By the way, they HAVE elections in Cuba.

Here's a link about it:

Cuban elections in 1997

It's a radically different approach to ours in North America, and I frankly think that it is more likely to result in genuine democratic choices than ours is, because it is a process entirely free of lobbyists' money, media hype, and dirty campaign tricks, and it comes straight from the common people. The common people decide who runs in their riding, and they decide who wins when they cast their votes.

I think the Cuban election system is far better than ours is, and it costs very little to do it. You don't need to raise many millions of dollars to elect someone in Cuba. Every candidate gets a totally equal chance, because money is simply not a determining factor. The only determining factor is whether the public likes you and your ideas and your character better than they like the other candidates in that riding.