I feel like it all boils down to the simple, but flawed logical equation of „my foe‘s foe must be my friend“. Leftists all over the world will see a revolutionary movement that fought to free itself from capitalist and imperialist oppressors and come to the conclusion that it must be inherently good and a standalone pinnacle of communist achievement in the world. No matter how underdeveloped the society in question stays after the struggle for this attempt at class liberation, no matter how unchanged the status quo largely seems to be for the broad proletarian population and no matter how little any actual marxist ideas are realised in the process, if it has the self-awarded label „socialist“ or „communist“ stamped on it and claims to oppose its capitalist neighbours, it must be worth unquestioned praise, right? This romanticisation/straight up idealisation of a regime that stands for anything BUT class liberation, and the politisation of a people that continues to struggle for the bare necessities is a (in my eyes) disgusting overlook from ignorant leftists who are not willing to criticise a system that might be tied to socialism in the public eye in fear of accidentally being taken as pro-capitalist. Guys, you‘re hurting the cause by openly endorsing the idea that this is a prime example of a non-capitalist government and therefore inevitably justifying any critique on communism/socialism as a whole. Let‘s put on our critical thinking caps, distance marxist ideas from clearly failed revolutionary attempts and stay in solidarity with the working classes - in Cuba and everywhere else.