Did you live in Romania during this revolution? How did it impact you?
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2000 sats \ 3 replies \ @kurszusz 20 Nov
I was born in Romania and have always lived here. I was born in 1985 (early this year), so I was not 5 years old at the time of the revolution.
I personally was not affected in any way by this revolution, but...
many other people were!
This is practically the birth of "democratic Romania", with the end of communism and dictatorship.
Unfortunately (yes, really unfortunately) the dictator (Nicolae Ceausescu) was executed...this did not happen in any other Eastern European country at that time (although communist regimes were falling one after another).
During communism, people had enough money for everything, but unfortunately, you could hardly buy anything in the shops. Everything was in short supply, because the country exported more than 80% of its production...
This happened inside the country. The situation was completely different along the border (especially on the western border, where Romania bordered Hungary)...there practically everything was nice and good.
A big problem with communism in our country was that no one could keep their passport at home (it was kept by the police), and only 2 times were they allowed to go abroad (even then only to socialist countries, such as East Germany, Hungary, Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, etc.).
What is Interesting fact (and what you probably can't read anywhere else from an official source) about this "revolution" (yes, the word revolution is intentionally put in quotation marks), is that This was never a revolution, but rather a military coup. The whole thing was based on the plans of 2 "parasites" of the time (Ion Iliescu and Petre Roman), and the Hungarian-speaking university students of Timisoara (a city in western Romania) were used as the "target audience". The then Minister of War (who is the second statesman after the dictator in a dictatorial state) did not even travel to Timisoara for the so-called "talk" (he plastered his leg and claimed that he had a leg injury)... (Stanculescu was the Minister of War).
The plan was so successful that for 10-12 years afterwards they officially led the country (and then they ruled from behind the scenes)...
How do I know this?
- I am interested in (especially contemporary) history...
- I was born in Romania, but I am a native Hungarian speaker (the largest minority is still here in the country)
These are the reasons why I documented this event in detail.
If you're interested in something specific, feel free to ask...I'll be happy to answer (if I can, of course) :)
P.S. I'm so sorry for my very late reply!
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 21 Nov
Thanks for the reply!
Why unfortunately?
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115 sats \ 1 reply \ @kurszusz 21 Nov
Because in a civilized state this cannot happen (in my opinion)...you can imprison them, you can sentence them to life imprisonment, you can send them to a labor camp, etc...but you can't execute them. The communist regimes in many European countries fell at that time, but nowhere was the dictator executed (Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, etc.)
This is similar to medieval social "norms".
Furthermore...his confidants betrayed him, and his confidants played into the hands of the soldiers...and not only was it normal, but there was no legal discussion at all, as soon as they entered the room, one of the soldiers opened fire on them :(
This (in my opinion) is unacceptable!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 22 Nov
Rule of law but he took so much from the people with the help of his wife. They were out for blood.
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