r/AskEurope • u/Volume2KVorochilov • Feb 27 '25

History What's the most taboo historical debate in your country ?

As a frenchman, I would argue ours is to this day the Algerian war of independence.

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u/Peacock_Feather6 Romania Feb 27 '25

The Romanian Revolution of 1989. After 35 years there are so many unanswered questions that we'll probably never have the answers to them. Keeping the population uninformed and misinformed about those days which culminated with the Ceaușescus' execution is what's keeping the current political regime in power. We all know that we're still being ruled by the Romanian Communist Party, which morphed into the current PSD party and its satellites, which are full of crypto-communists who want to keep the obvious a secret. Communism is alive and well in Romania because the Revolution wasn't a "real" revolution, merely a coup d'état orchestrated by party aparatciks to seize power.

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u/JustafanIV Feb 27 '25

As an outsider, has this conversation gotten more or less taboo with everything regarding the last presidential election?

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u/Peacock_Feather6 Romania Feb 27 '25

Yes and no. Nothing major has happened to shift this conversation in any direction, but if the wrong candidate gets elected in the next election in May, then anything can happen and this conversation can become outright illegal.

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u/MrImAlwaysrighT1981 Mar 02 '25

Genuine question, considering it's been 35 years since the Revolution of 1989, and people who held any position at that point are either dead, or retired, who keeps the communism alive till this day, and how? Isn't most economy in private hands today?