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It surprises me how much more modern/customized these cars now look. Does take away a bit from the romanticised idea of a country still rooted in a different era. Then again, they probably have left that era long before anyone realized, even themselves. Maybe capitalism turns out to be the strongest "weapon" of the west....
Possibly so, but you can't shake off a political yoke when you have no money. The huge divison of wealth during the former political era, when it was run by another form of gangster, caused massive resentment amongst the rural poor, which was where Fidel's politics found support.
Communism has always held attraction for those with nothing more to lose; it has also provided a magnetic, dangerous and exciting attraction for those from "privileged" backgrounds who have a different grudge to bear against their own segment of society; similarly, it also appeals to young intellectuals living in a dream world of their own, where everything should be "fair" when, obviously, "fair" is a concept unknown in nature. It always boils down to money, and how much one can get. Those with the mental ability to create heaps of it will do so, whereas those who can't struggle, and can only, as do I, play the lottery. However, for many, that's not enough: the situation becomes one of wanting to remove it from those with the ability to make it, remove either by force or by legislation, often the same thing.
Frankly, politics seem to me to be not about ideals, but about one group trying to remove things from another group in order to make up for its own shortcomings. And the folks we elect to do this for us all seem even more capable for doing it for themselves first. Which, I suppooe is just another form of poetic justice.
