Thinking again ehhhh? .. Don't deny it, ya little secular-humanist hoodlums - humanities-interactive.org
"It is a story of love," he told me. "Love is more important than politics."
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Yes, that wsws.org site does bring a lot of detail, and i don't know of a case in which they've been in error on that detail [though one should stay open to the possibility, imho] ... and it is quite interesting, i've enjoyed it since shortly after getting on the net ... ... but -
Where i part company with them is where they go with their detail, what conclusions they draw ... such conclusions being somewhat predictable always -g- ... they're locked in a black 'n white world where isms rule, just like the whacko rightwing rags are .... and in this case, they are partly right - Some economic benefit to cubanos [and to not a few americans as well] would ensue from a cessation of hostilities by the US, and those benefits would likely increase as time went on.
Still, the major value of the move is symbolic, imho ... politics is all about symbols, especially among latinos ... the image of 800-pound Uncle Sam with his boot on the neck of his 98-pound neighbour does not help the US case ... it does reinforce Castro's cubanidad platform, his well-earned hold on the concept of Independencia.
Added to which - The absurdity inherent in the self-proclaimed Cradle of Liberty denying its citizens the right to travel as they please ... it's like 'Do as i say, not as i do' ... a truly free nation would have the strength to rise above such petty behaviour.
I don't know if Cuba has as prevalent a tradition of political caricaturism [now there's another ism i like, lol] as does M‚xico ... but if they do, you just know that when that embargo finally comes down, they'll lose a fine source of material -g- |
