<![CDATA[How did Magyar win?]]>How did Magyar win? A long running grassroots campaign in rural and small town Hungary; a refusal to be distracted by government propaganda; a focus on economic issues and corruption; a central promise to bring back democracy and the rule of law

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/illiberalism-not-inevitable/686778/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3wE9YcurPp32sueWzH4Inmw&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ab72fd60-46be-4ad9-a900-82f0ed3624ce/how-did-magyar-winRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 02:09:44 GMTTue, 14 Apr 2026 05:53:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How did Magyar win? on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:01:10 GMT]]>@anneapplebaum
if them, why not us?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115511591400031375/statuses/116402242886797344https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115511591400031375/statuses/116402242886797344Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:01:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How did Magyar win? on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:03:31 GMT]]>"These tapes exposed ...the “big lie that was a sovereigntist prime minister.” [Like with his First lie] ...but when he spoke on the phone with the leader, he described himself as a mouse and as a lion. For years Orbán has claimed to be fighting shadowy foreign forces—George Soros, the Union, migrants—but in fact he was himself dependent on foreigners all along."
- @anneapplebaum


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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://newsie.social/users/ZhiZhu/statuses/116402016200916064https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://newsie.social/users/ZhiZhu/statuses/116402016200916064Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:03:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How did Magyar win? on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:51:35 GMT]]>@anneapplebaum

why do people think Magyar is some lefty liberal.

he is far from it

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116393979531449990/statuses/116401969255045114https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116393979531449990/statuses/116401969255045114Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:51:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How did Magyar win? on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:47:14 GMT]]>@anneapplebaum I have had difficulty defining Democracy? Does it really exists? Just because one can vote? Vote for what? Change? Has the world changed? It has to egoism in the name of Democracy, Communism, Liberalism..

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/ap/users/116349047732696683/statuses/116401952180385647https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sciences.social/ap/users/116349047732696683/statuses/116401952180385647Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:47:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How did Magyar win? on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:37:07 GMT]]>@anneapplebaum and secretly recording his wife

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/martenson/statuses/116401676465036148https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/martenson/statuses/116401676465036148Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:37:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How did Magyar win? on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:18:09 GMT]]>@anneapplebaum and the support of JD Vance for Orban

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/Okuna/statuses/116401601884044442https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/Okuna/statuses/116401601884044442Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:18:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How did Magyar win? on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:07:06 GMT]]>@anneapplebaum he is not perfect but he brought back sanity and hope in Europe.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116401558415117685https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116401558415117685Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:07:06 GMT