American here who wants to go to Cuba before my government permanently destabilizes them.What is the level of safety there for Americans? I feel like most Cubans don't hate America, but maybe do hate white people in general.Also, I'm interested in learning more about the revolution and Castro's regime. Would any locals be open to speaking about that or is it too taboo to talk about?
Cubans have a lot of experience dealing with the issue that the people of a country are not the same as the government of a country so I wouldn't necessarily expect a lot of hate for you because you're american. The "hate white people in general" meme is twitter brainrot and you should really delete that app before it fucks you up even more.Cuba is not a free country, even by american standards where you lose your job for saying stuff like "it is ironic that a professional troll who made his living preaching violence, lost his life to violence". If you try to discuss the state of cuban domestic politics, at best you're just making it awkward, but potentially you are also putting everyone in the room at risk because if someone doesn't like the tone of someone else's response they get reported to the neighborhood snitch. We're probably going to be there in another couple of years but right now, this is still outside of the scope of your direct personal experience. So just don't do it. Taboo is the wrong word here, it's playing with fire where you're not the one who pays the price. So don't be a dick. By all means be open minded and curious but never forget that you get to go home and forget about everything whereas they have to keep living there.Bring a bunch of travel-size drug store items as gifts. Shampoo, conditioner, aftershave, razors, advil, things of that nature.
>>2855329Cubans hate America and Americans, especially since the stunt you pulled in Venezuela
>>2855424I guess I didn't realize that I could potentially be putting anyone in danger by speaking about those topics, but you're right. I've discussed Franco and the ETA with people in Spain and the IRA with people in Ireland, and both were touchy subjects that led to really interesting conversations, but I didn't consider that Cubans are still currently repressed by their government. What's the deal with the gifts though?
Some people i know visited last year, they hate stupid tourists more then they hate "Americans", it's just that that's where the majority of stupid tourists happen to come from in Cuba.It's far less a historical issue, and far more of a local economic issue, and that's a trend I've seen many times. Pay them fairly, be nice, people will open up.
>>2855424>Cuba is not a free country, even by american standards where you lose your job for saying stuff like "it is ironic that a professional troll who made his living preaching violence, lost his life to violence".Are you talking about Charlie Kirk? What a stupid deranged reddit piece of shit you must be to see the world this way. A clueless moron all the way through.
>>2855329We are probably going to take Cuba. We will have to stop them from being citizens. Letting Puerto Rican losers be citizens was one of our biggest mistakes.
>>2855488>What's the deal with the gifts though?60 years of communism and economic blockade. Even small things like shampoo, ball pens, soap bars can be considered a luxury and are much more valuable to the people than a tip of a few pesos.
>>2855488>What's the deal with the gifts though?Communism, you want to make a cuban happy? Hand him a new BIC Lighter or a pack of new crayons for their kids. It's pretty much the gold currency in Cuba as you can't buy that shit with money there. Demand is so high and the supply so low it's wild.
