TGFTPC!
RedSquare
It is my duty as a prog to relay this conversation to you as a warning to all fellow prog agitators, so they don't fall into the same logical trap. To spare myself embarrassment, I'm referring to myself in third person as "PROG."
PROG: Speaking of living in the 21st century, isn't it ridiculous that the U.S. is still imposing a stupid Cold-War embargo on Cuba? The Cuban people live in dire poverty, and it is so unfair. Haven't they suffered enough? It's time to build bridges instead of walls.
FRIEND: That's a shame. Before socialism Cuba was the richest country in Latin America, and now it's the poorest. How come?
PROG: Don't you see? Our embargo has impeded their economic development. How can the U.S. blame poverty on socialism when it never gave socialism a chance to develop? This is so unfair, it's mind-boggling.
FRIEND: Are there U.S. Navy ships surrounding Cuba and not allowing any trade vessel to get through?
PROG: Well... No....
FRIEND: So Cuba can still trade with any country in the world except the U.S.?
PROG: Well... Yes... but America could be its closest trading partner and the richest...
FRIEND: I know Cuba trades with Europe, Canada, China, Mexico, and all the other Latin American countries. It has also received a lot of aid from Russia and Venezuela. How come it remains so poor?
PROG: That's what I'm trying to tell you! The U.S. embargo…
FRIEND: Are you saying that trading with the rest of the world can't lift a country out of poverty as long as the capitalist United States is not part of this trade?
PROG: Well... maybe...
FRIEND: So if the capitalist United States didn't exist at all, the rest of the world would be doomed to living in poverty just like Cuba, without any hope of improvement? And only the presence of the capitalist United States in the world gives the other nations the hope and the opportunity to lift themselves up?
PROG: I didn't say that…
FRIEND: And yet, that's some of the best pro-American arguments I ever heard! Thank you!
PROG: You're not my friend!
If anyone knows of a better retort, let me know!
Comrade Stierlitz
Red Square
If anyone knows of a better retort, let me know!
PROG: *click*
FRIEND: What are you doing with that?
PROG: Just stay still....
FRIEND: Whoa! Don't point that thing at me!
PROG: *BANG!*
FRIEND: *THUD*
PROG: Right, time to call the Party coroner. -
http://www.thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/progs-be-careful-when-you-demand-to-lift-cuba-embargo-t17718.html#sthash.n5gBhNI2.dpuf Yah, these Cubers are hot today!
Lifting the limp-wristed embargo...
http://www.thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/caption-this-obama-as-castro-s-puppet-t17721.html