This just in.... Marxism doesn't work!

People everywhere yearn to be free!! Plus, Raul smarter than brother Fidel.

But the question lingers: what good are these token consumer freedoms if Cubans have no consumer economy?

One answer is the succored flow of ex-patriot Yankee dollars to the fascist island 90 miles from Florida. (God bless, America, eh, Castros?) Of course, that conclusion ledes to the possibility of the Castro's pernicious persecution of the proletariat making these consumer purchases as Yankee collaborators! Uh, oh. The super secret decoder ring is here.