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Since most people alive in Cuba were born during the revolution, they never got to experience the horrors of capitalism and thus they dont understand how the glorious revolution saved them from the horrible life of living under the thumb of the burgeois.
And just like Auschwitz was turned into a museum so that people "never forget" Cuba has created a museum to show the evil of a market economy.
The museum is called "Mercado unico 4 caminos" or unique market four roads, here regular Cubans experience the dismal experience that the unemancipated proletariat in yet to be liberated countries experience.
Here they walk in the halls of well-stocked merchandise, priced in evil foreign currency and sold for profit (also known as theft). This museum is even interactive, you can exchange imperialistic currency and take a souvenir home for it, simulating how an slaved proletariat exchanges his labor for goods in a subjugated nation.
However as most Cubans dont even bother with foreign currency and reject the notion of profit-driven endeavors, most locals just go there to observe the horrors and leave the museum empty handed.
Although some Cubans who have relatives living aboard, seem to be asking for currency so they can for once get the full experience and realize the horrible reality that awaits anyone who leaves the worker's paradise.
The museum seems to be a complete success with long lines of people willing to take the tour, although as i said before, most are there just to watch and avoid partaking into the interactive experience.
And just like Auschwitz was turned into a museum so that people "never forget" Cuba has created a museum to show the evil of a market economy.
The museum is called "Mercado unico 4 caminos" or unique market four roads, here regular Cubans experience the dismal experience that the unemancipated proletariat in yet to be liberated countries experience.
Here they walk in the halls of well-stocked merchandise, priced in evil foreign currency and sold for profit (also known as theft). This museum is even interactive, you can exchange imperialistic currency and take a souvenir home for it, simulating how an slaved proletariat exchanges his labor for goods in a subjugated nation.
However as most Cubans dont even bother with foreign currency and reject the notion of profit-driven endeavors, most locals just go there to observe the horrors and leave the museum empty handed.
Although some Cubans who have relatives living aboard, seem to be asking for currency so they can for once get the full experience and realize the horrible reality that awaits anyone who leaves the worker's paradise.
The museum seems to be a complete success with long lines of people willing to take the tour, although as i said before, most are there just to watch and avoid partaking into the interactive experience.