The revolution has overcome imperialism, and this gives people pride and a feeling of accomplishment. The revolution has sharply reduced poverty, degradation, and ignorance, and greatly advanced the quality of life. But the revolution has not yet addressed issues of self -management or workers' solidarity. It is a coordinator economy with great elan and idealism among managers and technicians. But each day that these leaders deliver new orders and accumulate new advantages some of their idealism slips away.
Workers enjoy vastly improved circumstances and have great hope for their children.
But each day that they inhale fumes, obey orders, and get bored, some of their optimism dies. They are not prepared and may become steadily less prepared to govern their own workplaces and the economy as a whole. Democracy in opportunity and outcome, and in rewards and decision making, is absent. Even though the contrast to life for all but a tiny elite in other countries in the region is dramatic, it may prove insufficient in the eyes of most citizens if remaining problems are not addressed.