And it's a British MP, not some scraggly coffee-house academic. There are a lot of people who would heartily endorse his viewpoint.

To people like this, as long as one is getting fed, getting medical care, and getting housing, it doesn't matter if you're free or someone's property. People used to take a dim view of this kind of thinking when people in the South held it before the Civil War.

Anyone who views Cuba as "a symbol of human potential" is completely disconnected from reality.

Remember, people like Wilson will not rest until we all live under such a system. "Socialism in one country is still a contradiction in terms." He means it.