To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (1064335 ) 4/9/2018 3:29:31 PM From: RetiredNow 1 RecommendationRecommended By
Read Replies (1) | Respond to I emphasized I was talking about eastern Europeans...... not Cubans......American Cubans, not Cuban Americans, continue to bash the communist government It's funny you articulated it this way: American Cubans, not Cuban Americans. That tells me that your understanding is nuanced...and you are right. Cubans who left Cuba to become Americans have not forgotten what they've lost over there and the horrors that Socialism and Communism bring. They will never forget. Unfortunately, they are getting old and dying off. Their children, the Cuban Americans born and bred right here in the US, come in two flavors, Gen X and Millenials. The Gen Xers are 80-90% Capitalist and have learned the lessons of their Cuban parents well. The Millennials are the 3rd generation Americans and they have forgotten the lessons of history. They are mostly Socialist and follow the trends. The pain that brings their parents and grand parents is substantial, I can tell you. It's almost as if a Jewish American young adult tells their grand parents who lived through the Holocaust that Fascism is a good idea. That would probably produce heart palpitations in those grand parents.
