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ancianita

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8. Me. I've been there, too, like you.

Reply to groundloop (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 15, 2021, 02:33 PM

Apr 2021

I had the same experience, and saw that it was true, that the solidarity-level socialism in Cuba isn't like communism -- that Cuba's congress and its people accept those evolving 'versions.' Both, however, are anti-fascist in the Batista mafia style of fascism (the Batista Cubans of Miami) which is Trumpism and Rubio. They're glad to be rid of the Miami Cubans.

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