"Slipped into decay"

On the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution, the New York Times does its usual fine job of protecting us from ideologically-inconvenient realities:

Here in South Florida, where roughly 850,000 Cubans have settled over the years, repeated waves of painful exile and family separation define the Castro era. The revolution never met their hopeful expectations, the island they love has slipped into decay, and for many, this week’s golden anniversary provides little more than a flashback to traumas, old and new.

Yes, just as Mary Jane Kelly's body "slipped into decay" when she met Jack the Ripper.

Comments

[some guy]

Given that the rate of infant mortality is worse in the US, one must wonder what we've slipped into.

[KDelphi]

Good points, both!

I guess Gaza just "slipped into 'no water, medical care, food'" etc.