1989: The Romanian Revolution; also instigated, also manipulated, also confiscated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Romanian_Revolution_1989_Demonstrators.jpg

I was living/surviving in Romania at the time...

Somebody said that "Communism is the longest way to Capitalism".

The Venerable Pope John Paul II (Polish: Jan Paweł II, Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II), born Karol Józef Wojtyła said that communism is a tragic utopia.

Political joke ( I might discover one day that some Securitate informant reported me for publicly telling it during those years, and the report was added to my Securitate file):
"What's the difference between Capitalism and Socialism?
Capitalism is based on exploitation of man, by man.
But Socialism....is exactly the opposite!".

Another political joke that I kept telling:
"Capitalism is on the brink of the abyss [of destruction].
As always, Socialism is...one step ahead!".



"The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a week-long series of increasingly violent riots and fighting in late December 1989 that overthrew the Government of Nicolae Ceauşescu. After a trial, Ceauşescu and his wife Elena were executed. Romania was the only Eastern Bloc country to overthrow its government forcefully or to execute its leaders."


"On December 24, Bucharest was a city at war. Tanks, APCs, and trucks continued to go on patrol around the city and to surround trouble spots in order to protect them. At intersections near strategic objectives, roadblocks were built; automatic gunfire continued in and around Piaţa Universităţii, the Gara de Nord (the city's main railroad station), and Piaţa Palatului. Yet amid the chaos, some people were seen to be clutching makeshift Christmas trees. "Terrorist activities" continued until December 27, when they abruptly stopped. Nobody ever found who conducted them, or who ordered their termination."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_revolution