He is coming from a country that suffered terrorist attacks organized by the US (Operation Mongoose), being ready to fire his country’s deterrent weapons if they don’t stop receiving such attacks makes sense to me.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-trafficking-idUSKBN1WC00X

I wouldn’t trust the country that tried to assassinate Cuba’s leader, overthrow their government and organized terrorist attacks in its land to have valid criticisms for Cuba.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/23/cuba-repressive-rules-doctors-working-abroad

Health workers may also face criminal penalties if they “abandon” their jobs.

This sounds bad, but then again they’re on a foreign mission, with their country’s reputation on the line. A considerable amount of health workers abandoning their jobs might make the mission infeasible, which could create diplomatic issues for Cuba. Also, I wonder if that’s the case on soldiers (American or otherwise) on foreign missions. I would expect that they can’t abandon their jobs without penalty, and I don’t see how this is that different.

it is considered a “disciplinary offense” to have “relationships” with anyone whose “actions are not consistent with the principles and values of the Cuban society,” as well as to be “friends or establish any other links” with Cuban dissidents, people who have “hostile or contrary views to the Cuban revolution,” or who are “promoters of a way of life contrary to the principles that a Cuban collaborator abroad must represent.”

Again, these seem restrictions that would apply on soldiers on foreign missions, so it doesn’t seem weird to me that they apply to Cuba’s medical missions.

Under Resolution 168, doctors need “authorization and instructions” to “express opinions” to the media about “internal situations in the workplace” or that “put the Cuban collaboration at risk.” It is also an offense to “disseminate or propagate opinions or rumors that undermine the morals or prestige of the group or any of its members.”

I believe Cuba wouldn’t need to enforce this if they weren’t under -economic- siege by the US and their allies. What the doctors do or say on the missions could be the start of a diplomatic incident.

Others said they joined in the hope of leaving the country or of obtaining access to food, such as meat, which they cannot buy with their salaries in Cuba.

I can’t help but wonder if meat would be cheaper in Cuba without the embargo against them.

Campus would be better because of the mountains adjacency bonus

“Everything I disagree with is propaganda”

How is that, in any way, answering the question?! You could mention some of those features…

Is this supposed to be a jab at linux? Because it’s wrong. The kernel is updated at the same intervals as Windows / Mac updates, if not more frequently. Popular DEs are also maintained and frequently updated.

About popular programs: Firstly, this is not strictly a problem of the OS, because they can’t force developers to build their apps for Linux. However, developers can do that, and with the advent of flatpak they can build for that instead of hiding behind the excuse of not wanting to support multiple distros.

Secondly, this is almost irrelevant because the majority of people use computers to either browse the web, or use office suites, or play games. In linux, you can browse the web just fine, use browser-based office suites that are becoming increasingly popular (or LibreOffice/OpenOffice) and, with steam, you can play most games that don’t have a linux build.

All in all, the minimum everyone with a semblance of computer literacy should do is dual boot linux alongside windows and use that for their daily driver.

Do you also consider remembering to take your wallet and phone with you a hassle? You’re creating an issue where there isn’t one.

But OK, have a smartphone and use it to take photo-notes, I do that too. But I also try to use libre alternatives for software even if they are not as good as their proprietary counterparts, because that’s the right thing to do for a lot of reasons.

Also funny that you’re mentioning lawnmowers, because tractors have a huge issue with proprietary software, with farmers having to resort to hacking their (bought!) vehicles in order to repair them, to avoid paying thousands of dollars to John Deere for “authorized” (read: extorted) repairs.

You agree that the corpos are “evil” and yet you do nothing to avoid using their software, you’re not willing to be discomforted in the slightest for a good cause. That’s worse than Stallman’s approach, in my book.

Why didn’t you bring a small notepad, easily fitted in a pocket or small bag to take notes of things to remember, instead of a camera? Dumb phones may have had note functionalities too, I’m not sure.

Stallman gives plenty of alternatives instead of just forbidding technology, but you’re gonna brand them ‘non-viable’ so there’s no reason to give you a list.

What’s your point? Monopoly does not imply innovation.

What do you mean by socialism? Because the goal of socialism is to gradually arrive at communism. I don’t know a lot of Marxist theory but what you say doesn’t make much sense. No one (except for anarchists and maybe “new leftists”) wants to jump to communism directly.

Unless by socialist you mean social-democrat.

Socialism is the step before the communism you describe, and the people who support it are communists. Go read Marxist theory instead of relying on hearsay arguments like that.