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or indirectly quoted someone who said :
Even my mom visited Cuba. She had a blast and had nothing but praise for the country and the people. She and her friend liked to go places you were not supposed to go to find out for themselves. One time she accidentally got herself trapped behind the iron curtain by mistake, and managed to talk her way out of it.
She is not alone in such travels. I trust my mom far more than I would trust some propagandist. Mom had no political agenda, just curiosity.
It is going to be harder and harder to sell the bombastic style propaganda when people know people who have seen for themselves.
The rich were dull and they drank too much or they played too much backgammon. They were dull and they were repetitious. He remembered poor Julian and his romantic awe of them and how he had started a story once that began, 'The very rich are different from you and me.' And how someone had said to Julian, 'Yes, they have more money.' ~ Ernest Hemingway
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