I mean when there is mass embargoes against your country so much so that normal everyday things we take for grated are hard to get things can become tough.
But we could also just say "lamo commy dont werk" without understanding the geopolitical reasons for why a country might be struggling.
Why are we continuing the arguments of dead people? “…but my dad fought against communism blah blah blah”
All forms of government suck because nobody has figured out how to keep power hungry sociopaths from taking government and financial power in any form of government thus far in human history.
Markets / trade have always been the best treatment because the moment the sociopath of the day tries to pull the plug on all their citizen’s businesses, they get their heads on a spike. It forces the hand of the sociopaths in charge to comply with the will of people and find a compromise between their own hurt feelings from the neighboring sociopath across the border that called their mom fat or whatever, and the demands of their citizens…usually.
In this case, the US sociopaths have realized they continue to be butthurt by the little neighbor because not enough people are complaining. When Obama tried to briefly open up this pathway, the Cuban govt was quick to agree to allow American tourism. Didn’t last long of course.
