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Avoid Stereotypes About Romania
- Avoid describing Romania only as 'Dracula' or as a land of orphans; such clichés offend many Romanians.
- Recognise Romania's rich cultural history, tech growth and EU integration instead.
Sovietization By Stealth After WWII
- Soviet occupation after WWII was implemented by sending Soviet officials to take over institutions and neuter Romania's army and courts.
- This 'takeover by stealth' enabled rapid Sovietization and control without immediate mass uprising.
Manufactured Consent Through Fixed Elections
- Early communist rule used fixed elections and party coalitions to mask a takeover and manufacture consent.
- The communists hid behind allied parties before staging blatantly falsified landslide victories.