Things will also change quickly if he starts shooting. He’s not a romantic figure like Fidel was. Just the head bureaucrat.
DeTocqueville says that the only way you can consistently sway the people and make them accept centralized administration is if you govern as a religious or semi-religious movement. Otherwise, things fall apart sooner or later.
Fidel’s personality cult was the religious aspect of Cuban communism. He’s gone. His brother Raul is not Fidel, any more than Isabel Peron was Eva Peron. This new guy, whatever his name is, is doubly not Fidel. No personality cult, and you’re left with nothing but unjustifiable tyranny and privations.
Capitalism will return to Cuba like a ripe apple falling from a tree. It’s only a matter of time.
Unfortunately, many of the best Cubans are in Florida. Good for the US, bad for Cuba
He'll order the secret police to crack down. Then the people will have to decide whether to continue protesting or give up.
Capitalism will return to Cuba
I heard, a few years ago, that when protests were occurring in Tehran, it would amount to nothing.
The reason, was that it had NOT spread to other cities in Iran.
This MAY be different.
I heard that these demonstrations/protests, were occurring in MANY cities in Cuber.
Yankee dollahs may soon follow.
If only Micheal Corleone had lived a little longer....
“....you’re left with nothing but unjustifiable tyranny and privations.”
That works pretty well, especially with an unarmed populace.
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