NoneOfUrBusiness comments on China is building 75 solar parks in Cuba, and the island’s power crisis is becoming an infrastructure experiment

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Literally every good thing countries do that they don't have to is either completely or partially optics.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Yes, which we call soft power. It's generally very beneficial, which is exactly why US gutted USAID because they literally can't do anything right.

Few million in infrastructure aid pays out huge with soft power.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago

politics is the business of optics, so while you're not wrong it doesn't feel like a useful comparison.

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