What Is Happening in Cuba and How to Talk to Your Friends About Socialism

Epoch TV’s “Crossroads” host, Joshua Philipp, interviewed Zilvinas Silenas, President of the Foundation for Economic Education, on the recent anti-communist protests happening in Cuba and the larger issue of what socialism is and how to talk to well meaning Americans who identify with socialist ideologies today.

Philipp asks Silenas for a summary of what is currently happening in Cuba and why. “Cubans will tell you it’s anti-communist,” Silenas explains, while citing that many in the United States are saying it’s strictly over COVID or certain trade policies. When asked if socialist ideologies create a tendency to overlook injustices that don’t support their narratives, Silenas agreed. “Socialists are always inconsistent.” He goes on to explain that this hypocritical tendency is a common thread among socialist thinkers, citing his background growing up in Lithuania under socialism in the 80s, and this same pattern, going all the way back to 1939, where many western intellectuals, although very smart people in their area, failed to see through the propaganda of their time.