" #Russia adds #Hungary to 'unfriendly countries' list after #Magyar wins"
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@benroyce One of the things I like best about democracy's victory in Hungary is that it provides an irrefutable argument against those who claim "voting doesn't matter" and "voting can't change totalitarian regimes." Of *course* voting matters! Orban is gone! Everyone needs to vote, every time! (And we can still protest, throw sabots, etc. It's not either/or.)
but if it's true that voting works, that means i can't just whine endlessly and impotently online, to do the fascists' work for them and argue for helplessness and inaction on a potent tool against them, and thus provide a rationale for accepting their abuse
but surely my cynical defeatist whining will fix things?
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@benroyce One of the things I like best about democracy's victory in Hungary is that it provides an irrefutable argument against those who claim "voting doesn't matter" and "voting can't change totalitarian regimes." Of *course* voting matters! Orban is gone! Everyone needs to vote, every time! (And we can still protest, throw sabots, etc. It's not either/or.)
Believe a more subtle point is also demonstrated in Hungry.
That the perfect is the enemy of the good.
The victorious coalition is not liberal. It is a conglomerate of 'everyone but the fascists.'
The important thing was for them to put down their differences, show up and vote the fascists out.
Only now, with democracy restored, can they move forward.
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