Holding Orbán accountable
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Voting for the lesser evil is actually the only option. Always.
Doing something is unlikely to work but not doing anything definitely doesn’t work. Continue reading
Forget Orbánism – It should be called Goulash Putinism
Orbánism – if there is such a thing – is more Putinism Light than an American-style culture war. Continue reading
Orbán is improvising months before the election
Orbán threw in homophobia to distract from the Pegasus-scandal – and learned two things: 1) The Pegasus scandal really hurts him (according to him). 2) The man is improvising. It may not lead to his downfall in 2022. But it is not a sign of an upward trajectory for someone like him. Continue reading
Is the homophobic campaign a massive miscalculation or a personal issue for Orbán?
Campaigning with his own opinion is deadly for a populist. It is the equivalent of an actor who suddenly stops playing his part and demands to be loved for himself. But with a lot more power. Continue reading
What is worse? That surveillance happened – or that it is legal?
Brace yourselves for the Hungarian government repeating on every channel that nothing illegal has happened. Not because they have not spied on journalists – but because it is legal in Hungary. Continue reading
The most Orbánist answer to the surveillance scandal
It didn’t happen But it’s legal Others are doing it, too Are you a foreign agent? Continue reading
The anatomy of a compliment
Expressing that we like something is often well meant. But it can also be an unspoken claim to be the judge of the thing we complimented. This claim is all the more poignant because it is unspoken – hence the controversy. Continue reading
Orbánist media announces that Hungarian media is totally free – on 18 identical front pages
Orbán’s farcical efforts to prove that the media is free make him look like an out-of-touch autocrat. Continue reading
Antiquated train push started by passengers
In the land of a thousand state-of-the-art stadiums some less than important pieces of infrastructure have to wait. Such as healthcare and public transport. And pretty much everything that is not football or stuffing the cronies with public money. Continue reading
Does football create, encourage or tolerate tribal aggression?
I have been following the defiant pro-racism, the politically promoted homophobia and the tribal aggression surrounding the Euro 2020 games and I kept thinking about pedophiles and rape dolls. Continue reading
