All Cubans Double-crossed
All Cubans Double-Crossed
I want Cubans on both sides of the Straits of Florida to know why they have been double-crossed by the Castro and US governments many many times. Societies based on some degree of violence and coercion to force its citizens to behave against their own will, result in the weak being subjugated by the powerful. When Castro originally stole Cuba he created 11 million losers but he also established a few thousand very lucky winners. For forty-eight years Castro wielded absolute power to reward and punish Cubans to suit his needs to remain in power. That he has created those few powerful winners and the millions of losers is obvious to all but the most intellectually challenged. What is not so obvious is why does the US government seem to always initiate policy that seems to perpetuate this ridiculous situation?
The answer is quite obvious - these governments are in collusion with one another...each for their own selfish reasons. Everyone already knows Castro's reasons for doing anything - to cling to power and vast quantities of stolen wealth. The reasons for the US policy that perpetuates the Cuban nightmare are not so obvious. When Castro's now discredited policies took Cuban agriculture out of production it made winners of entities like Archer Daniel Midland. If you think about any corporation that now makes lots of money because Cubans are not allowed to then you can quantify the millions of dollars of reasons why American policy perpetuates the status quo. In addition the power elite in this nation and others know who the Cuban exile population is and what we are all about. They know we are independent minded, free market thinkers. Cuba is a vacuum bankrupt of ideas. The powerful here realize if the exiles bring their ideas to the hungry people in Cuba they will soak them up like a sponge. Plus we will bring in the new age devices to make Cuba an efficient dynamo of economic power. When the day comes that the Cuban people meet up with the Cuban exiles there will be 12 million new winners and lots of losers, especially in the US. ADM will be one of the big losers as will all the former exploiter of the freed Cuban slaves. So all we have to do amigos is start working together on both sides of the Straits to forward the best interests of ALL the Cuban people. That will be met with fierce resistance from the governments in Washington and Havana. It's time ALL Cubans realized that.
posted by Tomás Estrada-Palma at
11:29 AM
5 Comments:
VIVA CUBA LIBRE
RECONEEO!
This is a fact that no one seems to talk about and it is something we all need to understand. The desire for the liberation of Cuba is not shared by the US Government, since powerful corporations like ADM lobby against our interest. This is why change needs to come from within Cuba and we need to support and help those fighting for it.
Yes Roland! Cubans must turn away from the governments that have undermined our future and impoverished us then work together for a change. A change that will make life wonderful for us all. But first you have to believe. Do you believe it can happen?
Tomás,
I most definitely believe it can happen, but unfortunately the repressive structure that controls the island is still in place and must be destroyed or neutralized before any real progress can be made. Hopefully, once Fidel is dead, and some of the high ranking military officials realize that Raul is no leader, then perhaps they can turn things around.
I, like most of us, will be following the events that transpire on the island and doing whatever we can here in the U.S. or where ever we may be.
BYW, I really think you hit upon a great idea by getting people to use Skype to try to establish contact with those on the island. Do you know if anyone has had any success?
Yeah Roland,
Actually I was chatting with a Cuban from the island earlier this week. He was begging for euros. I explained we would be coming soome with millions of dollars as soon as the Castro boys were gone. But we'd be stupid to even bring 50 cents while they were still there because they would steal it.
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