This is what leftists are defending..
Credibility score: 46/100 — Mixed Credibility. Several questionable claims detected. Watch with healthy skepticism.
BSmeter analyzed "This is what leftists are defending.." and rated it 46/100 for credibility (a BS score of 54/100 — mixed credibility), on 2026-06-09. Its weakest claim — "Gas was easy to get before Maduro's capture, now bad" — scored 10/100 and was flagged as bs. 30 claims were checked against the video transcript. Scores are produced by BSmeter's AI analysis of the transcript, not independent human verification.
Claims analyzed
Cuba is in total absolute poverty due to communism — Opinion (50/100)
Opens with the classic 'communism destroyed Cuba' framing — skips every embargo and policy layer.
Cuba in biggest humanitarian crisis, US blockade blocking oil/gas — Dubious (45/100)
Calls it 'one of the largest' crises — no numbers, just vibes. US embargo is real but Cuba's own policies and Venezuela collapse hit harder.
US capture of Maduro cut off Cuba's gas supply — BS (15/100)
Maduro is still president of Venezuela — no US capture happened.
Cubans wait in 1,200-person government gas lines — Personal Story (60/100)
Local testimony about long lines — matches known Cuban fuel shortages.
Government gas $4/gal, black market $40/gal in Cuba — Dubious (45/100)
$40/gallon black market price is wildly inflated — no supporting data.
Gas was easy to get before Maduro's capture, now bad — BS (10/100)
Again — Maduro wasn't captured. Cuba's shortages have other causes.
Average Cuban is living in absolute hell — Opinion (50/100)
Strong opinion based on visible empty streets and shortages.
Streets quieter now than during the pandemic — Personal Story (55/100)
On-the-ground observation of empty plazas — hard to verify remotely.
Cuba's problems are entirely the government's fault, not US sanctions — Opinion (50/100)
Blames Cuba's government 100% while calling the US-fault theory pure delusion.
Cuba is a total failure in every category — Dubious (45/100)
Calls Cuba a complete hole across ideology, mechanics, and politics.
Cuba's multiple failures prove self-inflicted problems — Opinion (50/100)
Argues multiple internal failures rule out blaming the US.
Communist systems have zero free speech; neighbors report you — OK (60/100)
Describes Cuba's informant system and speech restrictions.
Says communist countries do fascism 10x worse than Trump — Opinion (50/100)
Calling it '10 times worse' is pure heat, not a measurable stat.
Claims leftists defending these regimes have zero logic — Opinion (50/100)
Blanket 'no logic' dismisses people who simply weigh different tradeoffs.
Cuban says communism is the worst thing in Cuba — Personal Story (50/100)
Direct lived experience — hard to fact-check, easy to respect as testimony.
Blames current Cuban president for people dying of hunger — Opinion (50/100)
Links leadership directly to hunger — strong claim with no numbers attached.
Says government is responsible for giving people food — Opinion (50/100)
Short answer that reveals the core expectation: state as provider.
Cuba blocks videos because of government spies — Opinion (50/100)
Straight from the 'communist censorship' starter pack — zero proof it's the full story.
Average Cuban salary is $14 USD per month — Dubious (45/100)
That $14 figure keeps getting thrown around — it's the official rate, not what people actually live on.
Cubans want the USA to take over their country — Personal Story (50/100)
One guy on the street says 'take us' — turning that into 'Cubans want annexation' is a leap.
Cuba's old cars and lack of innovation caused by 1959 communism plus US embargo — Dubious (45/100)
Embargo started 1960, but pre-1959 cars also reflect 60+ years of state control and parts shortages — not just the ban.
Maduro was captured and boxed like in the US — BS (10/100)
Maduro is still running Venezuela in 2026 — no US box ever happened.
Cuba's old cars and blackouts prove communism is garbage — Opinion (50/100)
Calling 70-year-old cars and power outages 'proof communism is garbage' — that's a whole system reduced to one broken grid.
Communism made everyone equally poor in Cuba — Opinion (50/100)
Cuban guy nails the punchline — everyone equal in the hole.
Gas costs $10/liter on Cuba's black market — Dubious (45/100)
$10/liter sounds extreme — Cuba's official prices are far lower; black market premium possible but unverified here.
Cuba has zero food or medicine at night and needs foreign military intervention — Opinion (50/100)
Nighttime shortages are real — the 'send in the Marines' part is pure wishful thinking.
Cuban elites control electricity, cars, oil, gas and most companies — Dubious (45/100)
Broad ownership claim lacks specifics — state vs. party elite distinction matters.
Calls socialism the worst thing that can happen in life — Opinion (50/100)
Strong take — socialism as life's ultimate disaster, no nuance allowed.
Cuba, Sudan, Gaza, Zimbabwe and others are all identical because humans have always done this for 20,000 years — Sketchy (25/100)
Lumping wildly different countries and histories into "exact same" for 20k years is lazy.
Cuba's communist government is deliberately starving and displacing millions to preserve ideology — Opinion (50/100)
Frames Cuba's poverty as pure ideological choice — ignores the actual US embargo mechanics he mentions 30 seconds later.
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