hi

[nikolay_bg]

I live in a country that has been under the communist rule for about 45 years. It ended in 1989 after a revolution or coup d'etat (it is still argued which is the right word). I can tell you that it was even worse than it is described by Orwell. The people who opposed the communist rule were sent (without going to the court, sentenced or being officialy convicted) to concentration camps where they were forced to work to death, starved and were beaten. I think this is much worse than being killed instantly, as described in the book. Due to the hard work of the people my country was prosperous at that time just as the author mentiones it. The working class got nothing from the benefits that were gained. Right after the revolution/coup d'etat the pigs who rulled my country ran away with the billions of our currency to the other countries. Many of you may think that we were stupid to let this happening, but you probably cannot imagine the fear of being sent to a camp or considered as people's enemy. And now 16 years after 1989 the situation got worse from the economical point of view and 70% of the people decided not to vote on the last elections. The other 30% of the brainwashed sheeps brought back the new old faces of the communist regime. Of course they claim now that they have European Union orientation, but last week one of the senior officials threatened a TV journalist saying that he will take the appropriate measures if the TV reporer continues to criticize the ruling socialist (communist) party.
There are much much more things I can say, but I want you to know that there are places on earth where the animal farms were a reality and it was exactly the way the author depicts it.

[starrwriter]

What country do you live in? I couldn't identify it from the information you provided.

[Kaltrina]

Hi there Nikolay... welcome to the forum... hope you'll have fun here.. :D
are you from Russia?

[nikolay_bg]

Hello Starrwriter and Kaltrina, the name of my country is Bulgaria.

[Virgil]

Welcome Nikolay. I hope you enjoy this forum. Think of a forum like this as an overt act of execising freedom.

[Riesa]

Hi, Nikolay. Welcome to the forum. I hope you continue to air your thoughts and feelings here.

[Eva Marina]

Hey, Nikolay. Like Riesa and Virgil said, I hope you continue to exercise your freedom here on the forum.

[andreea]

...nikolai, at a first read I was convinced you were from Moldova. I was born in Romania and we went through it as well. I am glad and relieved to know we've kicked out the old commies last year. I personally believe Romania is finally going in a good direction, despite institutionalised corruption which has been there for far too long to be wiped away in a few months. I can only hope you will be able to have the same good feeling at some point - I've waited for it for quite a long time.

[rory1234]

you say the current party is now socialist but they are the old communists this confuses me because there are several differences between communism and socialism, are they calling themselves socialist when most of their policy are communist or what?

[nikolay_bg]

Hi rory1234, the asnswer is that they are not communists or socialists at all. Pigs like them can call their party whatever they like, while their main goal is to steal as much money as they can. Their way of thinking is that once they have the power in their hands they can do whatever they want, without any consequences because they are more equal. Some people even say thet they are the worst capitalists of them all.