rant · moment 9 of 14
Arguing About Castro With His Step-Grandfather
from The Montauk Project · #95
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1 minTim recounts getting cornered by his stepmother's father over a U-Haul, who lectured him about Castro, the US embargo, and comparing Cuban political prisoners to American drug incarceration.
- 33:57Tim's stepmother's father, a lawyer, confronts him about Cuba while he's trying to pick up his truck from the driveway.
- 34:16Tim explains the lawyer's argument that Castro had no choice but to trade with the Soviet Union after the embargo.
- 34:35Tim concedes the lawyer had a point—the U.S. embargo pushed Castro into Soviet arms.
- 34:52When Tim brings up Castro's political prisoners, the lawyer responds by pointing to mass incarceration of Black Americans for marijuana possession.
- 35:05The lawyer blames the Clintons, and Tim clarifies he's never even called the police on anyone.