Thread by @DoppelMark

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Cuba: democracy underpinning dictatorship.

The dictator stayed in power for several decades, *thanks to* democratic process. Let's investigate

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How come people couldn't vote the dictator out?

There are three prongs of it:
- how impressionable are the voters (note similarity to the direction of various pushes in USA)

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How come people couldn't vote the dictator out?

There are three prongs of it, continued:

- who gets to run (certain people are deemed "enemies of the people" or "agents of foreign intelligence agencies")

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How come people coudn't vote the dictator out?

There are three prongs of it, continued:

- who counts the votes

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The democratically elected National Assembly of Cuba serves as a glorified rubberstamper.

Note there's no upper/senior chamber (Senate) or equivalent - common to democratic dictatorships of socialism/communism.

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Cuban democratic dictatorship has turned "spontaneous rallies" into instrument of government pressuring people, rather than people pressuring government.

Recognize the pattern?

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DPRK is another example of democratic dictatorship.

Again we see a single-chamber parliament serving as a glorified rubberstamper.

britannica.com/place/North-Ko…

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Recommend: don't fall for democratic dictatorship. It's the most brutal variety of dictatorship known so far.

victimsofcommunism.org

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follow-up: excellent interview by @Semiogogue about the Cuban Revolution

how the communists gathered force and how they made it happen via, mostly, *media facts*.

bitchute.com/video/y2NSXQDt…

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😏

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Very interesting:

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on the "spontaneous pro government protests" in Cuba

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propaganda account "@BootsRiley" BTFO :-)

also thumbs up for @MaxNordau and @Hiretsu_Azura 👍

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recognize the pattern?