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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 天前

Cuba hands out weapons to citizens and tells them 'prepare for an invasion'

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Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 天前
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Cuba has begun distributing weapons to its citizens as Havana prepares for a US invasion, which they believe could be imminent.
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  • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    I don’t get it, how do all these countries’ governments, that we’re told are so hated by their people, just handing out guns to their people? Don’t they know our news tells us their people want the ability to rise up? Aren’t they reading the same news we do?

    • tocopherol [any]@hexbear.net
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      People could rationalize it like “they are probably just arming the narco gangs.” Or that the news in authoritarian commie countries is a mouthpiece of the dictator/party and so they just assume any positive news is made up.

      • Lussy [he/him, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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        ‘They are living under an authoritarian regime, if they don’t fight against the liberators, they will be executed (during a major armed conflict)’

      • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        18 天前

        I saw some really racist stuff about Cuba arming black people

    • WokePalpatine [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      19 天前

      Communism is when no bullets.

  • bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml
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    19 天前

    “Start many wars on as many fronts as possible. Spread yourself thin and don’t worry about logistics.”

    – Sun Tzu, The Art of War

    • ClassIsOver [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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      19 天前

      The Art of the War

      • deforestgump [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        19 天前

        “We have great wars. Some say the best!”

        • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml
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          Some might even say too many but I say they’re ugly stupid dumb people who are just mean.

    • SabinStargem@lemmy.today
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      • Don Tzu, The Shart of War.
  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    19 天前

    I’m so depressed every time I hear of the fascist USA meddling in Cuba. Death to Amerikkka

  • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    19 天前

    Mar a lago is within drone range of Cuba

    • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      19 天前

      Iran give Cuba your shaheds jb-shining

    • Kefla [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      19 天前

      party-sicko do it cuba, you know it would be hilarious

  • Rojo27 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    which they believe is imminent.

    Believe is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Trump has made open threats.

    • ZWQbpkzl [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      IIRC the current strategy is to force them into accepting “aid” that can only be distributed by “religious” organizations. Not that the Trump admin hasn’t been making those threats. They were just hollow. Most Cuban americans dont want to see the destruction of Cuba. This just makes those threats more hollow. The blockade is still the real threat.

  • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    The US are gonna use this as an excuse to massacre civilians, mark my words

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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      no excuse was ever needed. “military aged males”

      • egg1918 [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        Their military aged males, our children kidnapped from tanks

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  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Framed as spooky and scary. But if this was the USA preparing from an invasion of China, then cool, based, good, heroic.

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      It is spooky and scary in the sense that these people shouldn’t have to be put in this position. Fuck america.

      • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        Indeed, I just mean like your average dipshit burgerbrained American sees this and is like “oh scary they want to shoot our troops!” instead of “what the fuck why are you invading ANOTHER fucking country?!”

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          💯

        • ziggurter [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          Just yesterday some dipshit told me he defended our community by being in the U.S. military. So I called him a baby killer, and now half of my neighborhood hates me. Even though once a week my comrades pour in and we literally Food-Not-Bombs them some of the best food (by their own words) they’ve ever eaten.

          One of these days I am going to die of irony poisoning.

    • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      In the US half the population is better armed than most militaries to begin with.

  • ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    Ugh, can we not?

    Edit: Invade Cuba I mean.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      When you don’t want to invade another peaceful country and the president just looks at you like zionist-despair

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    It’s OK! Our Lawmakers would NEVER let us go into a BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WARS in an Election Year! That would be STUPID!

  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Here’s hoping they secretly kept a nuke around

  • ComradeRat [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    BURN IN HELL KHRUSHCHEV TRAITOR TO THE INTERNATIONAL PROLETARIAT AND THE WORLD REVOLUTION ROT IN HELL

  • ColonelKataffy [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    huh i haven’t read MINI MANUAL OF THE URBAN GUERRILLA in a while

    • Varpeggio@lemmy.zip
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      Where can I find this? It is imperative that I avoid it.

      • PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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        https://archive.org/details/mini-manual-for-the-urban-defender is one such awful place to never visit

  • SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
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    I can’t say what I REALLY want to, the admins would shoot me down. This world is fucking unfair.

    • XiaCobolt [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      This is Hexbear I think you can say it.

      • Blakey [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Nah, we have rules against fedposting and they are enforced.

      • Lussy [he/him, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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        If you live in the US of Ayyylmao, speech that is even mildly attributable to a morally upstanding individual is punishable by death, or prison time in some instances.

        The panopticon ensures we all say the good and moral things. It’s so cool here.

      • ziggurter [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        You can’t. But also, we all know you were saying it by not saying it. So reasonably close, at least.

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      illegal-to-say amerikkka qin-shi-huangdi-fireball

      • KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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        Rules against fredposting too Come get me mods you cowards

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    I really always emotionally attached to cuba. I have no practical means to affect this but it makes me very sad

    • Lenin's Dumbbell @lemmygrad.ml
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      Revolution is painful. Protecting it even more so. I think Cuba was able to do something no socialist project could do to the same extent: teaching people through education why Socialism is important.

      Contrary to Western propaganda, Socialist projects in the past didn’t do nearly enough propaganda. So their populations never thought of the pitfalls of capitalism, and reactionary ideologies festered.

      Even if Cuba’s immediate future is troubled, have faith in the will of her people. They’ve done incredible things before. They’ll be leading almost all of LatAm into a better world

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.ml
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    Millets plus rifles beats planes plus bombs when there is political will.

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