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After the fall of the '''Berlin Wall''', a lot of factual evidence has emerged that indicates the former Communist Yugoslavia was responsible for executing mass murders, arrests and torture. Most media have turned a blind eye to these tragic issues. Very little has been reported about these unearthed historic events. One article worth mentioning is Ian Cuthbertson's review of  the documentary called Tito's Ghosts in the [[Australia|Australian]] newspaper '''The Australian''' called'' “Balkans hero with a Bloodthirsty Streak”'' (September 13, 2008). <ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/balkans-hero-with-a-bloodthirsty-streak/story-e6frg8mf-1111117435895 The Australian:] Balkans Hero with a Bloodthirsty Streak by Ian Cuthbertson</ref>

After the fall of the '''Berlin Wall''', a lot of factual evidence has emerged that indicates the former Communist Yugoslavia was responsible for executing mass murders, arrests and torture. Most media have turned a blind eye to these tragic issues. Very little has been reported about these unearthed historic events. One article worth mentioning is Ian Cuthbertson's review of  the documentary called Tito's Ghosts in the [[Australia|Australian]] newspaper '''The Australian''' called'' “Balkans hero with a Bloodthirsty Streak”'' (September 13, 2008). <ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/balkans-hero-with-a-bloodthirsty-streak/story-e6frg8mf-1111117435895 The Australian:] Balkans Hero with a Bloodthirsty Streak by Ian Cuthbertson</ref>

The Communist Party of Yugoslavia pursued a revolutionary policy that was at odds with many of it's peoples, it's Yugoslav Communist utopia only happened unless you belonged to the communist elite. The party did improve the standard of living in the late 1960s and 1970s and this was achieved through Western investment which ultimately turned out to be it's weakness. The economy was primarily a subsidised one. Yugoslavia was essentially on borrowed time. Croatians recall this period as a ''golden time'' however they were living off money largely borrowed from the West.  

The Communist Party of Yugoslavia pursued a revolutionary policy that was at odds with many of it's peoples, its Yugoslav Communist utopia only happened unless you belonged to the communist elite. The party did improve the standard of living in the late 1960s and 1970s and this was achieved through Western investment which ultimately turned out to be it's weakness. The economy was primarily a subsidised one. Yugoslavia was essentially on borrowed time. Croatians recall this period as a ''golden time'' however they were living off money largely borrowed from the West.  

*Information from 'Keeping Tito Afloat' by  Lorraine M. Lees:

*Information from 'Keeping Tito Afloat' by  Lorraine M. Lees:

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Communist Yugoslav nationalistic policies is all but forgotten in the West. It was the regimes policy to create a uniform state rather than a collective of peoples. The policy was one of the great historic failures of recent times. In essence Yugoslavia was a contradiction, on one hand it had the slogan ''Brotherhood and Unity'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZK2WE_2H3UEC&pg=PA169&dq=Identity+politics+in+the+age+of+genocide:+the+Holocaust+and+historical+brother+hood+and+unity&hl=en&ei=CIWWTZKiK8SecJT3gJ0H&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide:] The Holocaust and Historical Representation ''by'' David Bruce MacDonald (p169)</ref><ref> ''Brotherhood and Unity''  was originally a policy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia</ref> and on the other hand it executed Stalinist policies from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Communist Yugoslav nationalistic policies is all but forgotten in the West. It was the regimes policy to create a uniform state rather than a collective of peoples. The policy was one of the great historic failures of recent times. In essence Yugoslavia was a contradiction, on one hand it had the slogan ''Brotherhood and Unity'' <ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZK2WE_2H3UEC&pg=PA169&dq=Identity+politics+in+the+age+of+genocide:+the+Holocaust+and+historical+brother+hood+and+unity&hl=en&ei=CIWWTZKiK8SecJT3gJ0H&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Identity Politics in the Age of Genocide:] The Holocaust and Historical Representation ''by'' David Bruce MacDonald (p169)</ref><ref> ''Brotherhood and Unity''  was originally a policy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia</ref> and on the other hand it executed Stalinist policies from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Yugoslavia and it's interpretation of history was mainly based on historical re-writes and falsehoods.<ref>Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Volume 3 by Dinah Shelton- Macmillan Reference, 2005 - Political Science

Yugoslavia and its interpretation of history was mainly based on historical re-writes and falsehoods.<ref>Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Volume 3 by Dinah Shelton- Macmillan Reference, 2005 - Political Science

*"Tito's regime created an official celebratory myth about the "People's Liberation War," denying partisan atrocities and negotiations with Germans and exaggerating their role in defeating the Axis."</ref> It was based on the Great Union of Southern Slavs combined with Communism's grand plan for its people to evolve into a superior society (and a superior man) as a whole. It's all derived from dogmatic 19-century thinking, i.e., Marxism combined with extreme Nationalism (combined with Darwinism as interpreted by extremists i.e. German Nazism, Fascism, Communism).

*"Tito's regime created an official celebratory myth about the "People's Liberation War," denying partisan atrocities and negotiations with Germans and exaggerating their role in defeating the Axis."</ref> It was based on the Great Union of Southern Slavs combined with Communism's grand plan for its people to evolve into a superior society (and a superior man) as a whole. It's all derived from dogmatic 19-century thinking, i.e., Marxism combined with extreme Nationalism (combined with Darwinism as interpreted by extremists i.e. German Nazism, Fascism, Communism).

== Yugostalgia and Titostalgia ==

== Yugostalgia and Titostalgia ==

[[File:Aerial view of Marshal Tito Square.jpg|thumb|right||275px|Aerial view of Marshal Tito Square-Zagreb, [[Croatia]]. (photo by Suradnik13, renamed Republic of Croatia Square in 2017)]]

[[File:Aerial view of Marshal Tito Square.jpg|thumb|right||275px|Aerial view of Marshal Tito Square-Zagreb, [[Croatia]] (renamed Republic of Croatia Square in 2017). Photo by Suradnik13]]

In 2004 Josip Broz (the Dictator of Yugoslavia) was voted to be ''The Greatest Croatian''. The poll was conducted by the Croatian weekly magazine the "Nacional".<ref>[http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13694/tito-je-jedini-hrvatski-drzavnik-koga-je-svijet-prihvacao-kao-svjetsku-licnost www.nacional.hr]</ref>

In 2004 Josip Broz (the Dictator of Yugoslavia) was voted to be ''The Greatest Croatian''. The poll was conducted by the Croatian weekly magazine the "Nacional".<ref>[http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13694/tito-je-jedini-hrvatski-drzavnik-koga-je-svijet-prihvacao-kao-svjetsku-licnost www.nacional.hr]</ref>