How Racist Power-Plays Can Tank the Economy
And get governments removed from power
I will take you to a place you don’t want to visit but bear with me. We’ll have a peek behind the Iron Curtain. Namely, a small and proud country on the Balkans that has felt torn between the West and the East for centuries. A country that took to heart the doctrines of both Fascism and Communism and created its own unique blend.
Welcome to Bulgaria.
Is Bulgaria Communist?
The Bulgarian Communist Party was founded in 1919 in ideological lockstep with the Bolsheviks in Russia.
For 25 years, it fought the bourgeois and status-quo. It organized multiple armed coup attempts and uprisings against the ruling fascist government. When Bulgaria allied with Hitler in World War II (WWII), the Communists led the resistance.
The repercussions were severe. The uprising and coup attempts were squashed with increasing brutality. Many of the fighters were rounded up and shot to death. Many of the organizers were put in prison or had to flee the country. The party itself existed illegally for a very long time.
Then, the tides started to change. Hitler was losing the war and the Soviets were advancing West.
