aayy
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Post by aayy on Sept 27, 2010 11:02:25 GMT -5
Half of Romanians 'Yearn for Communist Past' Nearly half of Romanians believe their life was better during the communist era, a new poll indicates. Forty-nine per cent said their life was better before December 1989, with a higher standard of living and job security being given as the main arguments, according to the poll carried out by the Institute Investigating the Crimes of Communism and the Memory of the Romanian Exile. Less than a quarter of Romanians believe their life has improved in the two decades since the overthrow of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, A further 14 per cent said things had stayed the same, while the remainder offered no opinion. Among the negative aspects of the communist era cited in the survey was the lack of freedom (69 per cent) and food (11 per cent). But analysts said the results were not simply a sign of nostalgia, but mainly a consequence of the current economic crisis. Historian Adrian Cioroianu said: “Most people still have ambivalent feelings about the legacy of Communism. "Those nostalgic for the old times say the shift to market capitalism and EU membership has deprived the country of social stability and created huge inequalities. “Furthermore, current economic crisis leads people to form a false image about the recent past.” Ceausescu and his wife fled their palace in downtown Bucharest in a helicopter on December 22, 1989, in an attempt to escape large crowds of angry demonstrators. Three days later they were executed after being sentenced to death by a military trial. illyria.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rumaniaromania&action=post
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Post by Anittas on Sept 27, 2010 15:52:23 GMT -5
Well, all Romanians yearn for the time before the Russians, the Turks, the Hungarians, the Bulgarians and the Mongols fucked us over.
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Post by hellboy87 on Sept 27, 2010 21:44:46 GMT -5
It's a terrible pity.
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Post by aayy on Oct 11, 2010 10:51:33 GMT -5
Well, all Romanians yearn for the time before the Russians, the Turks, the Hungarians, the Bulgarians and the Mongols f**ked us over. Did that time exist?
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