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> Not to mention them not knowing basic facts like Moldova and Romania being in fact 2 separate independent countries. Maybe this is from a language barrier/co
by spijdar 5y ago
> Not to mention them not knowing basic facts like Moldova and Romania being in fact 2 separate independent countries.
Maybe this is from a language barrier/confusion? I know that the modern state of Romania comes from a union of the Wallachian/Transylvanian/Moldavian principalities, and modern Moldova originates from part of the historical Moldavian principality which the USSR forced independent Romania to secede (?).
I think the Moldavian would refer to themselves as "Romanians" as a group of people, unless emphasizing the particular government/nationality? I know this is probably a controversial topic, I really don't know much about the modern geopolitical status there, just speculating why the article may conflate Romanian and Moldova.
- notdang 5y agoYou are absolutely right. The point here is that it's difficult to take the author's geopolitical claims seriously, when he is easily confused by Romania/Moldova duality.
- gigel82 5y agoOh, you're totally giving the author too much credit to assume they know the history of Romania. I bet it just stems from a lack of reading comprehension. Moldova has 2 keyboard layouts (Romanian and Russian) according to the screenshot posted in the article, so I presume they just read "Romanian" which vaguely sounded like a country name they sometime read about, and chucked it into the list.