spoiler alert-> Hasan is a decent person don’t listen to the nonsense mud being slung at him.

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    What did he bring?

    He was part of this convoy. Read the FAQ.

    He partied hard and used lots of electricity for his amusement

    The free concert that was put on for Cubans and also included Cuban musicians? Yeah, what a travesty that he and other entertainers provided some joy for people ravaged by Trump’s foreign policy.

    while Cuba is lacking oil.

    Your passive framing here icing on the cake. Cuba is “lacking oil” because of the USA’s blockade. Cuba is suffering because of decades of economic warfare waged by the USA. If you actually cared about the Cuban people, you would support Hasan raising awareness about it. But you’re so caught up in streamer/podcaster drama that you’ve lost the plot.

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      The blockade is bad and it‘s great they brought some goods to Cuba. Your link doesn’t show what they actually brought though.

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        The blockade is bad and it‘s great they brought some goods to Cuba

        I actually don’t believe that you believe this.

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          Of course a campist isn’t able to understand that. People I don’t like or disagree with do good things sometimes.

          The blockade of Cuba is bad for Cuba and the USA. Most other countries trade freely with Cuba.

          Cuba poses zero threat to the US. The times when Cuba tried to export the revolution are over. Venezuela was their last attempt and it had pretty bad outcomes. The blockade has proven ineffective in fostering regime change in Cuba as well.

          Commerce between the USA and Cuba is the best chance to improve the lives of Cubans. I think the blockade is one of the main ideological reasons the communists have that keep them in power.

          The only reason the USA still has the blockade is the exile Cubans in the swing state Florida.

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            Funny that I have you tagged as “Hasbara” and I remember exactly why.

            This user is a mouthpiece for Israeli propaganda (whether purposely or not). Check out their post history for yourself.

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        The FAQ in my link says what the organization expects participants to bring. Here in Hasan’s video you can see him talk about the supplies that they are bringing with (1:23 in the video).

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          Thank you for the link. It looks like around 20 cardboard boxes of aid are shown for a few seconds in the video.

          Better than nothing I guess.

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            If he had dedicated any more time to the aid he brought, people would be calling him a self-important narcissist. Instead, he dedicated most of the video to giving Cubans a voice that they otherwise wouldn’t have.

            I guarantee this aid convoy brought much more aid than Hasan showed in his video. He said that they were the last leg of it.

            Hasan is not a perfect guy. There are valid criticisms of him. But he is actually doing a good thing here. I don’t understand why you are reflexively downplaying it and shifting the goal posts.