Socialist ideologies notwithstanding, lifestyles are not equal for everyone, and how one perceives Cuba varies considerably depending on one's individual situation.
Felix Markham has said that Saint-Simon's ideas have a peculiar relevance to the 20th century, when socialist ideologies took the place of traditional religion in many countries.
Blind faith in global market forces over three decades is viewed as just as short-sighted and dangerous (more so, it seems) as over-dependence on the discredited socialist ideologies that played out in the 1970s.
There were only about a dozen supporters there, including a former abortion provider, a pastor who railed against the increasing American inclination to "secular humanism and socialist ideologies", and a golden retriever outed by her owner as being "on the fence".
Finally, they contend that, if the libertarian tradition often seems to stress private property and free markets at the expense of other principles, that is largely because these institutions were under attack for much of the 20th century by modern liberals, social democrats, fascists, and adherents of other leftist, nationalist, or socialist ideologies.
India, a booming democracy where socialist ideologies can still dictate government policy, wants to join the G-8, but the Doha round comes first.
