Random thoughts on the death of Castro
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The death of Fidel Castro, coinciding with the impending Trump regime/reich, seems to have a touch of Greek tragedy, or Shakespearean irony about it.
The elderly Cubans in Miami are celebrating. Yet these same people, who have always voted for Republicans, (and may possibly have swung the Florida vote to Trump), don’t really grasp the damage caused by their ideology.
Their hated dictator is dead. They hated him because they lost everything they owned in Cuba. And it's about to happen to them again, but they don’t get it. Whatever they have now, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, the public education of their grandchildren, and virtually all the rest of the social safety net they have come to count on could very well be destroyed.
They ran from one tyrant, only to help enable an uncaring, “privatizing” tyranny to take over America. The younger Cubans "get it." The older generation, now celebrating in the streets, may, for the second time in their lives, lose everything that benefits them. And they helped bring it about.
Many (most?) of those Cuban refugees who fled from Castro were those who prospered under the dictator of Cuba, Batista, while most of their fellow Cubans lived in poverty. And they didn't give a rat's ass. Now, they've helped put an American regime into power that doesn't give a damn about anything but their own wealth, power and well being.
There may be a bit of poetic justice here. Unfortunately, the rest of us are also screwed.