Working with a few happy Cubans that escaped, I noticed a pent up desire for the luxury items we all take for granted. One young man bought and traded in, several vastly different cars within an abnormally short time. As he explained to me, “Just to own them”. “You have no idea what it feels like to be deprived of ‘things”. Luckily we were selling cars at the time. He hated Castro for ruining Cuba. His father was a high ranking Military officer (that’s how they escaped). They became extremely active in the US Republican Party and loving the US free enterprise system. Another young woman in business, same story. Both very well educated because of their high political military status.