I would like to know what the situation was like with the Roma people in Romania during those days. Do people feel like there was more/less discrimination and scapegoating or was it essentially the same as now or what?
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romanian communism interview
hello all. for my college class, i have been taking a history course in romania, and for my last paper i am going to interview someone from the communist era in romania. i have questions set aside, but i am interested if anyone has any questions that they would be interested getting answered, what i have so far is a few people that worked in the factorys during this time. more minds the better.
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I would like to know what the situation was like with the Roma people in Romania during those days. Do people feel like there was more/less discrimination and scapegoating or was it essentially the same as now or what?
Would be interesting to know how they view ceausescu in relation to communism. Is he seen as an 'inherent' problem/part of the communist system, or is he seen as something else that blocked the full potential of an otherwise good communist system
you could phrase it better probably lol
Formerly zenga zenga !
How did the ordinary citizens experience the system of violence (inherent in any state)? Was there a culture of fear, and if yes, was it equal, "worse" or "better" to the modern one?
-And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see-
- John Lennon
Currently, back here, in Romania many people link communism to Ceauşescu and authoritarianism. Being called a communist is seen as an insult here, used especially by the younger segments of the population and by politicians.There can be seen that among the poorest of Romanians, Ceauşescu is still seen as some sort of a hero, especially now that many lose their jobs, and for the very first time they are supposed to search for a job, instead of being given one when finishing school.Nationalism is also tied with the Ceauşescu Era (sometimes called The Golden Era). Many people won't talk about the culture of fear too much, instead of the odd remark that saying a joke against persons of power was very dangerous.
PS: You won't find many Romanian communists here, but you can recieve a lot of information on communism as an ideology.
And last thing, do not cite facts, try and go for an emotional response saying only how it was all bad and we're glad that now we're part of the European Union. Some ass-kissing can go a long way, especially with our teachers.
ya its going to be tough with many of the people whom i have connections with were about 20-30 at the time
I don't think we should throw around the word "Communism".
Romania, was somewhat Socialist, but not Communist.
It would be further screwing up people's minds to tell them they had a Communist system.
COMMUNISM !