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Right, they get older, poorer (since our retirement plans are terrible) and in need of the socialist measures which our left party promises.

petre 10y ago
They expect a benevolent dictator and/or a nanny state to do stuff for them, give them a job, a roof over their heads, food etc. This is how they were raised and educated during communism. They did not and will not adapt to capitalism and the free market. The leftist klepto mafia party PSD promised things to these people in exchange for their votes. They are screwing up those who work or at least try to make an honest living, those who contribute to the county's GDP and expect their taxpayer money buy infrastructure, hospitals, schools, kindergartens instead of lining politicians' pockets.
- samsonradu 10y ago
  Firstly I'd like not to attack any party in paticular, all have done bad things in the past years. Life seems easy when you are young and educated but for old people it is hard to keep up with the pace of technology, even if they are educated. The abrupt transition to capitalism didn't help either. This is a common issue in many countries, not just ex-communist ones. Old people need a safety net and Romania has it broken.
  - petre 10y ago
    The issue here is corruption, not socialism. Socialism is just another pretext for legalized theft: give the elderly inadaptable and the nostalgics some breadcrumbs to keep them busy while the politicians steal the bread factory. I'm attacking the party that has more members with criminal records than all others combined. An organized criminal gang controls this praty. The president of the Chamber of Deputies who's also the president of this party already has a criminal record for election tampering and is currently under investigation for abuse of power. The president of the Senate is currently under investigation for perjury and aiding the felon. This is without even counting the many members of their parties who have been prosecuted and/or sent to jail.

petre 10y ago

They expect a benevolent dictator and/or a nanny state to do stuff for them, give them a job, a roof over their heads, food etc. This is how they were raised and educated during communism. They did not and will not adapt to capitalism and the free market. The leftist klepto mafia party PSD promised things to these people in exchange for their votes. They are screwing up those who work or at least try to make an honest living, those who contribute to the county's GDP and expect their taxpayer money buy infrastructure, hospitals, schools, kindergartens instead of lining politicians' pockets.

samsonradu 10y ago
Firstly I'd like not to attack any party in paticular, all have done bad things in the past years. Life seems easy when you are young and educated but for old people it is hard to keep up with the pace of technology, even if they are educated. The abrupt transition to capitalism didn't help either. This is a common issue in many countries, not just ex-communist ones. Old people need a safety net and Romania has it broken.
- petre 10y ago
  The issue here is corruption, not socialism. Socialism is just another pretext for legalized theft: give the elderly inadaptable and the nostalgics some breadcrumbs to keep them busy while the politicians steal the bread factory. I'm attacking the party that has more members with criminal records than all others combined. An organized criminal gang controls this praty. The president of the Chamber of Deputies who's also the president of this party already has a criminal record for election tampering and is currently under investigation for abuse of power. The president of the Senate is currently under investigation for perjury and aiding the felon. This is without even counting the many members of their parties who have been prosecuted and/or sent to jail.