I Lived through Communist Romania AMA

on a scale from 1 to 10 I would say 11

My grandfather was Hungarian, part of the Hungarian minority in Romania, became a political prisoner after the war

he served on the western front

indeed better dead than red, but if you have to die be sure to bring 10 of them with you.

thanks! I hope my the Hun - Ro in-fights dwindle so we can focus on the important issues.

we have to realize that each and every nation has traitors, some times traitors take control. and we must not hate a whole nation because the actions of traitors.

it is upon the next generation to solve these issues (the bad blood)

so are you guys building a cognitive elite here or what?

inb4 what is cognitive elite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hWl8jq4zLI

you need a strategy

will do

can't promise I'm too old for this but will try

I have lived through interesting times and have much to share, but don't know where to start that's why the AMA

I will open another beer

alright

in the mean time i'll give a few tips

at least in Romania the main weapon when everything else was outlawed we used jokes and sarcasm

by word of mouth

we did it until the point that everyone knew if you were member of the police (or secret police, securitate) you were laughed at behind doors

it is also a surviving mechanism

at some point none of the cool guys wanted to join anymore and they had a brain drain

For example in a state where everything was wiretapped we had jokes like:

1. Father writes letter to son:
Dear son please come visit me home, I need your help in the garden to dig out that old three. It's very hard work.
2. Letter from son:
Dear father please don't dig out that tree remember all the documents we buried underneath it in the middle of the night.
3. Father letter to son:
I don't know what the hell you are talking about my son. We never buried any documents, but you no longer need to come the securitate (secret police) came and dug the tree out.

use their own power against them, to waste their resources until they are weakened. and in the mean time have fun so you don't waste energy.

My grandmother said, there has never been a song that lasted forever.

meaning never give up. you will outlast anything they have against you.

alright, beer is gone. see you next time.