somehow we produce a new crop of red ideolpgues who substitute clear thinking with the stupidity of Karl Marx. In that sense, it is a useful doctrine. It allows you to organize a body of stupid people to act stupidly on your behalf.
Onfortunately if successful you control a whole economic system run by stupid. Inasmuch as the best and brightest often crash and burn, this proves to be a horrible plan.
Can we do better/ Maybe, but certainly not with stupid in charge. It is the worst aspects of kingship without ever seeing one good leader.
Sadly CUBA needs to be knocked over and then fully rebuilt under a Marshal plan,
Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels
07-11-2026 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden
Havana blames US "gunboat diplomacy" and the financial sanctions for its economic demise, but the roots of the crisis are decades of communist rule, chronic underinvestment, widespread economic mismanagement and a crumbling power grid.
Yet America's Democratic Party is increasingly embracing socialism and communist ideology, a deeply misguided political messaging campaign at a time when Cuba is offering a real-world case study in how such systems repeatedly fail, leaving economic ruin, institutional decay and human suffering in their aftermath.
The latest islandwide blackout came as four US lawmakers urged the Trump administration to sanction Cuba's state-run overseas medical-services operator, arguing it exploits healthcare workers and generates revenue for the communist regime.
As we've described, the Feds are in the process of dismantling the command and control structure of a Cuba/China foreign subversion network with alleged links to left-wing NGOs and Democratic Party socialists:
Even top Democrats are calling for investigations:
