“Many of the orphans were probably Roma/Gyspies - don’t you think?”
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Ethnic slurs aside, I don’t think that’s such a big distinction in Romania. Roma seem to be a sizable chunk of the population and don’t seem to live all that differently from anybody else. The dirt-poor “Kazakh” village that “Borat” filmed and made fun of was actually an ethnic Roma village in Romania. I don’t think they’re all like “The Riches”.
I do think the disposable attitude towards kids can be fairly blamed on Nicolae and Elena’s ruthless breeding program that outlawed abortion and contraception and filled the hideous orphanages, but they cannot be blamed for the fact that eighteen years after they were sent to their reward, Romania still seems to lack the legal and political underpinnings for a successful, prosperous economy.
Margaret Sanger, is that you?