There were elements of the Iron Guard regime that joined the Romanian security state. The main point however is that Ceausescu encouraged population growth by banning contraceptives, government childcare programs, and giving large families better apartments. Ceausescu was building a kind of nationalist mythology for Romania, much like Hoxha in Albania, or more obviously, Kim Il-Sung in North Korea.
There were elements of the Iron Guard regime that joined the Romanian security state. The main point however is that Ceausescu encouraged population growth by banning contraceptives, government childcare programs, and giving large families better apartments. Ceausescu was building a kind of nationalist mythology for Romania, much like Hoxha in Albania, or more obviously, Kim Il-Sung in North Korea.
Interesting. I don’t have any real knowledge or context for Eastern European history other then some Soviet. As far as the FTN guys go, it still seems like a strange endorsement for an unrepentant iron curtain dictator.
Interesting. I don’t have any real knowledge or context for Eastern European history other then some Soviet.
As far as the FTN guys go, it still seems like a strange endorsement for an unrepentant iron curtain dictator.
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