• MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Im a different poster than the last person and generally unfamiliar with the Cuban electoral structure, are they able to run non-communist/non-Marxist candidates? If they cannot legally do so they do not have free elections using the standard definition of “free elections”.

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
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        Yes they are, even wiki would show you there’s 28 unaffiliated members in Nation Assembly, and also you may read about how it look here - Cuba is way more democratic than literally every capitalist country.

      • Lad@reddthat.com
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        “Free” elections in Cuba would just mean immediate US vassalage. Influencing elections in the Caribbean and Latin America is a practically a US hobby.

        • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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          Right? It’s easy to bloviate about “free, democratic elections” when you’re the world’s superpower. When you live NEXT to the world’s superpower, there’s no such thing.

          • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOP
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            1 hour ago

            Fantastically well said. Cuba’s a very democratic country, moreso than the US, so when people accuse it of not being so that can only mean they wish to remove the safeguards preventing US recolonization.

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        2 hours ago

        That idiot literally thinks Castro is still alive and that Cuba has a “throne”, don’t act like westerners have any idea about the specifics of Cuban elections law when they’re giving their ignorant opinions of it.