Does Fidel Castro suffers from Quixotism?

Fidel Castro the idealistic leader of the Cuban revolution is behind the times. We can still see him grasping with his nails to very old ideas and still at his advanced age mounted on rocinante (the revolution) and tilting at windmills.

Communism as manifested in all the countries in Eastern Europe has disappear. Cuba’s communism is the same style of communism and therefore eventually will also disappear.  The reason for this to happen is simple. It can not sustained itself economically. An as we know any system that is not economically fit will kick the bucket.  The centralized economy is too slow and too inefficient to be able to compete with private companies in the capitalist countries. The system have many other  intrinsic problems on his own.

Another reason that renders communism obsolete is the fact that capitalism has continue to evolve into a less exploitative society and now you have the paradox that the so claimed proletarian paradise is more exploitative as a society than any other capitalist country. This is reflected by the small salaries paid by the Cuban government and the very poor standard of living in Cuba.

After 50 years of revolution we can safely say that the Cuban experiment with communism has also failed. 

The top down approach where the top hierarchy of the communist party becomes the elite of the country and is totally detached from the reality of the normal Cuban has accelerated the process of the leaders being out of touch with reality.

While many Cuban struggle to get by day by day the Cuban elite has no worries about their daily life. This is very much manifested  in Castro’s reflexions. We see him commenting about any international situation and not paying close attention to the real problems faced by Cubans.

As an example of the problems confronted by Cubans is the problem of housing. This is a multidimensional problem and very difficult to solve for the government. From the problem of decaying and poorly maintained houses to the number of people inhabiting one dwelling including family members of multiple generations. In addition they just had 3 powerful hurricanes passing thru the island and destroying many home roofs.

This problem alone creates other problems as consequence. Since newlywed would have to live with other family members under the same roof it is more likely to increase the rate of divorce.  This has the consequence of families producing less children. Something that Raul Castro has already recognized as a problem in one of his speeches.

Many wonder what the future would bring. I think I know and hope to see it happen soon.

The future will be a free Cuba. A real democracy at last. When Fidel Castro is gone then the Quixotism in Cuba will also die.