Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.
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The person who was trump before trump became politically relevant is not Orbán but the late Joseph torgyan. Whom Orbán sidelined in 2000. That might explain why this time around there is no ambassador to Hungary
I thought that they would love to become residents of Hungary. Just saw a YouTube, though, most couldn’t meet the residency requirements: stable income, fluent in Hungarian and embracing the country’s national values. An 8 year shop owner was denied renewal for that last reason.
Goodness, gracious: these people are not conservatives. There are actually fitting words to describe the takeover of a country by a cabal of rich and influential people.
Was a time when I remembered conservatives being protectors of more than that, or at least pretending to be, which even allowed them some overlap with classical liberals. That no longer exists.
Just don't forget Hungary is totally dependent on others economically and militarily. If Hungary is your idea of success, why wont they try to become independent from others for real. Maybe it's time to stop supporting countries like Hungary and pull the plug for good.
Does anyone else find it interesting that other poorer countries are having the exact same political arguments we are? Like Trans athletes, suddenly there are trans people everywhere out there in every country. It seems like a global elite behind everything pushing the same agenda!
US conservatives want America to become Hungary: a nominal democracy that is really an autocratic, one-party state that uses its power to advance and entrench conservative social values
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Thought experiment:
What if MAGA all moved to Hungary and got the fuck out of OUR country?
Too bad for Trump/GOP we are not all racists and women-haters.
Dictatorship.
to strive to equal or excel… .
=Peace=
They're not conserving shit except in the sense of this.
Conservatism started as a reaction to the French and American revolutions as a way for the aristocracy to continue to have power in a democracy.
A shitty economy.
The Republican cult wants the entire country to be a broke dick Republican state.
One would think NPR could point that out.
https://www.theglobalist.com/hungary-economy-viktor-orban-european-union/