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Cuba and Geritol Communism
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The reality of Cuba's future is hinged on the younger generations that have not been allowed into
the higher levels of the Castro administration. Those that have had the opportunity to see the
disintegration of the Soviet Union under communism, and may be able place it into a proper context.
The next generation of Cuban leadership, which will soon see the opportunity to run the island
nation, may very well seize upon the baby steps toward capitalism that President Castro will have
taken to economically stabilize the country. Even with the old communist line still being forwarded,
there is an air of inevitability when we look at Cuba's future.
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In the end, while Fidel Castro may have survived the Bay of Pigs, economic embargos, his own
Frankenstein's monster in the sociopathic murderer Che Guevara and the fall of Cuba's highly
revered ally in the Soviet Union, the communist system in Cuba is destined to fail. The thriving
black market system in Cuba has been a glaring example of the people's desire to buy products on
their own terms.
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Inevitably, people not only get tired of ration cards and being told on which days
they are allowed to buy products, they also simply desire the opportunity to be allowed to make
their own way in life. Communism has truly failed the people of Cuba, and America's light is too
close and shines too brightly upon the island country for the reality of economic and personal
freedom to be hidden forever. In many ways President Raul Castro probably sees this and may crack
the door open at bit more to capitalistic ventures to ease the longstanding economic pain in his
country. As the Grim Reaper claims the last of the jungle revolutionaries of the Cuban Communist
Party, Fidel Castro's Marxian experiment will eventually be laid on the trash heap of history and
Cuba will be reborn.
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Paul A. Ibbetson is a former Chief of Police of Cherryvale, Kansas, and member of the
Montgomery County Drug Task Force. Paul received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Criminal
Justice at Wichita State University, and is currently completing his Ph.D. in Sociology at Kansas
State University. Paul is the author of several books including the 2010 release "Oliver's Tale: A
Squirrel's Story of Love, Courage, and Revolution." Paul is also the radio host of the Kansas
Broadcasting Association's 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 award-winning radio program, Conscience of
Kansas airing on KSDB Manhattan 91.9 FM, www.ibbetsonusa.com. For interviews or
questions, please contact him at ibbetson91.9@gmail.com.
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