Some of our borders are natural or caused by conflict like yours, but others are a bunch of politicians dividing land they’ve never seen. The squares are all the latter situation

I haven’t seen anything as inconsequential as someone being Jewish stop them from getting accused of antisemitism over calling out the genocide in Gaza unfortunately.

I wouldn’t be so reductionist less one become blind to their flaws. American sanctions have crippled them, and are their primary problem, but even without the sanctions they’d have problems. Though they’d also likely have a reasonable quality of life in that scenario

Yeah, they’ve also seemed to follow Fidel’s model of willingness to reflect and grow. Early Cuba was brutal, before and after their revolution. Fidel did and ordered horrible things, but he changed and showed remorse as he aged. That trait made him stick out to me among world leaders as someone who genuinely wanted what was best for his people and country. He also seemed to try to not rob the country blind as so many in positions like his do.

I wish nothing but the best for my neighbors in Cuba. I know they’re going through more rough times, but they’re tough as all get out and I suspect that they’re far more likely to eventually move to a stateless, moneyless, and free society than any other nominally communist nation at the moment. And to my trans siblings in Cuba, congrats

Yeah this seems like one member was put in an awkward position at a young age and didn’t have the understanding he now does. He did harm but seemingly unwillingly

Five hundred, twenty seven thousand, fortyyyyy minutes…

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Oh shit, Jen? /s

I sleep so much better with my wife. Unless I snore, then I get kicked awake all night