Ben Rhodes

Why is that not an issue?

Yeah, they don't.

And the constituency that is is harder line and supports Rubio.

And I get it.

Like the Cuban government has been they've mismanaged things.

They have outdated economic models.

They repress people.

It's also the case that if you put a total embargo on a country, they can't change.

You know, you're fossilizing it, and there's a reason they drive old cars from the 50s, because they can't get parts for any new cars, right?

And it's the same thing true with politics.

If you can't get exposed to different ideas and different people, like, how are you going to evolve?

But anyway...

I could talk about Cuba all day.

Just on our tour of repressive regimes, this one I just want to kind of give a quick update.

South Korea's intelligence service has said that girl dad, Kim Jong-un, is selecting his 13-year-old daughter, Kim Ju-ai, as his heir.

which I guess is the most progressive thing we've seen out of North Korea in a while, but I don't have a lot of hope for change.

She's been showing up at events with Kim.

That means she shows up and looks at things with him, which seems she's being groomed to be a successor.

The Telegraph breathlessly reported that this could spark a power struggle, though, between the 13-year-old and her 38-year-old aunt, Kim Yo Jong, who had previously been thought of as a potential kind of power behind the throne, if not successor.

who the paper claims is scheming for the position herself.