i just found out that one of the artists i like is a gramsci-quoting karl marx-reading red to the bone communist, which is really nice to see
but they exclusively draw erotica (they are really good at it) so i can't really share a link to their profile with anyone
including me I know of 3 people here from Romania
fun fact, at one of the universities in the region there was an ENTIRE event celebrating this 3000 hectare tumor, they brought out the american soldiers to visit as well, pictures of campus looked like military occupation photos
Thank you, I now wish to scream at the clouds after reading that. 
SMH I was about to post this juicy new development. Since when were you so fast.
Holy crap I can't believe that a Romanian hasanabi exists (with 1% of the audience but still 18000 followers for what seems to be a communist-adjacent streamer in ROMANIA is mindblowing). Currently checking one of his VODs and he seems to know some theory, I still can't believe he exists.
That's good to hear, I have a bunch of colleagues that kept talking about SENS being their only real option, this and SENS almost getting parliamentary power is indication that a growing number of people (out of the 50% of the population that bothers to vote) are getting closer to actual leftist ideas. SENS are no communists but everyone has to start somewhere.
If the reactionaries start shouting the slogan "AUR POT cu SOS!" I am afraid the coalition will become a foregone conclusion, no one could resist a slogan that ridiculous. It might even become the verse of a new manea.
Out of curiosity, how far away was SENS from getting the coveted 5%?
I just wonder what exactly caused the PCR to devolve into such a state as to allow Ceaușescu to gain control, was the party compromised from the start or was it some combination of unfortunate circumstances and conditions that led to him? If you perhaps know of a good book about the internal workings of the PCR please let me know.
The regional breakdown of the two candidates is pretty much a slider where the more urbanized a place was, the more votes went to Lasconi and on the opposite side the more rural a place was the more votes went to Călin. As far as chances for a military coup go I'd say it's quite slim, but decades are happening in weeks here, so we can't entirely rule it out.
Update on the Romanian elections, two of the losers made appeals to the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) to nullify the results of the first round of elections that put Călin (Independent, extremely dubious neolegionary who preaches an anti-war stance) and Lasconi (USR, the "we aren't the duopoly" party) in 1st and 2nd place, one accusing Elena Lasconi of voter fraud, who barely went ahead of the PSD candidate by about 2500 votes, the other accusing Călin of campaign finance fraud.
A popular theory is that this is a blatant attempt by those embedded within the Romanian political power structure to nuke the two candidates, especially Călin, and replace them with the ones in 3rd and 4th place, Marcel Ciolacu of PSD (the do-nothing party, one half of the PSD/PNL duopoly) and George Simion of AUR (reactionary irredentist party).
It seems that the first appeal went through the court and now all 9.2 million votes must be recounted, but appeal number 2 was rejected. Now if the previously mentioned theory was true then that plan completely blew up in their faces because if Lasconi was thought to have slim chances against Călin in the second round then there's no way in hell that Ciolacu would ever beat him if the recount successfully eliminated Lasconi from the race. Romania has officially entered some interesting times.
https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/politica/primul-tur-al-alegerilor-prezidentiale-a-fost-contestat-la-curtea-constitutionala-3022837?__grsc=cookieIsUndef0&__grts=57760325&__grua=f51bb482c660d0eeadd1f058058a2b35&__grrn=1 <- article about the appeals themselves
https://www.digi24.ro/alegeri-prezidentiale-2024/decizia-fara-prececent-a-ccr-de-renumarare-a-voturilor-in-presa-internationala-risca-sa-pateze-credibilitatea-institutiilor-3025203 <- article about the international reaction to the decision to make a recount
Oh, you really weren't kidding when you said you can see this right outside your window.
It reminds me of my nightmares of seeing nuclear bombs detonate on the horizon. I hope you can move away from this as soon as possible.