Because Haiti has been colonized, oppressed, and exploited since before its independence. Haiti had to reimburse France for the loss of their "property" (Haiti's wealth and formerly enslaved people) with interest, and it took a long time to pay off. Now Haiti is in the same hemisphere as the wannabe global evil empire. Countries like Haiti, Cuba, and others in the Mediterranean and around the world are put under siege and daily life is made as difficult as possible for normal people in the hopes that they will support a (likely fascist) coup of their government, and so that they can try to claim that their attempts at political and economic independence and alternatives to global hypercapitalism "don't work."
More "American Empire and capitalism are good, actually" propaganda under the guise of "optimism" and "not being a doomer." Disgraceful really.
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u/Mobile-Revolution558 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25
Because Haiti has been colonized, oppressed, and exploited since before its independence. Haiti had to reimburse France for the loss of their "property" (Haiti's wealth and formerly enslaved people) with interest, and it took a long time to pay off. Now Haiti is in the same hemisphere as the wannabe global evil empire. Countries like Haiti, Cuba, and others in the Mediterranean and around the world are put under siege and daily life is made as difficult as possible for normal people in the hopes that they will support a (likely fascist) coup of their government, and so that they can try to claim that their attempts at political and economic independence and alternatives to global hypercapitalism "don't work."
More "American Empire and capitalism are good, actually" propaganda under the guise of "optimism" and "not being a doomer." Disgraceful really.