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Cuba receives 15,000-tonne shipment of rice donated by China (www.scmp.com)
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[–] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I'm so distracted by the 50kg sacks of rice. That seems like such a pain in the ass size to deal with compared to 20-30 kg for seemingly no reason. I think that's too large to even fit neatly on standard sized pallets so I don't think you're even saving volume.

And then it seems like way too much for end distribution unless it's going to a community kitchen.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Because all they'll do it cut the bag, then have everyone walk to wherever with a bowl and get a scoop every day. They won't just be giving homes 50kg bags and saying "good luck", like you said that's a lot of logistics. Also it's about control, if you need to get it every day it can be revoked if you aren't aligned with the government. If they just drop off a 50kg bag, well now you've got a food supply stockpiled and you're more likely to protest/rebel.

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  • [–] 28 points 5 months ago

    Kinda wild how you’re hypothesizing about the Cuban government rationing food based on ideology when the US is literally doing exactly that with the explicit goal of creating as much misery as possible.

    Relevant detail: in the last 50 years the US has murdered 38 million people through the use of economic sanctions on its ideological enemies.

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