Of course the Cuban government isn't perfect. But Cuba's most important problems aren't due to their authoritarianism. Their biggest problem is trade. They're unable to get the resources they need mostly because of the sanctions, greatly reducing their standard of living.
And honestly, I could excuse the authoritarianism due to the simple fact that US imperialism still poses a huge threat to them, being the only communist country in all the Americas. They don't really have a choice to have a hard stance to protect what they have. Or else it wouldn't be long before they get completely exploited the way they have been before the revolution.
You forget how Americans are being manipulated by the wealthy elites. These guys own all the media and 100% control the narrative. When people's minds are corrupt, how are they going to change the laws? How are they going to use democracy to change anything when democracy itself is sham?
You reach a point where mob justice is the only way to freedom.
With how the U.S. has been apply economic sanctions against Cuba since the 60's it's pretty obvious. Anybody who's been doing trade with the U.S. has been forbidden to doing any trade with Cuba. Their only economic partners have been Russia, China and Venezuela.
More recently, Venezuela was the only supplier of oil to Cuba, and now the U.S. attacked Venezuela and gained control of their oil, and stopped al shipping to Cuba. Because of this, Cuba can't even produce electricity because their power stations ran on oil.
You're being dishonest and obtuse on purpose here.
Even Cuba has better access to education and health-care and shelter than in it US. Every other challenges they're facing is because of the US and their sanctions.
I got singled out at an LCBO by a cashier who refused to allow me to purchase anything. Her excuse was that my partner didn't have her ID. I was purchasing it for myself, but somehow because she helped me carry the bottles she had to be carded as well. When just in front of me, a man and his son had just done the same. And when I left I received a rude comment about being a francophone, even though I speak prefect English. The cashier had heard us talking to each other beforehand.
I also heard some not so nice comments about francophones in general around me wherever I went. Some nasty generalizations and stereotypes.
In Montréal it was mostly "why don't you speak English? Canada is a bilingual country yknow" type of comments from people who were born and raised here but gained so much disdain from French that they outright refused to learn the language. Which is pathetic when they themselves only speak English.
And finally there's the Gazette newspaper and CJAD talk radio that shit on francophones every chance they get. Pitting the English speaking population against the francophones.
What happens when someone does something morally wrong but legal? Like CEOs of large companies who profit from human misery or essential needs such at food, shelter or healthcare ?
They are the ones steering these companies towards profits over human lives. Not only is it legal, it's part of the game. Even though it's morally wrong.
And what about media that corrupt minds, promote hate, and create division? What they're doing has a real impact on society and especially on marginalized groups. This can have important consequences on their lives. But it's all legal.
I believe in such cases mob justice is justified until what these people are doing is recognized as a crime by the governments and justice systems.
Just like how capitalism works so well for the U.S. and Canada and many other countries?
Don't you see what's happening around you? I live in Hochelaga, a borough of Montreal, Canada. There are people sleeping in tents in all the parks around my home. There are literal encampments with several people living together. They're freezing to death in the winter and dying of heatstroke in the summer. They're starving. They're sick. They can't afford rent after getting kicked out of their apartments because some rich property baron bought their apartment bloc to flip it. Housing has become a commodity for investment instead of a human right. Same with food. Food banks can't keep up with the surging demand. People are unable to feed themselves because of food inflation. Grocery stores are stocked to the brim, but people are starving because they can't afford it. Our public healthcare system is being gutted and replaced with private clinics and private care that are out of reach for the vast majority of people. And in the U.S. it's even worse! People have to live with preventable health problems, wounds, diseases and die because health care is unaffordable. Even education is out of reach in the U.S. because of how ridiculously expensive it is. How well is it going for us in a capitalist world? Not good at all.
And you're saying it didn't work well for the Soviet Union and China? The Soviet Union initiated the space race. They've kept pace with the rest of the world in terms of technology and innovation. They were one of the most educated people on earth. Everyone was housed and fed and schooled and received the medical care they needed. And China? I'd say it's working pretty fucking well for the world's current superpower. They're leading the world in economy, technology, productivity, progress, and believe it or not, even environmentally. No other nation has planted as much trees as they did or made as much progress in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions as China did. They're putting every other countries to shame.
Well I'm glad capitalism works well for you. But it doesn't work well for the 99% of the population in capitalist countries where they can't make ends meet while capitalists hold all the money in the world.
Under capitalism, people are sleeping in tents in parks and on the side of the road, freezing to death or dying of heat strokes. People are lining up to food banks which can't even supply everyone because of how much demand has increased, while grocery stores are stocked to the brim, but the food is unaffordable. People suffer health issues and die of preventable causes because healthcare is becoming less accessible or is just too expensive. Even education is unaccessible in a few places because of the costs. And for what? So a few corporations can make even more profit than they already are?
At least under communism, everyone has a roof over their head. Everyone has food on their table. Everyone has healthcare. Everyone has a job or at least a purpose in society. And communist countries seem to progress much faster than capitalist countries as well. The Soviet Union initiated the space race. They've always kept the pace with the rest of the world in technology and innovation. And if you look at China now, they're essentially the world leader at this point.
You wanna talk about authoritarianism? Look in the U.S. The moment you start to criticize anything, you either get a visit from the cops, or if you protest you get beat up by an army of police officers. U.S. democracy is a sham. Otherwise you wouldn't have had people like the Clintons, the Bush or Trump as presidents. These people are put there by the billionaire elites, then they manipulate the population into electing them through the media that they own.
For the record, I'm not saying China is any better in that regard. Freedom of expression is not exactly their thing. There's a lot of things to look up to with China, but human rights and freedom of expression are not any of them. But, the U.S. aren't any better.
Communism has a bad rap because U.S. imperialism never allowed it to flourish and reach it's potential anywhere. It's been stigmatized and portrayed in such a way that it made people scared of it.
I'm confident that if we allowed communism to enter our democracies it would be for the best. Because, for once, the government would start taking care of its people and its workers instead of the corporate leeches.
Of course the Cuban government isn't perfect. But Cuba's most important problems aren't due to their authoritarianism. Their biggest problem is trade. They're unable to get the resources they need mostly because of the sanctions, greatly reducing their standard of living.
And honestly, I could excuse the authoritarianism due to the simple fact that US imperialism still poses a huge threat to them, being the only communist country in all the Americas. They don't really have a choice to have a hard stance to protect what they have. Or else it wouldn't be long before they get completely exploited the way they have been before the revolution.