You can't deny that France punished Haiti for its revolution, demanding reparations that financially strangled the nation from birth. Haiti’s failure isn't because of "socialism"—that's just your lazy buzzword. It’s because of relentless Western intervention, exploitation, and isolation. After the revolution, the U.S. occupied Haiti from 1915 to 1934, set up puppet governments, and used Haitian labor like a plantation. But sure, let’s keep pretending the West played no role in Haiti’s current state.
Now let’s talk about Venezuela, since you brought it up. You're wrong again—sanctions weren't placed on Venezuela? Really? The U.S. has been hitting Venezuela with sanctions for years, particularly after Chavez took office. Washington couldn’t stand the idea of a country with vast oil reserves daring to challenge its capitalist interests. The U.S. actively undermined Venezuela economically and politically through sanctions, freezing assets, and supporting the 2002 coup. So yeah, if Venezuela is struggling today, that's not because of "evil socialism"—it’s because the U.S. is choking them economically for daring to oppose American hegemony.
As for Cuba and Nicaragua, the pattern’s the same: economic sanctions, covert ops, attempted coups. The U.S. has orchestrated this game across Latin America for decades, but you dismiss all of that as "Marxist revisionism" because it’s easier to regurgitate capitalist talking points than face the truth. The real reason we have waves of illegal immigration is because American imperialism wrecks countries, making them unlivable for the people forced to leave. You can either admit that, or you can continue parroting Fox News headlines.
You call Haiti a “failed socialist state” but seem blind to the capitalist hellholes the U.S. props up around the world—where the elites get richer and the poor live in misery, kept under the boot of corrupt, U.S.-backed dictatorships. If we weren't destabilizing nations, plundering their resources, and manipulating their labor markets to enrich Western corporations, maybe—just maybe—they wouldn’t have to flee their homelands.
So yeah, before you spit out more revisionist garbage, understand this: U.S. imperialism is the root cause of much of the instability in Latin America. And until you acknowledge that, you're not debating in good faith, you're just echoing capitalist propaganda.
Now go enjoy that taco. You’ll be needing it after I just served you this reality check.