30 Years Later, 3 Lessons From The Fall Of Romanian Communism

My Introduction to Romania I first set foot in Romania five years later, a young high school graduate on my first long trip away from home.

While many perceive conservatism to be uncompassionate, I've become an even firmer believer in American-style liberty and capitalism precisely because of my nonprofit work among abandoned children in Romania.

Shouldn't we set our own individual interests aside for the greater good? Yet what the communists in Romania delivered was a total destruction of cohesive community.

Informal community associations are always a threat to communist governments, which can allow no loyalty higher than the party, and Romania was no different.

In reality, what Marxism delivers, in Romania and elsewhere, is scarcity.

While the entire Soviet bloc suffered economically, prompting Gorbachev to promote the reforms that quickly snowballed into revolutions, Romania's suffering was especially severe.

Marxism vs. Communism vs. Socialism Finally, a word about terms: I have repeatedly used the word "Marxism" to encompass both socialism and communism, both of which are stages of Marxist theory.

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