Yeah, it was unfair of me to propagate the stereotype (speaking as a Romanian myself). We have a lot of good people around here, who're just doing their best to be decent and get by.

But it's not easy being an honest citizen in a country where the most prolific thieves are the people who're supposed to govern it... Corruption has been the main thing plaguing these lands ever since the Revolution, when the profiteers saw an opportunity to sell this country for parts...

To be clear, I'm not siding with the former "Communist" regime, which was a Totalitarian cesspit all in all, but I sure as fuck don't agree with the mockery of Democracy which came after that, either...

Edit: thank you so much for the article! As far as I'm concerned (and I'm sure this applies to a lot of my fellow compatriots), everyone on our lands is a Romanian. That has been one of our greatest virtues as a people, we accepted everyone among us. Sure, not everyone has noble intentions, but people are just people and they deserve to be given a chance. Too bad we've grown so hostile and closed-minded over time... God damn it, this hurts... We have such a rich history of persevering through oppression, only to be pushed toward being oppressors. And it's not the citizenry's fault, our "leaders" have pushed us to the brink...