this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
200 points (98.5% liked)

politics

19089 readers
5983 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Did you know Cuba has a Capitol in Havana that closely resembles its American counterpart? Edel Rodriguez does, and that’s one more reason why he, a Cuban American political cartoonist, was so disturbed by what happened in his adopted homeland on January 6.

top 10 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just in case anyone wasn't aware

The Cline Center is essentially the governing body that classifies coup d'etats. If the world is wondering "hey wait was that technically a coup?" The Cline Center is already writing the paper that explains why it was or wasn't, and if it was, why it was the particular flavor of Coup that it was.

So, if anyone wants to tell you that Jan 6th wasn't a coup, they're right (they're wrong). Only because it was a "Failed Self-Coup Attempt".

It wasn't a coup, but Donnie tried. It wasn't only because he failed.

The more you know.

(It was a coup).

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay but the difference is that the US is a flawed democracy, while Cuba at the time of Castro's revolution was a literal dictatorship

Trump is more Batista than Castro.

[–] silverbax@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's pretty much the same playbook from the USSR/Russia. They backed Castro into overthrowing Batista, who was backed by the U.S., and they want to use Trump to do the same today, on a larger scale. Putin is more than familiar with this old Cold War tactic.

Even the propaganda - Castro was able to build popular support over time with Cuban citizens. His attempts to overthrow Batista were not popular when he launched the attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953.

Russia is using social media and fabricated articles to attempt to build popular support for Trump, hoping he can get popular enough to overthrow the U.S. for good, even though he is an idiot when compared to Fidel Castro and has no idea what he's involved in on a geopolitical war.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A coup is something Americans are used to doing to other countries

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

An extremely small subset of Americans. Most Americans have never left the country and of those, most of them have no interest in being part of a coup.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No idiot it’s the car gram gram drives

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No that's a coupe. A coup is an open topped cylindrical vessel used to store liquids intended for an individual's consumption

[–] Ixoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you're thinking of a cup. A coup is a structure farmers use to house their chickens at night.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No, no, that’s a coop. A coup is when you retain care or habit of something, like while you’re raising those chickens.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


One, at the beginning of the narrative, depicts the Cuban revolution, Castro’s bearded army storming Havana atop tanks, that familiar-looking Capitol in the background.

A panel found near the end of the memoir, meanwhile, shows the US Capitol rioters charging the seat of Congress, wearing Maga caps and brandishing multiple flags: American, Confederate, “Back-the-Blue” pro-police.

Trump holding a bloody knife in one hand and the severed head of the Statue of Liberty in the other, inspired by a picture of an Islamic State terrorist?

Although he remembers being far more tuned in to nature there than in the US, he also describes being indoctrinated in school, from the red beret he wore to the Castro personality cult that was instilled by teachers.

The Mariel boatlift made things easier in some ways, harder in others, as Rodriguez now explains in Worm, which unfolds memories of tense exit negotiations with authorities; a state of limbo in a tent city; and the miraculous day when a rescue vessel came.

He realized just how big the backlash had grown when he fielded a sympathetic audience question about his safety after giving a lecture in another country with a troubled history.


The original article contains 1,197 words, the summary contains 196 words. Saved 84%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!