Very important aspect: these people were already working in their native country. They are not the Lumpenproletariat many comments on social media depict. They are people who were working hard and simply not managing to make enough to eat. They were forced into emigration. 6/ - ThreadSky

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bastonmihaita.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Very important aspect: these people were already working in their native country. They are not the Lumpenproletariat many comments on social media depict. They are people who were working hard and simply not managing to make enough to eat. They were forced into emigration. 6/

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bastonmihaita.bsky.social•7 days ago

Also, again, this is recent immigration. The 2010s. These people did not experience the administrative difficulties of the previous generation of immigrants and may not realize the difference an EU passport makes.
Overall, they are the left-behind of Romania's economic... 7/

bastonmihaita.bsky.social•7 days ago

... transition. Statistically, the past 35 years were a miracle for Romania. Individually, millions and millions of Romanians went through very traumatic experiences. And no politician speaks to them except for the far-right.
The "pro-European" candidate won the... 8/

bastonmihaita.bsky.social•7 days ago

... presidential elections. The PM resigned and "Pro-European" parties will form a new government and there's good reason to believe it will be quite neolib/libertarian. I have very little hope that anything will be done to mend the social rift which splits the nation. 9/

bastonmihaita.bsky.social•7 days ago

And some day, the far-right will pass. And maybe it won't be the same thing as in the 1930s but maybe it will be close enough. 10/

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