RT @davidrkadler
Hello 👋 Many friends have asked me about the significance about this Supreme Court ruling on Cuba 🇨🇺.

“Why,” they ask, “would a US court ruling matter for a foreign country – with its own laws, and its own institutions?”

The answer is simple — if you follow Marco Rubio’s imperial logic to its conclusion.

So let’s break it down ⏬

The US is right now preparing to invade Cuba, where it hopes to reintroduce the colonial dynamic that defined the US-Cuban relationship for decades.

What does that mean in practice? It means dividing the spoils of the island between Cuban-American counter-revolutionaries & US corporations.

Beachfront property, rural farms, industrial capacity — all of it. That is the prize — and the real motivation — for Rubio’s invasion.

Why does this matter for US citizens on the other side of the border? 🧐

Because after invasion — and after six decades of punishing economic sanctions — the US plans to pummel Cuba with cash.

Sounds good, right? 🤑 Nope! I can guarantee you that this money will not go to ordinary Cubans.

And here we come back to the Supreme Court ruling.

The ruling basically means that all the “charitable” cash the US injects into the island will immediately leave again — fleeing into the hands of the ultra-wealthy domiciled abroad.

Through cases at the US Supreme Court, those “exiles” will be awarded huge payments out of Cuban coffers — only serving to impoverish further a population that has already suffered so much under US siege.

What is the lesson? 🙇‍♂️ Well, mine is that we must always read US law through the broader analytical prism of our imperial project — a project that does not provide for justice, but rather paves the way for the plunder of foreign nations close and far.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/politics/supreme-court-cuba-cruises-oil.html

It feels like modern times are worse because people in power recreate the worst things that have ever happened but without the less-cruel aspects that don't get surfaced a lot because there's no reason to mention that the Nazis let Jewish people play soccer at Auschwitz.

Like, do they let people play sports outside at CECOT?

It's like they only care about making crimes against humanity more efficient. Like the Holocaust by way of austerity.