FORMS OF ABUSE IN THE ROMANIAN DICTATORSHIP
FORMS OF ABUSE IN THE ROMANIAN DICTATORSHIP

Summary/Abstract: The communist regimes have taken on an extremely violent and aggressive face all over the world. After the waves of horrors that accompanied communism everywhere, many theorists have tried to find explanations for these manifestations. Most explanations point towards human nature. Something within communism, within the totalitarian regime, seems to act as a catalyst for the dreadful expressions of human behavior. Fewer are those who attempt to explain these manifestations as rooted in the ideology or the conceptual foundation of the system (Fr. Hayek). Thus, the foundation of communist ideological thinking rests on a profound dissatisfaction that creates value judgments about society, the economy, and politics. This dissatisfaction, coupled with a revolt against the "sources of evil," social, economic, and political inequity, will lead to the aggressive human behavior that became a hallmark of the regime.

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