In an interview with the economist who visited Cuba, the host mentioned a story about Khrushchev visiting the United States, adding that he could not believe that the the prosperity he saw was genuine.
It's a good story, and the premier was impressed by his first hot dog.
"We have beaten you to the moon, but you have beaten us in sausage making."
But beyond a mention of a visit to a supermarket outside San Francisco, I didn't find corroboration for the story. I wonder if the host was thinking of the time Yeltsin stopped at a grocery store after a visit to Johnson Space Center.
I visited the Soviet Union in the same year (1989) and remember having the same thought when I went into their (miserable, empty) shops: "If they could only see what shops in the West look like, they would be astonished."
But now look where global capitalism has led us, and the response is... Trump? I just hope this is a transitional step in history and that humans survive long enough to come out wiser.