Reply #23: your response papered over the other problems

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Like I said, big if. I understand perfectly well there's a tendency to try to look the other way. The American people, the majority, supported the Iraq invasion and other terrible interventions the US has carried out. People have a tendency to want to look the other way.

Corruption is the big threat to Cuba, of course, meaning it's a threat to the government - even though it's government officials who are corrupt in the biggest way. The big threat for the people is the way they are treated by the government. If they were free to complain about corruption (really), then the problem wouldn't be so bad. Even better would be if they had a chance to change the government - but that's impossible under the current constitution, which of course was put in place by...those who rule. Reminds me of Honduras.

The question is, do those like you who declare such readiness to move to Cuba, are really aware of what this implies? Or are you merely providing a convenient smoke screen for dictatorships because they happen to be "socialists"?