> But people are waking up and vote because of what they see with their own eyes.
Which part of this guy's platform do you think people voted for? In a staunchly pro-EU and pro-NATO country that has centuries of bad blood with Russia, with a walking and talking unstable living proof of it (Moldova), a pro-Russian Eurosceptic sounds like a weird choice
Sometimes people vote not for something, but against something, when they don’t really have a good choice. It’s a „format HDD“ button for the political system. Wipe out the mainstream and hope that something new and better comes to the rescue.
> You make the assumption that social media is the main source of truth for voters.
That’s no longer an assumption, we’ve seen that happening for years now. For crying out loud, the CEO of a major platform regularly repeats every bullshit he reads on his own network, as long as it conforms to his world view.
what was this guy's platform anyway? The internet doesn't have much detail in english as far as I can tell from a few quick searches. wikipedia has "Among his campaign stances were strengthening Romania's defence capabilities, diversifying Romania's diplomatic relations, increased support for farmers, promoting energy and food production, and reducing dependency on imports" which is kind of vague and could be great ideas or a mixed bag depending on the actual details. (i.e. strengthening defence capabilities and diversifying diplomatic relations seem pretty spot on if they are middle of the road in that direction policies, but could be very bad if they are not. "supporting farmers" could mean anything from good ideas (decreasing over-regulation [that in itself needs a book to explain it accurately so just assume it means something you think is good for getting rid of a regulation]) to very terrible ideas (explicit subsidy,etc).)
The substance is many people there didn't want Romania to get into a catastrophic war with Russia like Ukraine did and see hundreds of thousands of their countrymen die (likely ultimately for nothing, as Trump seems to be planning to let Russia keep the land it took).
This comment has me puzzled for so many reasons. Which candidate or party wanted Romania to get into a war with Russia? I don't think this issue was mentioned at all during the entire campaign because nobody is even thinking about that possibility. And what do you mean Ukraine "got into a war"? They where attacked.
But people are waking up and vote because of what they see with their own eyes.