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.



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.