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

Behind the Bastards

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Nicky's Friendship With Mao

Nicky's attitude about what works in Mao's China comes from Mao, and that you may recognize Chairman Mao, not the most reliable source on Chairman Mao. Nicky uses all of this cash he's getting from the West to start building these massive, absolutely titanic factories. And eventually, I think in Reagan's White House too, people are calling him, he's the good communist, right? He's the nice one.

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