The imperialists of the world are murderers, criminals and plunderers. That is why this primitive sentence can still be uttered:
“It's a beautiful island... It would be an honor to buy it.”
This is not a blunder.
This is a revelation of a mentality.
The words that came out of Donald Trump's mouth today show an old disease that still simmers beneath the polished surface of the modern world: the greed for possessions. A mentality that sees lands, peoples and cultures as “property”... As if the world is a real estate catalog and countries are summer plots to be bought.
But here's the thing:
Cuba is not just an island.
Cuba is a people.
It is a resistance.
It is a history.
And that history is not a history that has been bought and usurped from somewhere, but a history that has been created and preserved through resistance.
Let us remember:
The Cuban Revolution was not just a regime change. It was a human response to imperial arrogance. It was a handful of people saying “we are here” against gigantic powers.
Since then, every threat against Cuba has been a different version of the same sentence:
“You can't be yourself.”
But Cuba happened despite all the difficulties and embargoes.
And it bothers me because it does.
Today, when an imperialist punk comes out and says “it would be an honor to take” a country, it is not just a foreign policy scandal. It is a statement against human dignity. Because “taking” a country means ignoring the people living there.
The name of this language is clear:
Colonial language.
The roots of this mentality are also clear:
A conception of the world that sees itself as the center and everyone else as “offendable”.
But that world no longer exists.
At least, it shouldn't.
You can love a country.
You can admire its nature.
You can respect their culture.
But “take”...?
That word drops all masks.
Because whoever says “take” is actually saying this:
“Your will doesn't matter.”
And no matter how powerful that word comes from a powerful mouth,
is doomed to take its place in the dustbin of history.
What is said to Cuba today will be said to another geography tomorrow.
Because this is not about Cuba.
The problem is that some minds still think the world is a trophy to be shared.
But the world is not booty.
Peoples are not property.
And no one can take any country as a “commodity” and put it on display.
Honor is not something to be taken,
not to lay a hand on the rights of others.