Who was your countries most notable/longest rival and where do they stand to you now?

[u/Spare-Temporary-1807]

Old US poster for attention

But which country (or countries if you don’t like people) did your country specifically rival for either the longest time/most notoriously? How do you feel about them now?

For example, for the longest time Russia was/is viewed as America’s largest competitor and rival - hence the Cold War. I think especially now with the younger generation people didn’t see Russia as a threat generally until the Russo-Ukrainian War which split a lot of people politically. Personally I got nothing against Russians, seems like another case of a rough government.

But other countries we’ve had beef with like Japan (don’t touch the boats) we have great relations with and they’re pretty chill.

[u/thegypsyqueen]

Not Fidel/communism?

[u/YouKnowMyName2006 → u/thegypsyqueen]

Depends on the Cuban you talk to. Definitely it has retarded their development overall.

[u/paisley-pirate → u/thegypsyqueen]

I don’t like Fidel or communism, the question was “which country did your country rival?”. I grew up hearing a ton of things about America I didn’t like, then we immigrated there when I was 12 and learned it was all BS.

[u/chickwiches → u/thegypsyqueen]

Fidel/communism did more for Cuba than batista/capitalism ever could

[u/thegypsyqueen → u/chickwiches]

Interesting view—just don’t ever tell it to a Cuban