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El Paquete Semanal

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Re: El Paquete Semanal

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Post by pjc50 »

oconnore wrote: post #5

I think it's interesting to compare El Paquete Semanal to the response in the US to net neutrality and various social media scandals. When the threshold for action is high enough, the lack of open internet is overcome in Cuba without any special technology at all. Similar creative solutions pop up anywhere internet access is limited. In the US, most of the energy is spent on open source, high tech solutions that rare…

The problem with trying to build a samizdat internet in the West is that the corporate alternatives are OK enough for most people most of the time. That basically takes away the drive for alternatives.

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Post by kortilla »

bruce511 wrote: post #28
drpixie wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From outside (I am not American) the anti-Cuba position seems to have an almost religious fervor! Almost like They're socialist, we're capitalist; it's natural, true, and necessary that we must oppose everything about them. Similar to the catholic v protestant division that was very strong in the anglo world last century. Surely, if one really wanted to dismantle an evil empire, one would open the borders as much as…

In politics it's helpful to have an antagonist to point at and blame for everything bad. There's a villain in every story, and I best point him out to you in case you think it's me. Cuba is somewhat unique in that there are lot of ex-Cubans clustered in Florida, a swing state, who are there by virtue of being anti-Cuban-government. They are in favor of any policy that hurts the govt, even if it hurts the people left…

The nationalization of private property wouldn’t have been a problem if it was just US property. Many countries make it difficult/impossible for foreigners to own land.

The problem was that they did it to their own citizens, resulting in many of them becoming the Cubans in Florida.

BTW, labeling them “ex-Cubans” is a good way to piss them off (maybe that is your intention). Many see themselves as Cubans in asylum just waiting for the regime to fall and for their family homes/businesses to be returned.

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Post by 082349872349872 »

pjc50 wrote: post #40
drpixie wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From outside (I am not American) the anti-Cuba position seems to have an almost religious fervor! Almost like They're socialist, we're capitalist; it's natural, true, and necessary that we must oppose everything about them. Similar to the catholic v protestant division that was very strong in the anglo world last century. Surely, if one really wanted to dismantle an evil empire, one would open the borders as much as…

Yeah, as sibling comment says: the "US" as a a whole has no real interest in Cuba either way, other than a general Monroe Doctrine one. But there are enough Floridians who want to re-litigate the revolution, that feel really strongly about it, and they get to control US discourse on the subject. Because nobody else cares.

I think the corn sweetener people might also care?

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Post by 082349872349872 »

speedgoose wrote: post #30
dmbche wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should read 1984 - you're in for a treat. Snowpiercer as well.

In the big classics you also have Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World.

There is no evidence that the islands in Brave New World are not to be taken at face value.

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Post by kwanbix »

Convolutional wrote: post #16

It's bizarre how the US attempted to block Cuba from getting the Internet, and still blocks Cuban Internet through many means ( https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/other-site-policies/g... ), but the presentation is that the suppression of content is of Cuban origin. It reminds me of when the US said Cubans were not allowed to leave Cuba, and the mental hospitals and prisons were filled with political prisoners. C…

I've worked at a company that shipped goods to Cuba from USA between 2009 and 2011.

The biggest restrictions where on the Cuban side. And nobody told me, I implemented the software that did the controls.

We also had to close as the Cuban Government couldn't handle the amount of goods that we send them monthly.

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Post by cainxinth »

stavros wrote: post #34
yosito wrote: post #2

I witnessed El Paquete first hand in Cuba. To be honest, it's an easier and cheaper way to get quality content than the mess of walled gardens and DRM we have in the US.

Piracy is nothing if not convenient.

It explains the success of Spotify. It was among the first music services more convenient than P2P downloading and manually tagging MP3s.

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Post by mparnisari »

dmbche wrote: post #21

"Internet in Cuba is limited due to current government rules and regulations but also due to US sanctions that block Cuban access to some platforms like Zoom.[5] Cuba's Internet connection is via the ALBA-1 cable to Venezuela. The United States refuses to allow an undersea cable to pass 100 miles from Cuba to Florida. " From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Cuba !!

Lol. That last sentences says "citation needed".
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