As one of my Miami Cuban friends put it...
A Fascist dictatorship is preferable to a Communist dictatorship because the Fascists don't care what you do as long as you don't interfere with them. They'll let you keep your property and your business and your money, you can leave the country any time you want and send your kids to private school. Nothing is rationed and you can buy anything you like.
If you don't mess with them, they will not mess with you. I have to admit I didn't have a comeback for that.