Assesing the Commie's (Or What's Left Of 'Em)

Castro. Stalin. Mao. Ivan Drago. Communists, they suck. But let's get down to brass tacks here. I want to give you my personal assesment of all the communist bastards that still exist in our world. I don't think I'll count Russia, technically it's not communist. Technically, I've never been arrested for anything. But yeah, we all know about those technicalities. Anyways, what's left of communism are 4 Asian countries and one in the Caribbean. I"ll break them down for you and their chances in the modern world, then analyze the prospects in communisms future. By the way, I hate communists. Every single one.

Country #1: People's Rebulic of China. Leader: Hu Jintao
Communist since 1949, perhaps the most successful communist country. China, over the years, has had major human and civil rghts issues but their economic grouth is the world's biggest concern. Do we really want the wealthiest nation to be a communist one? As China rapidily grows throughout the international trade market, it's only a matter of time before Americans will be opening American restaurants in Beijing. China, however, does not fit the model of the communist state. Their open free-trade has distorted what China actually is. Because they certainly don't only rely on the state and it's people don't rely on the state for jobs, money, etc. In fact, China may soon be the biggest capitilist society in the world.
Communism's Future in China: Officially, the "communism" label may still be there for a while. I'd say they officially abandon that label when the older Chinese generation starts to die off. Between about 10-15 years should do it.

Country #2: Cuba Leader: Castro Brothers
Communist since 1961, Cuba has followed the true hold of communism but it hasn't helped the people of the nation. Besides trying to play baseball to get out of the country, there are few jobs that are lucrative at all. Most citizens are in a state of mass poverty, they have no free speech or any other basic freedoms. Cuba is a mess and has been for a while. It will not be until the Castro's die that we can really do something about the problems that Cuba is facing. Otherwise, Cuba's gonna continue relying on countries like Venezuela (ugh Hugo Chavez) to semi-support them, even though their people are fed propaganda, especially about the United States.
Communism's Future in Cuba: Give it to both the Castro brothers die and about 5 years after that. I'd say between 8-10 years. But who knows.....

Country #3: Socialist Republic Of Vietnam. Leader: Nguyễn Minh Triết
Well, like China, Vietnam has a surprisingly fast growing economy, one of the fastest in the world. However, Vietnam does not give much economic freedom or any freedom for that matter. Like every communist bastard country, Vietnam is single-party politics, TV, newspaper, private enterprise, and education is uber-expensive. It's hard to get any good information about the inner workings of the country though, since it's communist and oppresses everything coming in and out. But the country looks like it could be a economic surprise in the future, unless the French get us involved in another war over there. Ughhhhh the French are almost as bad as communist, but not really.
Communism's Future in Vietnam: I'd say a long, long time. Especially if their economy continues to get better. I'll say 40 years, just because communism can't last a long time anywhere without a REVOLUTION.

Country #4: Laos Leader: Lt. Gen. CHOUMMALI Saignason
Another failed French colony turned communist. Thanks again France. Since Laos borders on Vietnam, they have strong relations with each other and obviously influence each other. Basically, Laos sucks. It barely has any roads, enterprise, freedom of any kind, or electricity. The main business is agriculture. See, Laos is Vietnam without the rising economy. It's one of the world's least developed countries. It's also a major drug trafficking center in the "Golden Triangle" that produces a ton of opium (China, Myanmar, Laos). The government has little money to pay the military that controls the country. This place has got some problems.
Communism's Future in Laos: 5 years max.

Country #5: North Korea Leader: Kim Jong-Il
Ummm....yuck. Besides spending all their money on the military, which will never use it anyway on anything usefull except getting destroyed by the U.S., North Korea is extremely underdeveloped. People have absolutely NO IDEA what is going on outside of their country. And I quote from Wikipedia: North Korean defectors have testified to the existence of prison and detention camps with an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 inmates, and have reported torture, starvation, rape, murder, medical experimentation, forced labor, and forced abortions. So yeah, that too. Their leader is completely INSANE. With only 23 million people, North Korea has the 4th largest military in the world. They barely have what you could call a culture because absolutely everything in the country is based around Kim Jong-Il and his dad. It almost makes you feel bad for the people living in it.
Communism's Future in North Korea: Once North Korea and South Korea reunify, which will happen, it's just a matter of when. I'd say when Kim Jong-Il dies and the U.S. pulls out of South Korea, which may happen at the same time.

Screw the commies, I'm done. Peace out.