World Lib Cruises has announced its upcoming schedule of special voyages for customers who want more than the standard ports of calls to tropical islands with exotic beaches. They see a new market developing for cruisers who want to experience first-hand the local cultures of progressive-thinking destinations which fit their new visions of Liberal World Order. Climb aboard; they’re expecting you.
In the new itinerary, the first stop is North Korea. The liberal-minded customers, upon arrival, dispose their western high-falutin clothing, and don potato sack fashions and go shoeless to begin the immersion. They are immediately put on a strict diet of plain white rice and dog meat soup, which will help them lose up to 20 pounds of excess belly fat… chubbiness that is unbecoming in this environment. Guests will bunk together in large tents with cots and scratchy blankets to help them lose that sense of capitalist privilege. They’ll visit several towns that show unmistakenly that humans can survive without electricity, Pop Tarts, or Downey fabric softener.
The second stop is Cuba, another popular port of call for lib lovers. Guests disembark in Havana and are shuttled downtown in a 1958 Chevy Bel Air, with plywood covering the rusted floor pans to preclude foot dragging. People will stay in hotels that were once fabulous resorts in the pre-revolution 1950’s, but due to lack of government funding, have gotten no maintenance whatsoever since then, and have now become flop houses. They attend lectures that decry the concept of fancy luxuries as being totally unnecessary to survival, and tend to create “keeping up with the Joneses” jealosies. The lack of any personal property puts everyone on the same level, and eliminates the idea of bragging rights. There’s no bragging here, believe me.
The final stop is San Francisco, California, where the local city government has decided to go all-in on Communism and Socialism. A walking tour of the city features a stroll along the old Fisherman’s Wharf, where all the legendary, once thriving, seafood restaurants are closed and boarded up. People feel safe, however, because the parking garages have machine gun-carrying security thugs to discourage carjacking. Homeless scallywags blanket all the sidewalks with their makeshift tents and cardboard shanties, staying clear of the river of urine running down the block. It shows that even in a Communist society, people can be free to live their life as they see fit. Of course, this kind of thing would not be allowed in a place like Russia.
Libs who have taken these cruises come back energized that the Communist way of life is the future. There is no need for fancy cars, angus burgers, wall-to-wall carpeting, or Veg-o-matics. No need for a big flatscreen TV when an old-fashioned cathode ray tube TV will provide the same information to you. Even a radio will suffice in most cases, because people don’t need to be exposed to too much information.
They can plainly see that millions of people are surviving in these socialist countries and cities. In time, they get used to having nothing, and forget about the whole concept of having your own stuff, or your own digs. And, most importantly, you get used to the serenity of not having to make your own decisions, take initiative, or work hard. Get used to the idea of “Why Bother?”
Please note that photography with capitalist smart phones is not permitted on World Lib Cruises.
Disclaimer: all stories in Bizarreville are fiction at the time of writing.