⏳ Historical Nicolae Ceaușescu - The Self-Titled "Genius of the Carpathians". Went to North Korea Once and Decided to Copy it Verbatim. Forced Scientists to Credit his Wife in Their Research Papers. Made Hunting Practically Illegal Just so he Could Kill a Bigger Bear Than Tito.

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Another thing about Ceaușescu that I forgot to mention in the OP: he was a huge ancient history nerd, specifically regarding the history of the Dacians. He almost singlehandedly made (usually baseless) romanticization of the Dacians a core component of Romanian nationalism to this day.
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DoNotFeedTheSneed said:
Another thing about Ceaușescu that I forgot to mention in the OP: he was a huge ancient history nerd, specifically regarding the history of the Dacians. He almost singlehandedly made (usually baseless) romanticization of the Dacians a core component of Romanian nationalism to this day.
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There's a joke:

The French conducted archaeological excavations and found remains of copper wires 50 meters underground. After they were carefully examined by scientists, it was concluded that the ancestors of the French, the Gauls, created an underground telephone network.
In response to this unexpected news, the Germans, in order not to be outdone, also started to dig. 70 meters underground, they found remains of glass; after analyzing this glass, they concluded that their ancestors, the Goths, created an underground fiber optic network.
Romanian researchers followed suit and also started to excavate. After digging for 250 meters without finding anything, they concluded the Dacians had Wi-Fi.
 
Something about the Tito/bear thing is funny to me because I don't think Tito even knew that he was about to absolutely destroy this guys brain by killing that bear. I doubt Tito really spent that much time thinking about Ceaușescu outside of what he had to do as part of his job. Seething with jealousy this hard is very low iq behavior. The sad thing is that from what I understand Romania actually was being run somewhat competently (at least by the standards of commie Eastern Europe) before Ceaușescu took over. It's kind of incredible how much damage one man can do.
 
TruffleSpark said:
Something about the Tito/bear thing is funny to me because I don't think Tito even knew that he was about to absolutely destroy this guys brain by killing that bear. I doubt Tito really spent that much time thinking about Ceaușescu outside of what he had to do as part of his job. Seething with jealousy this hard is very low iq behavior. The sad thing is that from what I understand Romania actually was being run somewhat competently (at least by the standards of commie Eastern Europe) before Ceaușescu took over. It's kind of incredible how much damage one man can do.
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Tito was somewhat competent himself, which probably played into that jealousy too. I imagine that the main aspect of that is that his people (for the most part) genuinely liked him, which is something Ceausescu never had.
 
DoNotFeedTheSneed said:
Tito was somewhat competent himself, which probably played into that jealousy too. I imagine that the main aspect of that is that his people (for the most part) genuinely liked him, which is something Ceausescu never had.
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Anyone who keeps Yugoslavia together thru the Cold War is going to be at minimum, a skilled administrator. Then again, Tito already had fought in two World Wars with distinction along with surviving both the Bolshevik Revolution AND the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. Perhaps this ensured that he'd be ready to face any possible problems.
 
I always enjoy good historical cow thread.
I would just add Ceausescu and his wife were kleptomaniacs. I know main idea of communism is taking shit that does not belong to you, but Ceausescu was stealing stuff even when he was on state visits.
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If I wasn't so lazy I'd write one on Christian the 2nd of Romania probably one of the most degenerate monoics who ever was king of a European country
 
What a great historical OP!

I'd to add something worthwhile about Ceaușescu that also aligns him with the modern lolcow, he smelled like Ax Body Spray and Elena smelled worse. Stanky ass bitch was down right stinky. Imagine a fate worse than execution at the wall? Easy, the executioner lets everyone know about your best girl's crotch rot 25 years later.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/executioner-who-killed-romanian-dictator-4851422 (A)

Then an army captain, Boeru remembers how the 71-year-old tyrant was smartly dressed and smelled heavily of aftershave.

“Ceausescu’s last words were, ‘Long Live the Socialist Republic of Romania, independent and free’,” says Boeru.

In contrast Elena Ceausescu smelled badly of body odour.
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I don't know why it remains the first thing I think about whenever someone mentions them, but I laugh every time.
 
Unique User Name said:
What a great historical OP!

I'd to add something worthwhile about Ceaușescu that also aligns him with the modern lolcow, he smelled like Ax Body Spray and Elena smelled worse. Stanky ass bitch was down right stinky. Imagine a fate worse than execution at the wall? Easy, the executioner lets everyone know about your best girl's crotch rot 25 years later.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/executioner-who-killed-romanian-dictator-4851422 (A)



I don't know why it remains the first thing I think about whenever someone mentions them, but I laugh every time.
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It is hilarious, but in fairness, if I knew I was about to die I'd probably be a sweaty stinky wreck as well.
 
Is there a particular biography or history of the Ceaucescu regime any of you would recommend? The videos everyone has shared are great, but I do like a good book.
 
Romania under Ceaușescu is probably as close as the world will ever get to CWCville being real. Pol Pot and Kim Jong Il both made good attempts but neither had a Megan. Ceaușescu had Elena.
 
DoNotFeedTheSneed said:
Another thing about Ceaușescu that I forgot to mention in the OP: he was a huge ancient history nerd, specifically regarding the history of the Dacians. He almost singlehandedly made (usually baseless) romanticization of the Dacians a core component of Romanian nationalism to this day.
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Didn't Hoxha do the same with Skanderbeg or was Skanderbeg already a hero in Albania before him?
 
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