I used this clip during my introduction at the Oslo Freedom Forum of former Romanian president Emil Constantinescu. It is worth remembering the last moments of a dictatorship, when the dictator learns that “his people” don’t actually love him.
P.S. A reader notes that I did not identify the dictator in the video is Nicolae Ceau?escu. I used the video in my introduction of Constantinescu, who attempted while in office to undo what decades of dictatorship had done to his country.
to be continued in Minsk, Caracas,Pyongyang…
Isn’t that Nicolae Ceau?escu?
Indeed it is. I am too involved in such issues and it did not occur to me (my mistake) that others might not recognize him. You are precisely correct. I will note it in the main blog post. Thank you!
I long for the day when this happens in the United States.
Of course, having taken “statemanship” to a higher level, American Presidents tend to speak only to carefully selected audiences.