communism, she comforted herself with the erroneous belief that South/Central American communism is different. 😅

[@silverkitty2503]

yeah its not ...its much much worse.

[@adissabovic]

Ah, the missionary? Not a spy?

[@sabin97]

communism has never and will never be implemented. because you need to be insane to think it's a good thing. in order for there to be communism there are two fundamental conditions that MUST be met: 1) there can be no government(what some call "the state") 2)the means of production are directly controlled by the proletariat. no sane person would ever want to live in a country without government. so communism will never exist. but i'm guessing if at your age you still believe in "satan", you might be one of those who believe "communism" is a thing. and yes some political parties use "communist" as part of their name. but there's a country named the democratic people's republic of korea. do you think it's democratic? it has the word democratic in its name.....yeah. the name doesnt make the thing.

[@kamranrowshandel6395]

Well. (That must have been difficult.)

[@cedo3333]

In my country when we talk about communism they (the journalists) always ask: Which country was a sucess as they are none. That's factual but what is not is the bias of the question. Communism countries a part of dictatorial bs, they always had to compete with capitalism in a capitalistic world! That's quite simple to understand that no regime has a fair chance to prove their worthiness. There is a dogma nowadays about capitalism: there is no other choice! I beg to differ. We all know the problems of capitalism, that create a lot of money which isn't correctly shared and doing that they destroy the planet. That creates some needs for stuff we don't need. I could go on and on. I'm no communist/socialist/any label, but i wish we could try something different, something better for sharing ressources, for the planet etc. Oh and btw this video is a comedy so not sure that's the place to have some philosophical debates lool

[@richardbullwood5941]

I'm a 53-year-old man that has had something similar happened to me. I was 10 when the 80s started, and adult when they ended. But yet, my 24 year old niece likes to explain to me how life was in the 80s. What kind of President Ronald Reagan was, the politics, the culture, and how things were in life. I tried to explain to her that bullying was far far worse back then, and you got away with it, but she told me how wrong I was. I pointed out that only one of us was actually alive back then, but she said the fact that she has a 4-year degree in sociology makes her the expert

[@michael85745]

liberalism is a mental disorder

[@ppumpkin3282]

I used to teach my students about socialism this way. I gave them the option of getting the grade they earned, or giving each of them the average grade for the class. Some students like the idea of getting the average grade, so they don't have to study so hard, the problem is under that scenario every one does the same thing, they don't study, so the average grade becomes a "D".

[@playdg]

Earned, please.

[@silverchairsg]

Did you enforce the D on the entire class in the end, even for those who chose the other option? Cos that's the most realistic outcome.

[@michaelkearns9256]

You must be a bad teacher and a brainwashed Muppet. Australia is SOCIALIST economy and we have a much better lifestyle than America..... Cuba is a COMMUNIST economy. Socialism has free elections. Communist economies generally don't.

[@RickC-rs7ny]

they should have taken the means of producing the grades from the capitalist teacher and gave themselves their own grades

[@mamiavodah1012]

Stunningly beautiful in its simplicity relative to impact.

[@beetalius]

this is real. My friend who grew up in Russia has to deal with his son telling him how great communisim is.

[@ShomoGoldburgler]

Indoctrination of North American youth is astounding! I seen a communist telling an older Ukrainian the USSR was a workers paradise. The guy used to sell fuel on the side to get extra rations.....

[@lovetolovefairytales]

Yikes. Your poor friend.

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

He should send the kid to Russia for a few years.

[@deanchur]

@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Definitely. I've got a friend from Siberia who left after the USSR collapsed and some of his stories are pretty wild.

[@OneofInfinity.]

@@georgesakellaropoulos8162 🤦‍♂

[@l.a.beltranmusic4554]

My father and his brothers hijacked a military boat at gunpoint, that's how they got to America. While some people may think that's pretty badass, and it was, how bad would it have to get for you to even contemplate that course of action. Marinate on that.

[@Absolute_Joker]

Which country were they from.

[@Necrowolf81]

not bad ass, just bad. I don't care what your reason is. Doing something like that is wrong period and they should be ashamed.

[@GLingorn]

@@Necrowolf81 it is bad, but understandable, it is survival of the fittest

[@devon8438]

​@@Necrowolf81 Pipe down, boy, your moms here to pick you up

[@mutedimagination666]

​@@Necrowolf81 you're fucking kidding right?

[@Adam-wt5id]

My lifelong best friend came from cuba. His family won the lottery and got to come here legally and bring them as well. His family could outwork an army. The most grateful and humble people ive ever known, the barely speak English but they are more proud to be AMERICAN than anything else. God bless this country and its hard workers

[@alfredosenalle9284]

Not to bragg , but that's precisely what's made the Cuban community the most successful Hispanic group in the US.

[@holdfastholdtrue]

I grew up in the Miami area and the Cubans were the most amazing people; hard working, entrepreneurial, friendly and man, can they make some good food!!!!

[@cek0792]

@@alfredosenalle9284 How about the European Spanish? Haha, don't worry I understand.

[@johnshaw6702]

I learned in my teens that people from poor countries, especially communist and socialist countries, believed in the American dream and those I knew were successful in living it through hard work. I originally learned this from a Russian immigrant, I worked for, that worked his way through 7 countries, while raising his family, just to get to the U.S.. In the U.S. I was being told that it was B.S., which is obviously not true if you apply yourself.

[@davidscbirdsall]

Tell him that this veteran of native and immigrant parents welcomes them and their family and appreciates their dedication to continuing to make this nation great.

[@ladillalegos]

This was funny but also EXTREMELY sad because we know this was 100% accurate

[@silmwingsm3974]

Not really ,He would’ve been shot over the Che Guevara Tshirt 😂

[@SpeezyCheesy]

@@Flipflop437 womp womp "the authoritarian dictatorship that prevents democracy" >literally every single state in existance to identify as communist

[@dream1430]

@@Flipflop437 the government doing things isn’t socialism

[@bluefmi]

@@Flipflop437 social programs is NOT socialism socialism starts simply by taking everything, no matter how many years you worked 2 - 3 jobs for that everything, and distributing to everyone by "everyone" i mean the state takes it, if no party member took it first then socialism continues by persecuting you for having worked more. if you are lucky, you end up in a concentration camp if not, you get a free heli ride. one way only in the end the unwashed masses are used as cannon fodder, as transplant sources, as free labor, as anything the party members wish for

[@therealdjt6219]

@@Flipflop437 after seeing this you still cope. Govt policies extremely rarely get recorded or diminish in size.It’s quite sad that this reality isn’t apparent to anyone who’s been an adult for more then a few years. You’re not seeing the way the world works, only how you want to see it

[@ramonvelasquez8431]

I have had people tell me to my face that the Venezuelan government has done some pretty remarkable things for its people. I honestly don't know what to say, it makes so sad and uncomfortable.

[@nathanandrews1760]

I saw this happen at my university back in my freshman year. I was in an “inclusive” political discussion group hosted by the university, one of the members was an international student from a former Soviet country. The young socialists (most of the students) in the group began to espouse their desires for socialism, and as this young man started to try and tell them what socialism has done to his country in the past they, actually laughed at him and paid him no regard.

[@livingthejourney8833]

As a Freshman in college, I was laughed off by my Philosophy professor because I disagreed with him on Marxism: according to him, I was just biased. I had arrived from Communist Cuba four years earlier, yet my experience living under a Marxist regime didn't count.

[@crushedforme]

Sad 😔

[@blaynegreiner9365]

Those who forget their past are doomed to repeat it. It's unfortunate that the world has so many, many examples of failure and yet people are still being led to believe the glory of socialism. It's even more sad when people can learn directly from people who have lived through it, or the aftermath, and *still* believe it is the way forward. If that doesn't prove something is propaganda, I don't know what does.

[@OckhamAsylum]

What's disgusting to me is that nobody pays any attention to the people who have lived through this stuff. I just can't comprehend it, I mean I see someone floating to my country on a raft and my first thought is "Damn, must have a good reason for fleeing." I couldn't imagine looking at a dehydrated family dragging themselves onto shore and thinking "Oh, what a bunch of silly wrong people, they're just biased!"

[@midoribookstore]

@@livingthejourney8833 Bias in and of itself isn't wrong to have, especially when it stems from cold hard facts. Let them cry "biased" all they want, it doesn't make you wrong at all.

[@galacticbananastopmotions7292]

This is how it feels in my history class when my teacher keeps saying that communism and socialism are great, and that capitalism is bassicaly slavery(yes she actually said that last part). My family fled from soviet controled Poland and it makes my blood boil hearing her say that the soviets were great liberators when they murdered my people and sent millions to siberia as slaves. And then after all that, she has the audacity to claim that I am missinformed.

[@Монс-й1ь]

Cope harder

[@dragonfruitreal]

communism and socialism are great it's just the USSR and other socialist regimes did it wrong when people suffer under capitalism everyone blames it on the government but for some reason when people die under a communist regime no one blames it on the government they just say socialism doesn't work socialism doesn't work yes it does work just not when it's run by a dictatorship that kills and imprisons its own people notice how every single socialist country failed it's because socialism and authoritarianism cannot coexist socialism requires freedom to work

[@granmabern5283]

Your classmates are blessed to have you in their class to educate them on reality.❤

[@maxrudenko1900]

You need to see a difference between a marxs(communist)idea and a soviet regime.soviet made a big mistake starting a proletarian revolution in an undeveloped non industrialized country. That was a big clash between bolsheviks and menshiviks.this lead to big mistakes specially what happened in poland and hungary

[@HighAdmiral]

​@@maxrudenko1900 Mass murder is a crime, not a "mistake"

[@GabrielLopez-mo2xo]

As a Cuban who’s been to Cuba 4 times in my 20 odd years of living I can say that people in this country don’t know anything. They think flint is third world they think so many stupid things. My cousin had to travel 3 hours from the rural area where he lived to Havana to buy potatoes because even though most of those potatoes where grown in farms around him they were given to the city with the farmers getting nothing. I’ve seen children play hide and seek and hide in potholes bigger than they were. I’ve seen doctors that moonlight as taxi drivers and not even the expensive ones the tourists take because it pays better. I’ve seen dogs so starved on the streets that you can see their ribs. I was there after Fidel’s death I remember the state mandated mourning no one was allowed to sing shout dance or drink if you were caught you were arrested. I know that the only people in Cuba legally allowed either shellfish or beef are tourists and people in hospitals that need it otherwise it’s a crime. I’ve seen people add sawdust to coffee beans. Also just so you know the water their will make you much more sick than Mexico I’ve had both only in Cuba have I gotten sick and it’s consistent every time. The bottled water you drink if you are rich tastes like pool water. People sell pencils on the street one by one, eggs and gum are sold individually because many cannot afford a pack, a doctor makes 30 dollars a month, oh and everything still has a price just no one can pay it. Cuban Americans are the only reason the people of Cuba are even living at this point whenever they go they bring more than 50 lbs per person, I’ve seen some bring over 300lbs per person in one trip. People don’t know what hell is. These stupid kids sit in their heated and cooled houses with electricity and running water multiple electronic devices think they have it rough. Rough is sitting in 110 degree weather 100% humidity no ac no electricity so no fan and not knowing where your next meal is coming from.

[@shiva.19]

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[@deletedaccount175]

bro r u high? hell is being misgendered when your stubble is showing No but for real that sounds like absolute Hell with a capital H.

[@Roland597]

But... but... if the government runs everything then the people have a VOICE about how things are run! Finally all my ideas will be implemented and the this shithole that everyone risks everything to escape to will be paradise! The issue is that kids in college are some of the most confident stupid people in the planet. They are also some of the best dreamers we have. They just don't have a clue how the country works. Hell they can barely navigate class registration on their own...

[@UltraGalaxyify]

Preaching to the choir right now

[@faolan2174]

​@@UltraGalaxyify Hey, the choir can always learn a thing or two too. ;) plus it's never a bad thing to have further personal testimonies to prove the point.

[@kennapetrea1591]

I lived in Ft Lauderdale for 12 years. ER and critical care nurse....,saw many people float in from Cuba. No one was asking for or stealing boats to leave the US.

[@MarioGarcia-ps2gi]

As a 1st generation Cuban in America I grew up hearing my family talk about Cuba. Now we see delusional people thinking that way of life is the best way. So glad my family left there.

[@fate3071]

I have a friend like this. "Cuba has the best doctors in the world. The only reason the country sucks is because the west drags it down and makes it stay poor"

[@meusisto]

@@fate3071 How would it really be if there was not imposed sanctions?

[@targaryen6159]

@@meusisto As a Cuban, wanna know what would happen? The “president” would have more money for himself. Socialism does not work the idea is nice but it’s a fantasy, it does not work and history has proved that time and time again

[@johnchestnut5340]

Did you ever hear about Cuba BEFORE Communism? Now that was amazing! I've heard stories and seen photos. It makes me wonder if/when the USA falls, where will we go? We have no place to run to.

[@drsm7947]

Cuba can trade everyone else but not usa they even trade with canada how usa saction drag cuba?

[@pedroelso8801]

As a Cuban I really enjoyed this. Good job

[@shadowbanned5164]

"I do miss Gus but he was delicious" lol

[@somapersona]

Rest assured that some of us know that communists are evil.

[@tangotango256]

God bless Pedro ... these idiots have no clue until it reaches their doorstep completely brainwashed until they're trapped by their own stupidity.. such a shame America is following the communist playbook step by step

[@paolohere]

My grandpa experienced starvation in communist Poland before he fled in the late 1940s. The sight of food being dumped into the trash at my high school cafeteria would have given him a heart attack.

[@HozainBoss]

You mean that capitalist Poland after war wouldn't starve?

[@eugrus]

Many people experienced starvation in the USA in the 1920-1930s even without any war in the US. So what?

[@austria-hungary4981]

@@eugrus That was Great Depression. *when you produce so much that you break the country apart because people can't buy shit*

[@curlywurly4310]

@@eugrus The Great Depression wasn't just in the United States, it was international.

[@realslimsh8y]

​​​​​​@@eugrus that was internationally not in the usa you fool

[@wasserstoff7391]

Thank you that you explained me socialism. Very objective video.

[@andyhines9070]

Sad part is this is one of the more informed, intelligent college students. I've run across so many that can't get basic paragraph structure right and think they are geniuses.

[@laveraparato258]

My sister is in GRADUATE SCHOOL. She went back as an adult in her early 50's. She is appalled by the writing of her classmates. She had better writing skills when she was a high school freshman than these people have. Her professors have noticed! She's about to graduate with a 4.0.

[@secretname9346]

I graduated college in 2013. I new people in my classes that could barely TYPE a grammatically correct sentence using MS Word ffs…. It literally shows your errors and how to fix them.

[@djjaysky9071]

Have you been talking to AOC?

[@inglewoodwhb]

​@@secretname9346But autocorrect doesn't always add K's when needed.

[@4tdaz]

By design unfortunately. The goal is not education, and DEFINETELY not to think. The goal is to convert and manipulate.

[@tinykloon]

We are so privileged in America that instead of worrying about food, we worry about cultural appropriation 🤣

[@elmodelo101]

Americans are so privileged that poor people are fat and not starving.

[@11thDC]

don't forget pronouns and hating each other.

[@sravd6079]

This is pure gold

[@lordcommandernox9197]

I was under the impression you also worried about getting sick because you have no healthcare, and so you die of common colds because doctors aren't for everyone. Dude, Americans suck, Cuba's crap because of your embargoes but you still go there for cheap cancer treatments! You're not dunking on socialism when its saving your lives are you?

[@psychoaztecs]

No wonder american govt is finding ways to have another war to participate in

[@oscarcarias4932]

As a person who lives in a third world country and has interacted with people from the USA, I can tell you that Americans take a lot of things for granted, and often ignore the harsh realities of living in places where the leftists rule.

[@Hunterchuck]

1. Highly, Very highly doubt you live in a third world nation. 2. The leftist do not 'rule' anywhere. That's why no nation is Socialist. 3. If you truly lived in a nation that you don't like you have two options. Leave it or change it.

[@loukreu]

You mean the harsh reality of living in places sanctioned and bombed by American leftists?

[@loukreu]

did you ever consider that the problems faced in third world counties are intentionally caused by insane American policies? Take Ukraine for example. Lindsey Graham would be happy for every Ukrainian male to die for his dream of crushing Russia.

[@smartFunable]

I mean if you compare third world country ruled by lefties then yes. But take European countries ruled by lefties e.g. Germany: free education, free medicine, nobody can't fire you next day, much safer than in the US etc. Germany is actually one of the good examples how it can work.

[@Batman-mx8nz]

@@smartFunable And 2nd

[@Andrese959595]

Venezuelans, Cubans, North Koreans, Vietnamese, Taiwanese and Chinese and other socialist survivors, we get it, stay strong fam. From a Venezuelan exile.

[@jonathanctay7422]

I met a Cuban Uber driver when we visited Texas. Being from outside the United States I’ve only ever heard of Cuban immigrants. Boy, I was so glad I met him. He has so much love for America.

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

These young jerks who are anti-American should move to Cuba, and the Cubans who wants to be free being allowed to start a new life in the USA.

[@jamesbranham2217]

Don't try to convince the wannabe socialists of this

[@joaopedrobaggio4475]

@@jamesbranham2217 this is not the problem, the problem is them convincing other people.

[@skovner]

It used to be that refugees had love for America. Now, we are told that the National Anthem at a sporting event will offend them. I think it offends the leftists more.

[@tango_uniform]

We just need to get Joe Biden off his back.

[@itwsntme]

I'm from Venezuela. I've had one of these airheads attempt to explain socialism to me. For real.

[@tyttiMK]

They have been trying to explain socialism to me, a Finn, many times. We had to fight against it for the first time in 1918, then again 20 years later. We knew and saw how socialism was "working" in the USSR for 70 years (there were ethnic Finns in the USSR and later Estonians) and were happy that we didn't have to experience it.

[@coltydoodledoof8237]

Again, it wasn't true socialism, there are different forms of socialism, but for now, I'll just put it in 2 groups, authoritarian socialism, and true socialism, authoritarian socialism is more used between the different countries, but that doesn't mean its actually socialism, while true socialism can actually be pretty free. I understand your problems, but again, it was authoritarian socialism, not real socialism.

[@tyttiMK]

@@coltydoodledoof8237 Socialism is inherently authoritarian. Socialists always claim that it's democratic but it never is in the real world. And yes, it's "real" socialism.

[@whyareusobad3528]

@@coltydoodledoof8237true socialism sounds just as bad I work for my food I should get my food I should not work for your food nor you work for mine Those who cannot work for food should have a family that works for them if they don’t maybe there’s charitable people willing to give them some of THEIR food Why should I give them mine

[@俺は誰でもない]

glad to hear you got out of that hell

[@dustinkdye]

My step-cousin was an MD in Cuba, having graduated from their top university. He said being a doctor in Cuba consists of lying to your patients about their prognosis and then prescribing medications you know won’t work. He eventually quit and became an English teacher for a fraction of the pay because he was tired of lying to his patients. He said they were hit particularly hard by COVID because the hospitals don’t even have clean water. But I grew up hearing the canard Cuba has one of the best healthcare systems. 😞

[@serfcityherewecome8069]

From the mentally-diseased left's warped point of view, Cuba actually does have the "best healthcare" system because nobody lives long enough to financially draw on the system for more than a few months...unless of course they belong to the Ruling Parasite Class, i.e., govt.

[@eufrosniad994]

I am against socialism, but I think the people in the US have a very skewed idea that a free healthcare system is pretty bad like in Cuba or is the slippery slope to socialism. Look at Canada, Germany, Japan or the UK. The free healthcare systems work well enough and is also advanced enough to be competent with the best the world offers. Sure, they are not perfect, but nor is the US healthcare system. I personally think that in a country like US, a free public health care system is the way to go. This is because the US is highly individualist in its thinking. It’s not like a person can go to their relatives and ask for money to help them pay their bills like you would see in a more collectivist country. The individualism is so rampant that the relatives might wonder if the person has lost their mind. So given the state of affairs in the US, I think a public healthcare system will do much to elevate the quality of life.

[@KipdoesStuff]

@@eufrosniad994 All those examples ARE your slippery slope.

[@abcdeshole]

English teacher pay must be appalling then, because doctors in Cuba don’t make shit. I met a privileged Cuban in Cuba once who told me that his air conditioning expenses were a doctor’s salary. I asked him and his wife why people studied medicine, and they said “el amor.”

[@eufrosniad994]

@@KipdoesStuff Maybe I do not understand your point, but what exactly are you even saying? Slippery slope to what? Are you saying those countries I mentioned are socialist now? If that is honestly what you are trying to say, then the issue is that you have a very bad understanding of socialism, right?

[@Xinkgs]

From a Cuban, I approve this video’s message

[@johnbrown4568]

The Babylon Bee 🐝 continually offers up stinging truth. 💪👍👏

[@DmitriFilms]

During my first year at Uni we had clubs day where all the clubs set up tables and people could go and sign up. I saw "The Socialist Alternatives" table. I thought I'd give them a fair chance to speak for themselves, so I approached them open minded. I asked them what they were all about. They started talking about Socialism, Marxism and workers rights. The girl asked me if I knew anything about Socialism. I responded that my parents were from the USSR so I have a basic understanding of it. She responded with "Oh no no no, that was a failed experiment". You should have seen the looks of fury on my parents faces when I told them her response.

[@LyonPercival]

jeezus christ... that's... horrible.... They prolly still think Russia is an amazing free nation even NOW in 2023 - while currently sending human waves of the lesser capable population an and ethnics...

[@sig1761]

socialism, communism and all those shit only sound good on papaer. In practice, its ususally just those who are willing to cut people's throat who rise to power and up abusing the system.

[@twocents7509]

Yeah, they’re always like “that’s not real socialism/communism”. 🤦‍♀️ That’s because “real socialism/communism” depends on people not acting the way people naturally behave.

[@ьеььуь-к9о]

And me, a person whose whole ancestors lived in tsarist Russia and ussr and now live almost in every post-soviet country, can answer with meme "Non-fictional stories about which it is impossible to remain silent". Come on, tell us where are your parents from and what they come through. If these parents exist of course...

[@SynthwavelLover]

Ok smartass. I suppose if the USSR is accurately representative of the totality of Socialism then we can say the good ol' USA is accurately representative of the totality of Democracy and Capitalism. Some of what the USA has done (government and corporation-wise) include- child labor, child slavery (thanks Nestle), jailing children, private insurance companies over-charging for life-saving medication, climate change, Flint MI, corporate bailouts, car companies building SUVs to avoid restrictions and are also more likely to kill children, free-speech zones, war for oil, funding fascist dictators, drone strikes on innocent civilians, corrupt elections, gerrymandering, oh the list goes on and on. The USA is certainly a failed experiment on Democracy and Capitalism. Or do those aspects not count? Some ideas in Socialism are fair and a lot of the critiques are Capitalism are decent. Most Democratic Socialists and progressives usually want basic changes. If you don't tag on the world "Socialist" people usually like the changes. You know- taxing higher wealth brackets and having medicare-for-all. Damn to hell all those socialist programs like.... maintaining roads, firefighters, the police, the FDA, the EPA, we're practically the USSR already aren't we?

[@janet6421]

I met a man who came from Cuba. He worked in the dish room of my college. He said he was an anesthesiologist in Cuba but working in a college cafeteria paid better. He liked the fact that in the US they can schedule surgery any time of day or night without worrying about the power going out.

[@ralphm4132]

yeah if the US would quit with the fuel blockades, Cuban surgeons could have the lights on. Cuban healthcare makes the US look so venal that the US will do anything to sabotage Cuba. Do have fun looking up maternal mortality rates, you know, how the US spends twice as much but has a higher rate of dead mothers and dead babies. oops.

[@midnull6009]

yup, met a general surgeon from Venezuela that was became a prostitute in her own country just to make ends meet then escaped to the US and became a secretary for a medical office :)

[@Squid728]

But they cant pay it

[@MantraDNG]

​@@Squid728But they can still get the surgery.. life with debt is better than death because you have to rub dirt on it and pray.

[@Squid728]

@@MantraDNG pray for what? To earn Money in this fucked up system? Sorry but praying wont do shit

[@christopherwelch3830]

Reading these comments about real people that have experienced and survived the communist and socialist countries is what should be taught in school. I know our system is far from perfect, but there are a lot of hard working immigrants from those countries that are doing great things with their lives now.

[@teamojesusss]

As a Cuban who escaped Cuba 14 years ago (soon 15), this has happened to me many times and it's just hilarious at this point.

[@polishscribe674]

Good to hear this puts a smile on your face😊

[@WildBikerBill]

Do you offer them your raft so they can make their escape to Cuba? 😉

[@teamojesusss]

@@polishscribe674 Thank you :), God bless!

[@teamojesusss]

@@WildBikerBill I would have no problem doing so! 🤣

[@humboldtharry1289]

It’s not going to be hilarious when here becomes just like there unfortunately.

[@24barnaby]

Our neighbor's family fled from Cuba in the 1980s. they were on the brink of starvation when they fled. They are absolutely astounded that Americans are demanding socialism like Cuba.

[@Redlavalamp]

Not Americans. Democrats/liberals are wanting socialism/communism. 😡

[@backitup5954]

@@24barnaby well you can thank people like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren with their hypocritical "eat the rich" movement.

[@Billb9I3]

Just Democrats want socialism

[@DarkBowserr]

The only socialist I like and respect is Emiliano Zapata

[@TrainerAQ]

A man with an opinion can never beat a man with experience.

[@meplin]

"One method of the bourgeois press always and in all countries turns out to be the most popular and “unmistakably” valid. Lie, make noise, shout, repeat lies - “something will remain." V.I. Lenin, 1917

[@ryannathaniel9296]

​@@meplinSounds like leftist media

[@wesleywesolowski3236]

TRUE

[@kernaghast]

@@meplin Lenin was an absolute monster.

[@meplin]

@@kernaghast Only if you haven't read Lenin, don't know anything about the real Lenin. And all the knowledge you rely on is capitalist superficial propaganda. Then yes. For a capitalist slave society, a society of free working people without classes is always criminal. Learn, develop, it's 2024.

[@DeanCalaway]

This is 100% real, they didn't even had to try to make it humorous, champagne socialists are exactly like that.

[@Steven-gv1ke]

My neighbor in Texas is from El Salvador, and lived there until he was about 35 when him and his wife came here because they didn't want their kids raised there. He told me all kinds of horrible stories about his country and the corruption. He says it makes him and his wife sick when they see Americans saying they want socialism. He has told me he has had young white people on many occasions ask him how amazing it was in El Salvador. Then when he tells them the stories, they don't believe him.

[@JackCarsonite]

​@RollinRat they have agency bro.

[@bgyoung-rv6io]

I don't understand your comment. El Salvador is not now, nor has ever been a socialist country. It's always been capitalist. I've vsited twice, worked with Salvadorenos, met many people during my time there. You are simply wrong my friend. Are you thinking perhaps of Nicaragua? They had a somewhat socialist government there from 1980-1990.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*suggest that these people who are so enamored with the thoughts and dreams of socialism put their own lives on hold...sell everything they own and spend a year in El Salvador to be immersed in the life experience for themselves...and then let them also experience the joy and adventure (if not horror) of trying to flee back to this country on foot themselves with only the clothes on their backs and no free wi-fi along the way and feasting on the rats, lizards and insects along the way and going for weeks without bathing and watching any scrapes or wounds they obtain begin to fester and eventually fall off*

[@danitenotes]

​@@bgyoung-rv6io came here for this. Super confused.

[@Steven-gv1ke]

@@bgyoung-rv6io I've never lived there, so I'm going off what he said since he grew up there, but he said their elections are just for "show". He said that "group" in the 80s and 90s formed a "political party" just to make things seem legit to the rest of the world and to control the clueless people. However he said the government absolutely controls everything. As a previous person commented, during the fighting between the government and citizens, he said the military would come through and take any boys who were 12 or older and move them with the military to the other side of the country so they couldn't go back home to their families. They used to have to hide in hidden holes in the ground when the military came through. The military would also take the majority of the villagers food to supply their troops even if it meant the villagers and families would starve. They had to hide food. If the government found out you gave any food to the revolutionists, they would burn your village down and "off" everyone. So the point was his country was horrible but people never listen to him about how good we have it here. He has seen real corruption and he doesn't want to live through that again. He also constantly talks about how important our 2nd amendment is because it's the only thing that keeps a government in check.

[@RafaelRabinovich]

I just shared this with a friend in Cuba, who will watch this as soon as they get their electricity back.

[@Ryan15beast]

I’m sorry for your friend :(

[@austria-hungary4981]

I hope your friend is ok.

[@fcold9402]

Cuba? Or California?

[@sebione3576]

As a joke, this is perfection. As a serious statement, it's depression.

[@basedoppenheimer1497]

Hope you guys are okay. We in Puerto Rico know exactly what is like to have such a shitty electric system, especially after all the hurricanes.

[@ChandlerJuliet]

Okay, this is epic

[@Alpha-Cheeno]

Hope you're enjoying your new digs in TX

[@Kalroy]

It was okay. You know what would have made better would've been some Chandler Juliet. And if they could add some Siaka smile, that would be greeeaat.

[@ChandlerJuliet]

@@Kalroy patience, my Kalroy

[@UninsuredCadillac]

Hit the nail on the head with that point of view on tipping. I haven't met a bidun voter yet who wasn't a closet hater on leaving a tip.

[@shannondonaldson5881]

This is very close to an interview a person that escaped from North Korea was saying about how when she told her college classmates about the horror of socialism and was told that she was brainwashed

[@momma-xy-gaming]

This hits too close to home for me and my hubby. His family managed to leave Cuba for the US and he often tells me how things were there. Right now they are working on getting his Abuela sponsored so she can come to the US and rest easy. Right now he says there are rolling black outs and most of the time the people are without power. Any food they do have, which isn't much, is going bad because they cannot power their fridges. No one should have to live in such conditions. He tells me how lucky I am to have been born in North America (I'm Canadian) but he's afraid of the direction the Canadian Government is going, he said there are a lot of similarities that he see's between the Canadian and Cuban government.

[@tealwraith9045]

Well, what do you expect from Castro's son?

[@reygonzalez4719]

Well, that's what happened when you have Fidel's bastard in office. But I do hope you guys can bring his abuela over there. I still have family in Cuba and they tell me the situation over there as well.

[@ayuwoki453]

I understand him. I'm Cuban too and sometimes we are talking with family that lives there over the phone and suddenly there is a blackout and everything goes dark. We can't bring my grandma from Cuba because she sadly has alzheimer's and can't come alone. He is also very right about Canada, Castro jr. is really trying to go on his father's footsteps.

[@ruslankazimov622]

So, would it be so bad if a fleet planes bombed a few military installations, government buildings and a crates of weapons were to be dropped to the people, by the people... To take their countries back? West is overloaded with abuletas. You can cram so much desperate people into countries struggling with housing and other demographic problems before civil wars happen.

[@va3svd]

Well, there might be a family tie between the Cuban regime and ours. Just sayin’.

[@MountR]

As a Cuban whose family escaped in a raft I feel represented.

[@icedriver2207]

And soon Mindy Kaling will make a show with her escaping Cuba so that she can feel represented.

[@Nightdare]

Not on a porpoise?

[@VideoHostSite]

Yeah, funny how every f**king person in this thread seems to be from Cuba, ain't it?

[@scintillam_dei]

Cubans: ¡Esto no pasa en Cuba! ¡Candela! ¡Guanajo! I didn't know that pavo was guanajo. Weird.

[@MountR]

@@scintillam_dei pavo or turkey is guanajo. The funny part is that guanajo is also dumb. So you can call someone dumb (guanajo).

[@marionavarro630]

Socialism and Communism for that matter are very different in theory than in practice. No where in Communist/Socialist philosophy does it call for a dictator. The closest thing to Marxist Communism nowadays are worker unions.

[@silverdoctor6298]

Or Zapatista Municipalities

[@seekthetruthfindit6879]

Someone at my uni actually said 'socialism was about freedom and individuality'... I was shocked. I was born in a socialist country, but luckily we made it out when I was a baby.

[@Hunterchuck]

You were probably so shocked that you didn't listen or hear anything else. How shocked will you be to hear someone like Albert Einstein tell you what Socialism is about? Here's a quote from his article called 'Why Socialism?': "The real purpose of socialism is precisely to overcome and advance beyond the predatory phase of human development." How shocked would you be to hear George Orwell be favorable towards Socialism? Here's a quote from him: "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it. It seems to me nonsense, in a period like our own, to think that one can avoid writing of such subjects. Everyone writes of them in one guise or another. It is simply a question of which side one takes and what approach one follows. And the more one is conscious of one's political bias, the more chance one has of acting politically without sacrificing one's aesthetic and intellectual integrity." Maybe you should quit messing around with these lame propaganda channels that lack any humor and actually learn a thing or two about the things you don't understand. 🤷‍♂ 😉

[@Vecchio_Rhosod85]

Please say it wasn't a professor, please say it wasn't a professor...

[@seekthetruthfindit6879]

@@Vecchio_Rhosod85 No, it was a female student. I found it hard not to say something disrespectful. Where does this ignorance stem from?! I did not grow up in the country where I am studying now. But growing up in Germany, we did discuss the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic at school. My grandmother's childhood friend was even shot trying to flee to Western Germany. What a whole lot of freedom Socialism was...

[@barrywhite1770]

We’re u from Denmark? I heard it is a socialist hellhole.

[@__-oq8gz]

Did everyone burst out laughing?

[@priscillajimenez27]

My boss told me how his family fled when he was ten years old and how he worked hard and up the ranks to be successful now. He pushes our workers to always improve themselves and better equip with things that can make them successful like learning English and new skills. He told me how when his in-laws went back to Cuba to visit, they were heartbroken by how bad it is.

[@serpentines6356]

Please tell your boss for me that he is doing so right, and good by telling the workers to improve themselves. We need to be teaching that again in this country. And that I am glad he is here contributing good things to our country and learning English. I highly suggest, whenever he is able to, if at all inclined to read a great American Novel. Whichever one sounds like he would like. Also, Hillsdale college has some great online courses. including American history. Their Imprimis mag is good.

[@sabin97]

decades of a brutal economic blockade keep the cuban people in misery. if the blockade is lifted cuba will quickly become a regional power.....that's why it's not lifted. but i have hopes. most of america has been increasing its trade with russia and china, and reducing it with usakistan. and we've slowly but surely started standing up to the tyrant. remember last year when usakistan hosted what was supposed to be the american summit but they excluded 3 american states and instead invited the colonizer of most of america? remember how most american presidents boycotted it? that's a very humble start, but it's a start. amlo in mexico is also standing up to the anglos, by nationalizing importan resources like lithium and preventing usakistanis and canadians from stealing it. hopefully before i die, all of america will unite and break the blockade(force usakistan to choose to either lift it or not trade with any american state) and the cuban people can break free of their misery.

[@classiccarpetcaresteamclea9709]

In JC I had a similar conversation with my social studies teacher where he told me that his 30 years of studying poverty was more valid than my 22 years of growing up in a homeless mission (where my mom worked) and in a part of town where people used repurposed lumber for front doors.

[@laveraparato258]

Good grief!

[@OneofInfinity.]

Those individuals are delusional.

[@lamoe4175]

@@OneofInfinity. No, they're college professors who don't have to interact with reality.

[@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro]

@@lamoe4175 that’s basically what delusional means, yes.

[@lamoe4175]

@@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro They're not deluding themselves - almost everyone they associate with shares thier beliefs and thier environment reinforces their stance. If they did have to deal with reality AND still held the same beliefs then they'd be delusional. Same as thier students, who will have to face reality, after thier spending 6 years getting a 4 year degree. Sort of like Hollywood celebrities and the Cargo Cult (during WWII. Islanders seeing planes delivering supplies inferred they were from the gods). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

[@CDIMITRIUS77]

This is like a Wall Street banker explaining why capitalism is so great to an African diamond mine worker.

[@philosopher-2007]

how the,.. What?

[@ElAsombrosoPachus]

I would bet 10 bucks that country tried socialism and this was the outcome for such action, though.

[@TheIFerreiraoliveira]

This dude is what we call in brazil, an iphone socialist. Yes, thats a slang here.

[@waverider227]

LOL that is a great term to describe this kind of guy too true!

[@TheIFerreiraoliveira]

​@@waverider227Yeah, and just to reinforce this point, he's not even asking if Cuba has iPhones. He's asking if they're only allowed to have outdated ones. And to literally drive this point home, he pulls out an iphone. lmao

[@meplin]

"One method of the bourgeois press always and in all countries turns out to be the most popular and “unmistakably” valid. Lie, make noise, shout, repeat lies - “something will remain." V.I. Lenin, 1917

[@elisabetpurve2908]

in Sweden they are labeld as "Champagne-socialists"

[@ryannathaniel9296]

​@@meplin"Any criticism against socialism are lies! LIES!"

[@1SGDolorBelli]

After retiring from the functioning US Army in 2005, I worked in Healthcare Mgt for 8 years. I worked with a psychiatrist who came here from Cuba, ON A RAFT, when he was 4 yrs old. He also appreciated the opportunities the United States had to offer him. He said, "All I had to do was work hard. In Cuba, everyone had to work hard and they still could hardly feed themselves".

[@bfrfoxtrot]

The real reason capitalist countries are afraid of communism: everyone has to work.

[@danielcruz4960]

Yeah, and nowadays the college students complain they have to work 5 days a week

[@BiblicalFlatEarth]

Functioning US Army. Lol. Semper Fidelis brother. Retired 2003 when the slide was starting...

[@1SGDolorBelli]

@@BiblicalFlatEarth After all these years I still get emails from troops who served under me. They all say the same thing, moree or less..."Top, you wouldn't make it in today's Army. They would put you in the Stockade". I know they mean it as a compliment, but I really hate to see a great organization led by sissies and political tinker bells. I hope the USMC isn't as bad.

[@doctorinternet8695]

If he came when he was 4, I feel it's safe to assume he came during the 90s. During that time cuba was suffering a major crisis due to losing its most important trade partner, the ussr. The cuban revolution had inherited a colonial economic structure, which meant that agricultural structure was export oriented and industrial production was minimal. This made it heavily dependent on trade, it needed to export to acquire dollars in order to buy essential products. It's easy to see how losing trade would lead a country like this to a crisis, especially a islnad nation that lacks many major resources. At that time cuba imported something like 70% of its food. So without trade it couldn't acquire food for the people nor essential machinery and industrial products used in modern agriculture. The country had to go through a slow painful process of reshaping agriculture and developing basic industry. And remeber, Cuba suffers a criminal trade blockade by the US, so the US is a direct culprit in the major humanitarian crisis cuba went through, by denying trade to a country that was heavily dependent on it. With this we can see that cuba's problems are not a simple matter.