France is burning, communists are organizing, China is watching, and somebody is paying the bills. –YNOT! What do the Democratic Socialists of America, the Revolutionary Communists of America, Che Guevara, communist revolutionaries, radical Islamists, Iran, China, and a bunch of angry French teenagers have … Continue readingNOTHING HAPPENS BY ACCIDENT… Not even Riots in Paris
The central problem was never a shortage of educated planners. The problem is always concentrated power combined with human nature. –YNOT! I have been around long enough to notice that America develops a strange case of political amnesia every few decades. An old idea sticks … Continue readingThat Ugly Thing That Sticks Out Its Head in America Every Few Decades…
The Children have to dance — YNOT! Fidel Castro would have turned one hundred years old this week, and I see people here and there celebrating the occasion. Celebrate him if you wish. I prefer to remember what he cost everyone, especially the Children of … Continue readingFidel Castro at 100: Ask Whether the Children Still Play
The U.S. vs. Marxism in 1970s Southeast Asia History is rarely as simple as the slogans used to fight it. — YNOT! In the 1960s and 1970s, American foreign policy in Southeast Asia was built around one overriding fear: Communism was spreading. China had fallen to … Continue readingOperation Menu and the Killing Fields
Free societies survive because they can admit they were wrong. Tyrannies collapse because they punish anyone who says so. –YNOT! Every civilization eventually confronts the same question: Why do some societies continually invent, build, grow, correct their mistakes, and improve the lives of ordinary people—while others … Continue readingTHE GOLDEN GOOSE- Why Free Societies Keep Winning—and Why Closed Systems Eventually Lose
Ernesto “Che” Guevara is often presented as a romantic rebel: the bearded doctor who abandoned comfort to fight injustice, became a commander in the Cuban Revolution, and died attempting to spread revolution abroad. That image leaves out the central fact of his adult life. Che … Continue readingChe Guevara: Revolutionary Soldier, Executioner, Architect of Violence and Death
The Guerrilla War Failed. The Ideological War Did Not. Che lovers still get together to celebrate his “triumphs” –YNOT! Most Americans think Che Guevara is ancient history. And after 60 years it should be. He is the face on an old T-shirt, a college dormitory … Continue readingWhy Che and Cuba Still Matter to America 60 Years Later
A regime can imprison the body, starve the home, and silence the street — but its final victory only comes when it captures the mind. Free the mind, and the chains have already begun to break. –YNOT! Cuba was not destroyed in one day. It … Continue readingHow to turn a Nation Into a Mortuary and how to escape.
I came across this on Facebook from a gentleman named Jimmy, and it was so well written — such an important and meaningful story — that I’m excited to share it on my blog. Thank you, — YNOT! Communism through (my) ages: 1) When I was … Continue readingThe Story of Jimmy Jim Stidham
Communism does not work. It has never worked. And it will never work. Because Humans are the wrong species! –YNOT! Why? Because human beings do not work that way. Communism begins with a fantasy: that everyone will work the same, sacrifice the same, share the same, … Continue readingWhy Communism Never Works
Every Generation Discovers Coca-Cola. Every generation believes it has discovered something brand new. The young discover Coca-Cola as if the secret formula was whispered to them personally by the gods. They discover alcohol, drugs, socialism, communism, libertarianism, rebellion, tattoos, and every other old temptation … Continue readingEvery Generation Discovers Coca-Cola
Communism does not eliminate the rich. It simply replaces private wealth with political privilege. Cuba did not build an economy. It built a toll booth feeding one class and called it a country. –YNOT! In Cuba, the shelves are empty for the people, but full for … Continue readingCuban Economics 101: The Store Is Empty Because the System Is Full
I cleaned only the duplicated and out-of-order sections from your pasted draft, keeping the same story, tone, and argument. Somewhere beyond time, in a quiet room with no guards, no microphones, and no revolutionary slogans painted on the walls, three men sat across from one … Continue readingA Conversation somewhere between Ronald Reagan, José Martí, and Fidel Castro
The planners had theories. Joe had waffles. — YNOT! Every few years someone comes along and says, “Socialism will work this time.” Fine. Let’s run a little experiment. Take a Waffle House and turn it into a worker-owned collective in the glorious Socialist Communist … Continue readingThe People’s Waffle House
When government discovers it can buy votes by redistributing private property, landlords stop being business owners and start becoming temporary caretakers of assets waiting to be seized. — YNOT! There is an old saying that if you want to understand a politician, do not listen … Continue readingHow is Mamdami Going to Take Over the Real Estate Market in NYC — And Why Landlords Are Leaving One Way or Another
Calling a failed economic theory ‘progressive’ is a little like repainting a sinking ship and calling it innovation. Sooner or later, reality still gets a vote. — YNOT! Funny thing about human beings: if you can’t improve the product, improve the label. Nobody opens a … Continue readingWhy Do “Progressives” Keep Calling Themselves Progressive?
Revolutions make their finest speeches at night, but morning is when the people count the candles, the bread, and the dead. — YNOT! Every revolution sells itself like a wedding night. There is music in the street, fire in the speeches, and a promise that … Continue readingCuba — The Morning After — Where We Are Now, Where We Are Going
“Communism set out to make everyone equal. It did—equal in hunger, equal in fear, and far too often, equal in the grave. Communism didn’t just fail—it buried over 100 million people beneath its promises. Roughly 45 million under Mao in China, around 20 million under … Continue readingWhy does Communism keep arriving with the Four Horsemen?
“Most folks think the grass is greener on the Neighbor’s yard. Half the time, it’s just growing over the septic tank.” — YNOT! There is a strange little trick the human mind plays on itself. The people who live inside a hard system dream of … Continue readingWhy Socialism Sounds So Attractive in America -— While People in Socialist Countries Dream of Freedom
“Communism can survive a speech, a sanction, and a slogan. But when the lights go out, the oil runs dry, and the people get hungry, even the revolution starts looking like an like a hostage situation.” –YNOT! Is this finally the moment Cuba’s communist machine … Continue readingIs Cuba on Its Final Heart Attack Again?
“Communism begins with speeches about dignity and ends with people standing in the dark surrounded by garbage wondering where the food went.” –YNOT! There are moments in history when a lie grows old all at once. For years, Cuba has been one of those grand … Continue readingCuba Is Falling, and the Left Can Feel the Floor Moving
“If you want to measure how successful socialism has been in practice, don’t follow the slogans — follow the cemeteries.” — YNOT! There’s something peculiar that happens when a grand theory crashes into reality. Most ideas, when they fail, get revised. A bridge collapses? You … Continue readingIs Socialism Really a Cult in Disguise?
Have You Considered New York City, or Are You Still Clinging to Comfort? Hello, friends — Zohran here — and let me personally invite you to New York City, where ambition ages poorly, rent ferments aggressively, and individuality is finally distilled down to its purest … Continue readingAre You Tired of Freedom, or Do You Just Not Know It?
Che Guevara was a rich kid turned executioner, rebranded as a hero by distance and time. Che was the original socialist influencer and 60 years later his T-shirts outsell the Nike Swoosh.” — YNOT! The face on the T-shirt is clean, defiant, and timeless. The … Continue readingWas Che Guevara a Hero of the Poor— or the Most Successful Revolutionary Brand Ever Sold?
On Cuba, “The most beautiful land that eyes have ever seen.” — Christopher Columbus When Christopher Columbus first laid eyes on Cuba, he called it “the most beautiful land that eyes have ever seen.” History would prove him right—just not in the way he imagined. … Continue readingCUBA – How did the most beautiful island on Earth become a case study in economic self-destruction?
Dialogue from The Godfather Part II (1974) in the Havana rooftop birthday scene involving Michael Corleone, Hyman Roth, and Johnny Ola MICHAEL: I came to Havana to see you, Mr. Roth. ROTH: I’m glad you did. I want you to feel you’re among friends here. … Continue readingCUBA – Havana Vice – A playground for the rich — and a preview of what happens when ideology meets reality?
“The sad thing about Cuba: before the revolution, it had one of Latin America’s strongest economies — Racism ran deep like the US at the time. The revolution promised equality and prosperity, but left the island bled dry. And made everyone poor except the masters … Continue readingCUBA – A postcard in time —or a warning label we keep ignoring?
“The only way evil rulers leave is horizontally. Because they are evil, they don’t care about anyone else. So perhaps the solution is simple!.” –YNOT! This is the kind of question that doesn’t let you finish your coffee while it’s still hot. Because what Cuba, … Continue readingWhen a country is held hostage by its rulers, do you feed the people—or starve the regime?
What do you say when a man threatens to fight you “to the last drop of blood”—and you own the fuel, the money, and the exits? The Cuban dictator made his speech. Chest out. Fists clenched. We will fight America to the last drop … Continue readingWhat Happens When a Small Island Picks a Fight With a Superpower?
Every few years a new crop of young people rediscovers communism like it’s a shiny toy someone left in the attic. They dust it off, hold it up to the light, and say, “Why don’t we try this again?” Well, kids… there’s a reason. Communism … Continue readingCommunism Is a Great Idea — For a different Species
You know who’s really driving up housing prices in South Florida? Communists. Not the ones waving red flags — the ones running from them. My parents left Europe because of communists. Ended up in Miami. The Cubans left communism — Miami. The Venezuelans left communism … Continue readingCommunists Are Great for Real Estate Prices in Florida