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Part Four: Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Dracula of Being A Dick

Behind the Bastards

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The Last Big Thing People Protest in Romania

The last big thing people protest is this forced push to destroy half the villages in Romania and make people move to the cities. Protests erupt in response to the beating of Lazlo Tocs, a tenorant preacher who refused to leave his home when he was evicted. The security forces fire water cannons into the crowd that disperses most of the people but they're able to rush in and grab Lazlo and drag him out of his home. And then it becomes clear Timuritat does not have the manpower to repress police. They don't recognize how serious these things are. That's why Saddam Hussein is enjoying his like 98th birthday.

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