Stunning loss of rightwing populist in Hungary carries symbolic significance for opponents of Donald Trump
For US Democrats seeking rays of light in the dark landscape of Donald Trump’s authoritarian onslaught, illumination has arrived from the unlikely source of Budapest.
Viktor Orbán’s stunning defeat in Hungary’s general election – ending 16 years of unbroken rule for his governing Fidesz party – carries symbolic and psychological significance for American politics out of all proportion to the central European country’s modest size and distance from the US.
Don’t know about y’all, but I don’t want to wait another decade before we handle America’s fascist problem.
Orban was in power for 16 years.
The only good thing Hitler did was kill himself. I hope Trump will be capable of doing one good thing too. It’s not a question if it will fall, but when. So far in history, fascist regimes didn’t survive for long.
Eh. Hitler blew his brains out because he was on the cusp of being captured and undoubtedly executed.
Gonna take that for Trump to do the same, and even then, I doubt he would. Too full of himself.
I’m fine with a Gaddafi or Mussolini ending.
Here in the Netherlands we once ate parts of our prime minister after lynching him and his brother.
His ego would never allow it. He would nuke the entire planet before offing himself. Unfortunately.
No, no, no. He shouldn’t get the easy way out.
I hope he lives for a long time, and that he spends that long time in prison for the things he did.
He already lived for a long time, and every minute he lives he does horrible stuff.
Prisons are not supposed to be places of torture.
Prisons are supposed to be rehabilitation centers. Basically hospitals with doctors to help people recover from their illnesses.
Good point, although we’re way past rehabilitation in this case.
Yeah but people still lost 16 years of their lives under his bullshit.
The thing about policies are that they have longer effects than the tenure of those that implemented them.
Executing Donyy Shitpants tonight wouldn’t undo all of the damage his administration has done.
For example, the damage Doge did to federal agencies might take decades to recover from and that’s only if there’s a nonpartisan effort to fix it.
I’m not sure people are ready to accept that America will most likely be in a state of decline for years, if not decades. Some of what we’re experiencing won’t be fixed during our lifetimes.
That’s how important voting is and why it should be taken extremely seriously.
It’s going to take years, if not decades, to even identify the extent of the damage done by doge
Actually it would give pause to the next wannabe dictator. Violence is sometimes the correct course of action
So, if youre from murica ,act now ,go voting midterm
And primaries before that.
And look for other things you can do to help. Voting is very important (they wouldn’t do voter suppression/worse otherwise) but is just one tool in your toolbox of political action.
Yeah, bullets still work.
Came here to say these people have physical bodies lol
Free Luigi Mangione
This gets to the heart of the issue. The article would have us wait for an election to magically wipe away everything wrong
Hitler also taught us how to deal with this.
journalism professors of the near-future will refer to this article for one of two definitive reasons.
And the guy who replaced him is just as bad.
Slightly but significantly less bad. For now.
Why?
