: Eradicating deep-rooted cultural influences, such as the German cultural tradition, which he describes as an extraordinary loss to the national identity.
: Replacing individual initiative—the engine of all creation—with state-enforced stagnation. Communism as a "Political Religion" Interviu cu Horia Roman Patapievici: ”Comunismu...
: He suggests that what continues to unite totalitarians today is a shared "hatred toward capitalism" and the individual freedoms it represents. The Moral Imperative of the Survivor : Eradicating deep-rooted cultural influences, such as the
Reflecting on his own experiences—including 26 hours spent under arrest during the 1989 Revolution—Patapievici views witnessing as a moral law. : Eradicating deep-rooted cultural influences