Diputs

Oh it definitely resonated, while looking at the vote tallies by county something I noticed is that in every county on the border of Ukraine Lasconi never got 2nd place, almost always 4th or 3rd. Another thing is noticed is that Lasconi placed 1st only in the big urban centers of the country, away from all borders.

So much for a stagnant political scene, huh? I guess we're finally seeing some movement.

My colleagues at UNIVERSITY have repeatedly called Georgescu both a legionary and a communist interchangeably, their brains are absolutely fried with anti-communist propaganda, but I sense that we, as communists in Romania, might be able to educate people on what communism actually is. If Călin ends up winning he will doubtlessly disappoint people on every promise, and he will be an example in living memory of what a legionary is, a miserable failure. I am not getting my hopes up just yet but people might actually get curious enough to at least read the manifesto.

Of course, I admit that this is wishful thinking bordering on delusion, but Romania is on the precipice of finally entering some interesting times, we must think of how to make the most of it.

Doamne, ăsta chiar e cântecul perfect pentru ocazie. Îl salvez în folderul de muzică chiar acum.

Thank you tovarăș for compiling and summarizing all the information about these despicable figures.

I wonder when an actual left wing option will gain traction in Romania, at least Americans had the ability to vote PSL, we still have nothing. Of course, a leftist organization won't just materialize itself from nothing and come to save us all, people have to actually come together to build it, but people nowadays seem so thoroughly depoliticized and apathetic it's tough to even imagine something like that happening. Whenever I strike up a conversation about how China has achieved so much (while carefully not mentioning the words 'socialism' or 'communism') and how our country could also achieve greater things I am always met with either "Like that's ever gonna happen." or "Romanians are too dumb and stupid for that.".

While people dream of some nebulous form of change the status quo has completely robbed them of the ability to even imagine what a better future would look like, not to mention the drive to actually do something about it, it's quite bleak. That is without mentioning that decades of anti-communist propaganda fueled and legitimized by the austerity and excesses of Ceaușescu's leadership seems to have forever tainted anything even resembling left wing politics in Romania, so if we ever get any movement for change it will likely come from even more right wing, ultranationalist and irredentist parties with almost identical politics.

This election truly highlights how Romanian politics don't even have a leftist undercurrent of opposition, but I would like to hear what you have to say, what's your take on the future of left wing politics in Romania? Do you think material conditions would eventually get dire enough for people to start reading Marx and Lenin? Or are we doomed to a slow march towards AUR and eventually some modern day Iron Guard ripoff?

Looking forward to your Sunday posts if you decide to make them!

Me and my family also planned to spend our Sunday doing more productive things than voting, glad to hear that more people are doing so as well, this system is so blatantly illegitimate it does not deserve to be dignified with any amount time spent voting.

Also, I just listened to that manea from Tzanca Uraganu, I spent 5 uninterrupted minutes laughing at it.

The Romanian presidential election is coming up this Sunday, as far as I am aware nobody here has said a single thing about it so far and I must say it's probably better that way. While many romanians love to make fun of the US and how much of a charade its "democracy" is I genuinely believe Romania might have the most stagnant political scene and the most transparently undemocratic "democracy" in Europe. There are 14 candidates and they all either range from center-right to George "" Simion.

@RomCom1989@hexbear.net tovarăș, what are your thoughts on this upcoming election? That is if you have any, I would not blame you if you didn't, this country's internal politics are so stagnant and geopolitically irrelevant I didn't even know an election was happening until someone told me about it yesterday.

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