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[–] JealousCactus@hexbear.net 70 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Fidel Castro is morally superior to every US president.

[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A very low bar that Fidel soars over without even getting close. Even Gaddafi and Assad are better than every US President lmao

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

No shot on that.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

That's not saying much.

Counterpoint: Fidel is the reason Trudeau exists

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Babs@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Supplied arms to support genocide in Indonesia, among other crimes. Him building homes now is just some light penance before he's shipped off to hell. https://fair.org/media-beat-column/jimmy-carter-and-human-rights-behind-the-media-myth/

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

Set up all the groundwork for funding the Mujahideen terrorists in Afghanistan, the funding of the dictatorship and death squads in El Salvadore, setting up the groundwork for the fuckery Reagan did with Iran-Contra.

[–] kidleviathan@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Carter also jumpstarted neoliberalism rot monetization and the drive to privatize. Willingly laid the foundation for Reagan.