That's fine GC, for those of us who have the luxury to wait for democratically elected socialism (never, so far in Canadian history.) What Cuba got was revolution with all the problems that follow, particularly because of the nature of revolutionaries who gain power. But Cubans were in no position to wait and would have been fools  to work patiently given their political system. They couldn't and still can afford the luxury of our democractic sensitivities.