Cuba: Keep on Truckin'

More evidence about the failure of Communism today: In the face of economic crisis, Cuba starts to lessen its stranglehold on the economy. Raul Castro plans to "update the Cuban economic model", but not because it's proven to be a horrible failure and it has lead to the suffering of hundreds of thousands of human lives, but because they just want to be cool.

"With experience accumulated in more than 55 years of revolutionary struggle, it doesn't seem like we're doing too badly, nor that desperation or frustration have been our companions along the way," the president said.

A happy citizen enjoy his healthcare

 No, no, you're doing fine Cuba, just peachy! We could all do a little better, we understand. It's hard to run a whole country by yourself, especially since your older brother pulled a Bin Laden and has not been seen since becoming terminally ill four years ago. Are the Fearless Leaders of Cuba above mortality, or am I confusing you with Best Korea? I confuse all you Utopian states.

Oh, and that health care system? World class.

Remember that scene in The Godfather Part II when they go to Cuba? Remember the spender and wealth that surrounded them? Yeah, it's still like that. EXACTLY like that, covered under 60 years of decay and poverty. It's like a post-apocalyptic fantasy where the constructs of yesterday crumble under the to stave off death for just one more day. And you know how much I love post-apocalyptic fantasies!

You know what Cuba needs? Zombies roaming the streets of Havana, seeking human flesh to devour. Maybe that's the only thing that us wealthy Americans can use that at all approximates living in a communist nation. Remember: your chances of surviving a zombie attack are NEVER as good as you expect them to be!

Perhaps I'm making too much light out of a very serious situation which is beyond cruel and evil. But it's mind-blowing that people don't see the horrors of communism, after a century of examples.