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Tag Archives: Real existing Orbánism

Punk is not dead – but it is censored and beaten up in a dark alleyway
Real existing Orbánism / This is now normal...

Punk is not dead – but it is censored and beaten up in a dark alleyway

Posted on January, 2021 by MwBp • Leave a comment

A punk band’s concert video was censored to remove all Orbán-critical content and a band member was allegedly beaten by unknown henchmen outside his home, days after the concert. Continue reading →

Government listing journalists’ foreign travel because “it’s usually Soros”
He really said that / Real existing Orbánism

Government listing journalists’ foreign travel because “it’s usually Soros”

Posted on September, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

So they believe their own propaganda and paranoia is now proudly admitted official policy Continue reading →

A year after the academy of science was Orbanized, the minister distributes research grants
Real existing Orbánism

A year after the academy of science was Orbanized, the minister distributes research grants

Posted on September, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

In June 2019, after some the usual mini-resistance, uproar, a little protesting and the obligatory voices of international disapproval, the academy of science (MTA) has been Orbanized. One year later, the minister personally rewrites the list of research grant recipients – to no one’s surprise.  Continue reading →

Klubrádió going down
Orbánist Cancel Culture

Klubrádió going down

Posted on September, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Another victim to Orbanization Continue reading →

Would you give your job (or your life) to bring just one corrupt strongman to justice? Because that is the price
Real existing Orbánism

Would you give your job (or your life) to bring just one corrupt strongman to justice? Because that is the price

Posted on September, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Two prosecutors were fired trying to stop the case against a corrupt Orbánist MP. He is now even bragging about it Continue reading →

The fight against fake news turned into a fight for real one
Real existing Orbánism

The fight against fake news turned into a fight for real one

Posted on August, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

It’s not like having to triangulate between Fox and CNN. It is full-on, top-down propaganda and no one left to deliver news Continue reading →

Even his voters don’t believe that Orbán could be removed by elections, finds last pre-corona poll
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Even his voters don’t believe that Orbán could be removed by elections, finds last pre-corona poll

Posted on April, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Policy Solutions (with support from the German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung) and Závecz Research conducted a poll on the tenth anniversary of Orbán’s rule. The poll took place between 3.10 March, before the corona crisis. Continue reading →

Orbánists today don’t even know what democratic principles they spurn
2020 - Not 1920

Orbánists today don’t even know what democratic principles they spurn

Posted on March, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

“Excuse me, comrade, you gave me the verdict, not my statement” Continue reading →

Hospital begs for donations – then apologizes for ruining government’s PR
Real existing Orbánism

Hospital begs for donations – then apologizes for ruining government’s PR

Posted on December, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Toilet seat, toilet paper, bandages… Continue reading →

Brussels Correspondent Dismissed for Unauthorized Question to Orbán
The Poor Mental State of Fidesz Media

Brussels Correspondent Dismissed for Unauthorized Question to Orbán

Posted on November, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Loyalism: the world’s greatest counter-selection mechanism Continue reading →

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