Do Cubans have no agency of their own? No free will? No intelligence to determine for themselves whether their own political system suits them or not?
Do you think that Cubans who don't agree with your political beliefs are too stupid to know better or corrupt and bought?
GP didn't attribute any dissent to the CIA, they insinuated that the CIA would be expected to actively exploit any dissent as a propaganda opportunity.
I might be wrong though.
The embargo is not responsible for Cuba's repression of the press, their repression of political dissent, their single party political system, the unchanging leaders from 1959 to 2018, or of Cuba's government own mismanagement of things.
No one is talking about blaming the Cubans for their woes. We're talking about the right and capacity of the Cuban people to rally against their own government if they wish.
I feel like I'm talking to automated talking points bots.
Please don't accuse me of being a bot just because my unstated priors are different from your unstated priors. It's really poor for the conversation and for every interlocutor.
This is quite an assumption, and if it's true, it's only because those who disagreed with the regime have already been killed or leapt into the ocean to perish or prosper in Miami
It's not an assumption, there are polls with approval ratings for various political figures from even western institutions that show that approval ratings 40-60 are the norm. It's possible that the approval has decreased due to the crisis, but that's not unique to Cuba and if it is maintained it's plausible for the president to change.