From our Bureau of Socialist Humor with some assistance from our Bureau of Perfectionist Tendencies
Such a jokester, this Trucutú guy. But he’s no comic genius. The joke he recently told all Cubans is not his own, but rather a well-worn excuse socialists and communists have been repeating for over a century. At bottom, it is a religious joke of sorts, which requires a leap of faith. Socialism will work, someday in a distant future, when it is finally practiced perfectly. It is not much different from the leap of faith required of monks who take the vows of poverty and obedience, except it involves no God, no afterlife, no real justice, just the state and a mass grave.
From CiberCuba
During his recent visit to Cienfuegos, leader Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his confidence that Cuba will overcome the current systemic crisis it is facing, and his belief that this will be achieved through the refinement of the socialist model.
“Our country does not abandon its socialist construction model, which we must perfect, and in the midst of the most difficult circumstances, it will continue to work,” reaffirmed the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) during his recent visit to Cienfuegos, as reported by the National News from Cuban Television (NTV).
In front of a small group of residents from that city, the leader expressed a puzzling optimism by stating that “Cuba will move forward” thanks to the “talent and participation” of its people, and made it clear once again that the Cuban regime does not intend to give up the propagandistic pillar of “socialism.”
As Cuba increasingly distances itself from the ideological principles and economic models of the so-called “real socialism,” moving toward an ever more savage and unequal state capitalism, the elite of the Cuban regime is determined to reinforce in their discourse the idea that socialism is “irrevocable” in the nation.
Established as such in the Constitution approved by the regime in 2019, the socialism of the Cuban regime serves as a pretext for the decisions made by the extractive elite that holds power in Cuba through violence. The pretext of socialism benefits the interests of a new oligarchy that is appropriating national wealth and selling the country at bargain prices.
“A socialist government will always have reserves to ensure that no one is left helpless,” said Díaz-Canel at the end of January 2019, when a tornado devastated popular neighborhoods of Havana.
His words aimed to soothe the discontent over his government’s attempt to monopolize the control and distribution of aid to the victims in the Havana neighborhoods of Regla, Guanabacoa, San Miguel del Padrón, Habana del Este, and Diez de Octubre, which were affected by a tornado that resulted in four fatalities, over 5,000 evacuees, 195 injured, and nearly 1,900 damaged homes.
In June 2020, Díaz-Canel published an article in the Academy of Sciences magazine, criticizing neoliberalism and defending nationalization as the only way to combat the coronavirus epidemic.
“We have confirmed the capacity of the planned economy and the health system of Cuban socialism in controlling outbreaks and providing safe assistance to the entire population,” he said.
“There is no mystery in that skilled and talented force that works toward a common goal: it is socialism. An imperfect socialism still burdened with obstacles that we must gradually shed along the way, but essentially human and just, unlike any other system in history,” he added.
In April 2022, he reiterated that changes in Cuba needed to align with socialism from a Marxist perspective, an idea he consistently repeats in every PCC report and during meetings with his ministers.
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It’s very simple: evil is based on lies and MUST lie to survive. Thus, the nonstop BS from Castro, Inc.
It may be a minor matter, but the vulgarity and glorified clownishness of the Castronoids is an embarrassment and a disgrace. It’s not a blatant freak show like in Nicaragua, but as I’ve said before, next to these people, even Batista was more elegant and dignified, or at least he faked it far better.