You got bodied and took it like a piss baby

grow up, get a job, buy a calculator

“The only people who struggle with housing costs are stupid children”

They’ll use “full-scale invasion” next

(also perhaps because we’re funner to be around)

Certainly this, but also the fact that anarchist critiques of AES states never loop around to “and this is why the U.S. embargo on Cuba is good.”

I consistently see two big pitfalls for people who are sympathetic to leftist ideas but aren’t quite leftists:

1. They’re soft on U.S. imperialism
2. They’re inadequately critical of U.S. propaganda about AES states

Trotskyism seems to lead people directly into both. It’s built around a sort of leftist Lost Cause mythos, where all these revolutions were good at one point but betrayed by those dastardly MLs. This means criticism of MLs that goes far beyond reasonable (Parenti’s line about utopian socialists never having to address the problems inherent in running a state come to mind), which leads into 2, then 1 seems more palatable because opposing these evil ML states is good, actually.

picking pointless fights with your closest potential allies

Hexbear:

Still no sources on anything, and you’re not even staying on the topic at hand.

Cuba now has a privileged elite defending it’s grip on power against the poor majority

Source this.

“It’s their fault” is not an objective viewpoint. You are assigning blame to Cuba and excusing the U.S.

Cuba now has a privileged elite defending it’s grip on power against the poor majority

Source this.

You have done zero investigation into how well off Cuban leaders are compared to the average Cuban. You have done zero investigation into how this compares to peer countries.

You just made it up because it sounds like a Bad Country thing, someone told you once that Cuba is a Bad Country, and you never bothered to learn about the place yourself.

Use your words

If you think there’s some meaningful difference, let’s hear what it is. “I don’t support this but it’s totally their fault” is not convincing.

I’ve read the thread. You have no source and you have not even tried to educate yourself on the basics of the Cuban government. You invented an accusation out of thin air and are somehow surprised people don’t uncritically believe it.

Please cite me where I state that I support this policy?

You excused it by blaming it on Cuba. There’s no meaningful difference between that and support. Any worthwhile take on the embargo starts with ending it immediately, and you can’t even manage that.

And sure, I would support sanctions against Nazi Germany. But until Cuba turns fascist, invades its neighbors, and starts a genocide, it’s nowhere near a situation where sanctions are appropriate.

The bourgeoisie want a war and Biden will give it to them. If not, they will find someone else who does.

If you’re president and the bourgeoisie ask you to support a genocide, the bare minimum response is to refuse and dare them to JFK you. Even if Biden was personally opposed to this (and he isn’t), he’d get no credit for spinelessly caving.

I’m sure you have some kind of a source for such an outlandish claim. How much time do you spend looking at the compensation of Cuban politicians?

You’re going to bat for the collective punishment of the Cuban people. When is the collective punishment of civilians appropriate in your mind?

You’re also supporting a policy that has failed to achieve its stated result for 65 years. What other long-term policy failures do you support?

Gloating about the times you were right is not remotely the same as reflecting on the times you were wrong

I control so much street food when I’m high

Democrats are trying very hard to win while playing by the rules of capital and empire. They can’t pivot to winning policies not because they are trying to lose, but because all the people who’d seriously consider those policies are drummed out of the party.

The “just under half” includes all ages (I clicked through to the poll from the article):

Respondents are very divided on Biden’s handling of the war, with just 49% saying they strongly or somewhat approve of the job he is doing in the area. 41% of respondents somewhat or strongly disapprove of Biden’s handling of the war, and 10% are undecided. This is starkly polarized by age: no respondents under 29 say that they strongly approve of Biden’s handling of the war, and 65% strongly disagree with it. Compare this to respondents 50-64 years old, who tend to side with Biden (59% are strongly or somewhat supportive of his actions) while just 7% strongly disapprove of his actions.

A utilitarian will (generally) also see a human life as being so valuable that it should only be taken in the most dire of circumstances.

The first link you dropped in this exchange includes articles like “You Can Put A Dollar Value On Human Life.” I just don’t believe people who assign that sort of value to lives, and whose core philosophy is maximizing value, are strictly opposed to trading others’ lives if the math checks out. Strict utilitarianism is basically “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas.”

I’m sure lots of utilitarians try to put a nicer gloss on this, but that’s the bones of the philosophy.