Orbán’s all-time record election giveaway – The list
Orbán is resorting to something he had never done before.
Orbán is resorting to something he had never done before.
Observe submissive authoritarian minds in action.
Your values are your interests. And autocracies don’t have values
Now that Orbán’s myth of invincibility is broken, people are suddenly starting to see his shortcomings as a politician.
Two plus two still make four – Part 1.
There is no good way to address populist fearmongering. The good news is that you shouldn’t do it anyway
Meet Mrs Macy, our first protagonist
Something is clearly wrong with your political system when the person wielding power becomes of utmost relevance.
The authoritarian mind is hard wired to commit the central planning fallacy
What else can you do if your country is turned into a stale, 20th century autocracy, but you don’t want to leave? Continue reading
He doesn’t need a referendum. And even though the public is overwhelmingly pro-EU right now, Orbán’s information bubble is complete and it can turn things around at record speed. Continue reading
“In societies under the post-totalitarian system, all political life in the traditional sense has been eliminated. People have no opportunity to express themselves politically in public, let alone to organize politically. The gap that results is filled by ideological ritual. In such a situation, peoples interest in political matters naturally dwindles and independent political thought, … Continue reading
The most hopeful development of the 2022 elections was the invalid homophobic referendum and the 1.5 million Hungarians who cast invalid votes to achieve that. Continue reading
He just allowed Orbán to pay the market price after the elections. Continue reading
We now have decisive proof that Orbán can not be beaten within his own system. Continue reading
The opposition won Budapest. They can now brace for the mother of all punishments. Continue reading
Number of Hungarians abroad registered to vote: Expats in the west (11% pro-Orbán): 62 thousand out of more than half a million Ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries (96% pro-Orbán): 456 thousand out of 770 thousand Continue reading
Mail votes cast on the opposition were found in a landfill in Romania. It is not even the first brazen electoral fraud in neighboring countries – and it is still four days before elections at home. Continue reading