as a person that came from the 3rd world country and new in fediverse environment, i genuinely would like to know about this.

edit: thanks for the replies! sorry, i literally don’t know the reason since i’m not a western lol. twitter/x is too biased especially when musk openly supports trump so i came here and seeing fediverse is mostly are harris or biden (when he’s still up for the candidate) supporters. don’t know about reddit tho, i only use reddit as a forum for linux and programming stuff.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
      149·
      2 months ago

      My honest interpretation is that there are actually very few right wing propagandists masquerading as lefties, but they are very effective at bringing hapless idiot lefties to their narrative.

      • nyctre@lemmy.world
        22·
        2 months ago

        Look, one of the more active ones. Tell us again how Cuba is a great example of communism working as intended.

        • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
          31·
          2 months ago

          Why do you believe that it isn’t? Under what pretext does my being a Marxist make me right-wing?

          • nyctre@lemmy.world
            12·
            2 months ago

            Oh, I’m not restarting this conversation with you. You’ve showed your colors when you told me that an article that explains my stance wasn’t an explanation of my stance. Only reason you and others like you sre not blocked is because I get a chuckle out of seeing your nonsense, plus I like to help pointing it out for others that might not know it’s nonsense.

            • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
              41·
              2 months ago

              I asked you what your definition of poverty was, and you shared an article with no reference to definition, only to rate of poverty. I wanted to know how you were defining poverty, as we can track metrics over time and analyze external factors. You were uninterested.

              You threw a fit and logged off.

              • nyctre@lemmy.world
                22·
                2 months ago

                Ok, I’ll spell it out for you, maybe you’re just that dense. This is a quote from the link, right below the title. The literal subtitle of the article: “seven out of 10 Cubans have stopped eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner due to lack of money or shortages”.

                If that’s not an explanation, then I’m sorry, maybe we have different definitions for the word. So there you go. My definition of poverty in this case is people not having food to eat.

                • Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
                  41·
                  2 months ago

                  Cuba is currently running into issues due to liberalization measures, and betting harder on tourism. This is compounded by the ongoing trade embargo, which hit especially hard during COVID.

                  Seems like Cuba is now doing worse as it has introduced liberalization measures.

                  It has since applied to join BRICS, which should see increased trade.

                  • nyctre@lemmy.world
                    13·
                    2 months ago

                    Well? What happened? Thought it was a good example? And not another failure in which the people are suffering while the “president” is a rich fuck?

                    And for those that aren’t aware, this “liberalization” had nothing to do with personal freedoms, it’s talking about the economy. And it started 30 years ago. And it’s getting worse, not better, despite all that time. Any day now, however…