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Originally Posted by demonrail666

I wasn't being 100% serious about the Castro/Cuban thing but yeah, the older generation still seems entrenched and continues to carry a lot of political weight. And if anything I'd say the up-coming generation, while less Castro-obsessed is hyper-aspirational, so have their own reason for rejecting anything that even vaguely smacks of socialism.

true that. they're the children of the cuban middle class--merchants, professionals, etc. an even when they aren't, that's what sets the culture.

miami is a huge business town. the economic hub of latin america, in fact.

i know of a dentist there who's the child of a south american cleaning lady. the cleaning lady makes good bank and drives a new car these days. while that's not everyone's story, it's the kind of story that feeds the "american dream." yes, there's an american nightmare too, but the dream itself is key to the culture, has been for generations.

just the other day i was watching a short video of an indian guy who has a vegan food cart in new york.

check it out. nice fucking guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxt4YCIsn2I

eta: sorry--sri lankan!

eta- his daughter graduated from the university where he sells his food. while i'm sure she got scholarships etc the narrative is that of the striving little guy doing better for the next generation. maybe it's a fantasy, but it's a powerful one regardless.