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Prove Me Wrong: Luck Determines Almost Everything

Singal-Minded • 359 implied HN points • 12 Jan 26
🏝 Travel Cuba
  1. Luck plays a huge role in who gets what in life, but people often treat it as an occasional surprise instead of the normal rule.
  2. Small, arbitrary factors like where you’re born can produce massive differences in wealth, opportunity, and daily living conditions.
  3. How much you believe luck matters shapes your politics: seeing luck as decisive pushes you toward changing systems to reduce unfairness, while denying it makes you more comfortable with the status quo.

The US Is Attempting Regime Change In Venezuela

Phillips’s Newsletter • 320 implied HN points • 03 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Cuba
  1. The U.S. appears to be conducting a military operation aimed at ousting Maduro, with air strikes and possible special forces reported in and around Caracas.
  2. Cuba is a key backer of Maduro through thousands of operatives and relies on Venezuelan oil, so removing Cuban influence will be central to any successful regime change.
  3. Getting rid of Maduro may be the easiest part; who replaces him matters most, and a stable democratic outcome will depend on Venezuelan participation, the military, and regional cooperation rather than outside control.

Debunked: Media falsely claims China is building spy base in Cuba

Geopolitical Economy Report • 677 implied HN points • 18 Jun 23
🌍 World Politics Cuba
  1. The Pentagon confirmed that the media story of China building a spy base in Cuba is false, debunking claims made by anonymous US intelligence officials.
  2. China and Cuba denounced the false reports of a spy base as part of US spy agency information warfare to sabotage diplomacy and demonize them.
  3. The Pentagon's concern about the US losing a potential war with China, highlighted in recent war games, adds complexity to the information war waged on China by US intelligence agencies.

Soviet Subsidy & Voluntarism

Devlin’s Newsletter • 137 implied HN points • 27 Feb 23
🌍 World Politics Cuba
  1. The paper discusses the methodological gap in literature about Soviet subsidies to Cuba
  2. It highlights the importance of Soviet subsidies on both international and federal levels
  3. The post challenges the common perception of economic planning in socialism post-Stalin
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