The Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the country's youth with a message in which he acknowledged that "difficult times" are being experienced, but urged them to "feel the joy of contributing to the revolution in one of the most challenging times in history".
This Wednesday, meeting with the "cadres" of the Federation of High School Students (FEEM) and the University Student Federation (FEU), the also First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) urged them to continue defending the so-called "revolution" with stoicism and "creative resistance," something that their parents and grandparents have been doing for over 60 years without results.
For the Cuban regime, there is no anomaly in retaining power violently and dictatorially for more than half a century. With the socioeconomic fabric of the country destroyed, civic and political life annihilated, the regime's leadership considers itself justified in continuing to demand that Cubans "defend the revolution" and, furthermore, do so with "rejoicing."
"You are already part of the present and the future of the country. We are going through very tough times, but tough times forge, shape, strengthen; and those of us who live through difficult times like these, among them you, and manage to overcome them, we will emerge strengthened, we will emerge with more capacity to continue defending the Revolution," said the ruler appointed by General Raúl Castro.
The strategists at the Palace consider that the communication directed at the youth of these times in Cuba should reinforce the message of optimism and hope. The Union of Young Communists (UJC) convened its congress under the slogan "create your happiness," while the country falls apart and the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Cubans causes a painful drain on society.
May our sense of happiness be different from the sense of happiness they want to impose on us, which is not about accumulating material things; but rather, let our sense of happiness be about seeking collective happiness in our spirituality, in our solidarity, in socializing our lives here, in the conditions of a nation that seeks justice for all," said Rogelio Polanco, head of the Ideological Department of the Central Committee, in April.
In the midst of a drastic decrease in militancy, the Cuban regime asked young people to stay in the country to build "collective happiness," and "continue to defend and do what patriotic Cubans should do, become more and more followers of Martí, Fidel, and Marx."
Incapable of developing policies that boost the economy and society, the Cuban regime has no other interest than to remain in power, and for that, it needs to form indoctrinated young people who defend that "revolution," which constitutes the last rhetorical bastion of legitimacy of the dictatorship.
On the brink of total collapse, the totalitarian state built by the single-party regime has no political will other than to cling to power, even if it brings more suffering and hopelessness to the population.
"The revolution listens to the young, listens to the students, and that is why you are also part of decision-making. Because every time we propose something, or achieve a program, or a law or policy related to young people, we are doing it because we are basing it on the criteria that you provide us with your own experiences, your own aspirations," he said.
The words of Díaz-Canel, as reported by the National Television News (NTV), were spoken on the same day he met with a group of young Americans who are part of the Let Cuba Live brigade, to whom he delivered an endless harangue filled with propaganda, lies, and legends, such as claiming that the social work of the "revolution" distributes "food, clothing, health, education, and culture for everyone" equally.
In the speech to young Americans, Díaz-Canel painted a mural with the "achievements of the revolution." In the speech to young Cubans, who live like the majority of their compatriots, the ruler acknowledged that "difficult times" are being experienced, but called for continuing to defend that "revolution" that looks so magnanimous in souvenir propaganda.
Therefore, take advantage of this time, which is also a time for the youth, and by contributing, feel afterwards the joy of having defended the revolution and managed to uphold the revolution, and maintain the revolution in one of the most difficult, challenging, and complex times.
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