Cuban daily life not what liberals want to believe

The BBC is featuring a Cuban blogger, and his take on the country and its brutal dictator. The next time you hear a socialist (Democrat, liberal) talk about how great Cuba is, or how wonderful their nationalized healthcare or university systems are, remember this:

Twenty years ago, expressing opinions contrary to those of the government in the street could result in a beating from passers-by.

Today, things are very different. You can say whatever you like in the street without anything happening to you. People have lost that political fanaticism.

But that is only in the street, among the ordinary people. Questioning any official policy or leader in front of an official or policeman is classified as subversion. There is no middle ground - you are either with the government or against it.

Similarly, the internet is completely under state control. The state monopolises 100% of the information that a normal Cuban receives - the internet is seen as a threat to the system.

Most people who have access to the internet only do so from a state-run workplace, like a university or a hospital. Even in those places, there are many restrictions on internet access.

There is also an internet "black market" - people who can afford it can try to get internet services in their homes, but they are a minority.

I would go so far as to say that less than 1% of the Cuban population have internet access in their homes.

Hillarious Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama want to take us one giant step in Cuba's direction.