Venezuela and Socialism, Cuban Refugee Warns America About Communism
2 Be Better
Chris Burkett
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 112 minutes
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In this episode, a Cuban immigrant shares firsthand lessons from living under socialism and communism, and explains why Americans flirting with Marxism and “socialism on paper” may not understand what it looks like when these systems are put into practice. You’ll hear raw, specific examples of how authoritarian control shows up in daily life, including censorship, the absence of independent journalism, and the consequences people face for speaking out. The conversation also connects Cuba’s reality to Venezuela’s collapse, inflation, and scarcity, then pivots into U.S. politics, including the way “social democracy” gets marketed and compared to Sweden. Expect a direct comparison of capitalism vs socialism, discussion of taxes, incentives, corruption, and why “free” programs still come with real costs, plus a warning about how fast oppression can replace freedom of speech once government power grows unchecked.
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| 0:00.0 | And look how far we've come, all the things we've done, did it all with love, |
| 0:09.0 | beauty from the bottom of, all I want is you, you're my favorite view, but there's nothing move. |
| 0:20.0 | And I'm back. |
| 0:24.1 | Well, I'm not alone, guys. |
| 0:25.8 | I have somebody with me today that Pete has turned me on to. |
| 0:29.9 | He is a TikToker that is talking about socialism and communism and some things that he's |
| 0:35.5 | seen a transition of from Cuba to the United States. |
| 0:38.4 | And we reached out. He followed. So now we're mutuals. And I was like, hey, man, would you like to come on the podcast? And he was like, absolutely. And he is here in our home, which is unusual, but he's here. And who are you? And what is it that you do? Well, hello, everybody. My name is Carlos, and I'm a TikToker. |
| 0:54.2 | My name is my five thoughts on TikTok. |
| 0:56.8 | What I advocate against is... it that you do. Well, hello everybody. My name is Carlos and I'm a TikToker. My name is my five thoughts |
| 0:55.8 | on TikTok. What I advocate against, it's communism and socialism, which, funnily enough, when I got here at |
| 1:02.3 | 17, I didn't think it was a threat here in the United States. I thought we were all happy. But |
| 1:08.1 | due to recent events, I started seeing more our government and people in social media |
| 1:12.4 | flirting with Marxism. |
| 1:14.3 | And that's when I felt that it was important for me to relay my experience living with socialism |
| 1:20.0 | and communism. |
| 1:21.4 | Because the ones that they are preaching here are the ones that you read in the book. |
| 1:25.1 | But the one that I talk about, it's the one when you take to practice. Because communism and socialism, it's a great idea. But when taking to practice, it's a horrible practice. So that's what I've been focusing on. And on top of that, I'm advocating for respecting authority, respecting the government, regardless of who it is, whether it is Democrats or Republicans. It just so happens and now we have a Republican president, but that's what I advocate against that, because people have a wrong idea and a wrong notion of what freedom is. And they think that freedom is yelling at the cops, screaming at them, insulting them, and that's what they're using a freedom of speech. And I just kind of want to want out assassination to follow the order, democratic order, |
| 2:02.0 | because I already know what chaos looks like. Technically, by what you just said, what we're doing |
| 2:06.4 | right now is exercising our freedom of speech. You said that you got here at 17. How long have you |
| 2:11.8 | been in the States? 17 years now. Okay. So being able to have a conversation like this is obviously not something |
| 2:18.0 | that you would have been able to do in Cuba, right? No, no, no, no, no. In Cuba, there is no |
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