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Can the militarization of the regime really not happen?
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Can the militarization of the regime really not happen?

Posted on March, 2021 by MwBp • Leave a comment

R. Daniel Kelemen from Rutgers has given an interview to Népszava and in it he mentioned that the benefit of an EU-membership might be that Orbán will not resort to Lukashenko-like violence because an EU member state can not sink as deeply into autocracy as a non-member could. Continue reading →

Destruction as a Way of “Taking Back Control”
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Destruction as a Way of “Taking Back Control”

Posted on October, 2017 by MwBp • 2 Comments

Destruction seems as good a form of control as any when there is no other way to alter our environment constructively Continue reading →

The Two Minutes Hate Is Turning into 24/7 Fear
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The Two Minutes Hate Is Turning into 24/7 Fear

Posted on September, 2017 by MwBp • 3 Comments

We have reached the point when the government names “public enemies” Continue reading →

How The Mind Justifies Ideological Violence
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How The Mind Justifies Ideological Violence

Posted on March, 2017 by MwBp • 5 Comments

Nothing can guarantee that virulent ideologies will not infect a country, but an open society is a powerful vaccine Continue reading →

The Order Doesn’t Have To Come From Viktor
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The Order Doesn’t Have To Come From Viktor

Posted on January, 2017 by MwBp • 10 Comments

In an autocracy it is a stupid question to ask whether an order came from the top. The point is that it doesn’t have to. Continue reading →

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