Castro will be dead soon, the NYT is sad

From The New York Times:

HAVANA, Dec. 2 — In his day, Fidel Castro could not stop talking. He was Cuba’s talk show host as well as its president, with his frequent long speeches broadcast into homes on radio and television serving as something akin to background music in Cubans’ lives.

Anything that popped into his head was material, whether it was his reflections on Cuban history, his outrage at Washington or a meandering story that left audiences scratching their heads.

Now, though, Mr. Castro, Cuba’s ailing leader, is silent, leaving a gap on state-run broadcasts and confused audiences.

On Saturday, the final day of a weeklong belated birthday celebration for the 80-year-old Mr. Castro, Cubans expected one last discourse. But he was a no-show at a flashy military parade that capped the week of festivities. That left many Cubans convinced that their leader of nearly half a century had delivered his final speech.

One gets the feeling that the NYT reporter is sincerely sharing what he fantasises is the genuine grief of the Cuban people at the potential loss of such a great leader.

In other words the man and the paper he works for are as clueless as the rest of the political left. Like the Democrats in America who are trying to make James Webb into some kind of working class hero for proving that at any social function he needs to be assigned a seat at the children's table so that he won't bother the adults when he bangs his sippy cup and throws french fries the Times' man in Havana thinks that the average Cuban will weep bitter tears when Fidel finally makes his date with Satan's giant cast iron frying pan.

To further demonstrate what a moron he is our intrepid reporter gives us a lesson in Cuban socialism:

Mr. Castro’s Cuba is very much a work in progress. Its education and health care systems are universal, but socialism has not wiped out classism or racism, freedom to speak out is clearly restricted and life for most people is humble, at best.

Ah, but what does a little thing like no freedom count for when you have universal health care?

Of course Cuba is a prison. It is desperately poor, not because of the US embargo, but because it is a communist country. There is no private property and no capitalism so people do without things like reliable electric power, good medical care, adequate housing and live on a subsistence diet of the most basic staples.

Castro has a great deal to answer for. He will soon have the opportunity to before the ulitmate Judge. I would wish him luck, but he is going to need a great deal more than that.