On the one hand, his ideology is more or less identical to Orban’s (he used to be a Fidesz party member until two tears ago).
On the other hand, he is somewhat EU friendly, supports Ukraine and, most importantly, is the head of a different party. 16 years of Fidesz rule is over. That’s not nothing.
He was known in the party as someone who disagreed on many decisions made by Orbán. He also stated it was not easy to leave and/or cut ties due to mafia-like behavior, fear of his or his family’s life. His wife was head of Ministry of Justice, which she was kicked out due to also going against Orbán’s wishes. pardoning a pedophile, and they divorced soon after.
You have to understand that Orbán is literally an oligarch with tons of money, ties to Russia and the underworld. Magyar only quite recently collected enough support (about 2 years ago I think) to start his own political movement.
Oh okay. I am not arguing with you, just wanted some insight about how other countries cover the Orbán disaster.
The pardon thing might just be a “find a scapegoat” scenario, in the Fidesz party that was a really popular solution to scandals. We will see how Magyar differs from Orbán, the bar is not high so we have hope things will get better.
I’d say it helps that Hungary being in the EU probably limited Orban going full dictator. The EU had been chastising Hungary. Withholding EU funds hurts Hungary quite a bit. This is a reason why the far right hates the EU and looking to dismantle it, with the help of their American friends.
Oh fucking please. Fidesz got hammered by corruption scandals in 2024, Magyar dramatically breaks from the party over corruption, and somehow builds a massive nationwide coalition in a matter of months? The Hungarian opposition somehow abandons all its beliefs and rallies around a politician who holds all Orban’s political views?
The term for this is “planned opposition”.
Magyar isn’t Orban’s rival. He’s Orban’s chosen successor.
It’s easy to win an election if you own all the candidates.
Conspiracy smugness - I love it. I wonder what the technical term for that is.
Tisza already announced a pro-Europe course and who has to gain most of that - Ukraine, but since Orban can’t cut ties with Russia without falling out a window it was indeed a planned a opposition conspiracy by Orban that got taken over by Ukrainian intelligence which in turn is lead by the French DGSE, to get eastern Europe out of the Russian sphere.
So basically you fell for one of the oldest tricks the French intelligence services deploy since Napoleon.
If you take over the man behind the man (in this case Selensky) you can’t lose and no one can trace it back to you.
Me: am cautiously and very slightly optimistic while being aware of the fact that Magyar has a lot of similarities to Orban, and that Orban accepts the outcome of the election.
You: You’ve been duped! He’s Orban’s chosen siccessor and you are fully unaware of this!
Like, come on, man. Have some amount of hope in the betterment of the world. I’m not saying that progress under Magyar is a guarantee. I’m saying there is a possibility.
Bernie Sanders is also a Democrat. Big parties, by definition, have people from all over the political spectrum inside.
I don’t know enough about him, but from what I read he is very different from Orban and his victory will be a case study for politicians all over the world that want to defeat Trumplike right wing politicians.
FPTP is the poison that turns a good idea into a farce. On the surface, it’s far simpler to explain and thus a better way to “ease” people unfamiliar with democracy into the concept without having to explain the more democratic, but also more complex options.
It should be an initial stage at best, from which a more democratic solution would be developed, but by the time the need for that becomes obvious, the emerging “main” parties have a vested interest in maintaining power.
I don’t have a perfect solution. Humans are complex and flawed and education can be difficult if the motivation isn’t obvious. But I think pushing for more representative systems should be a priority for any movement trying to redeem democratic systems.
Big parties in MMP and other proportional systems have ideologies and stick to their ideologies.
Not really because big parties get more seats. In a voting circle with less people there will only be 1 or 2 seats available for that circle, so, they will go either 2 for the gov party or 1 for the gov and 1 for the main opposition party.
Smaller parties will only elect seats in the capital or big cities, which means if you want to have a political career you choose the party that more or less aligns with you from the big ones.
On the one hand, his ideology is more or less identical to Orban’s (he used to be a Fidesz party member until two tears ago).
On the other hand, he is somewhat EU friendly, supports Ukraine and, most importantly, is the head of a different party. 16 years of Fidesz rule is over. That’s not nothing.
He was known in the party as someone who disagreed on many decisions made by Orbán. He also stated it was not easy to leave and/or cut ties due to mafia-like behavior, fear of his or his family’s life. His wife was head of Ministry of Justice, which she was kicked out
due to also going against Orbán’s wishes.pardoning a pedophile, and they divorced soon after.You have to understand that Orbán is literally an oligarch with tons of money, ties to Russia and the underworld. Magyar only quite recently collected enough support (about 2 years ago I think) to start his own political movement.
Can you provide a source for this please? I am a Hungarian and never heard of this.
She was kicked out because she gave an official pardon to a well known pedophile. They divorced after that.
They mentioned it in a Czech news podcast, so I’d link it to you, although I am not sure how useful that would be.
I’ve heard about the pardon, but not in direct relation to being kicked out because of that. Also sorry for my misinterpretation.
Oh okay. I am not arguing with you, just wanted some insight about how other countries cover the Orbán disaster. The pardon thing might just be a “find a scapegoat” scenario, in the Fidesz party that was a really popular solution to scandals. We will see how Magyar differs from Orbán, the bar is not high so we have hope things will get better.
I’d say it helps that Hungary being in the EU probably limited Orban going full dictator. The EU had been chastising Hungary. Withholding EU funds hurts Hungary quite a bit. This is a reason why the far right hates the EU and looking to dismantle it, with the help of their American friends.
Oh fucking please. Fidesz got hammered by corruption scandals in 2024, Magyar dramatically breaks from the party over corruption, and somehow builds a massive nationwide coalition in a matter of months? The Hungarian opposition somehow abandons all its beliefs and rallies around a politician who holds all Orban’s political views?
The term for this is “planned opposition”.
Magyar isn’t Orban’s rival. He’s Orban’s chosen successor.
It’s easy to win an election if you own all the candidates.
And y’all fell for it.
We will see when the vote comes up in the eu to support Ukraine
I really want to tell you how wrong you are, if I didn’t think the same… Let’s hope we are both wrong!
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Conspiracy smugness - I love it. I wonder what the technical term for that is.
Tisza already announced a pro-Europe course and who has to gain most of that - Ukraine, but since Orban can’t cut ties with Russia without falling out a window it was indeed a planned a opposition conspiracy by Orban that got taken over by Ukrainian intelligence which in turn is lead by the French DGSE, to get eastern Europe out of the Russian sphere.
So basically you fell for one of the oldest tricks the French intelligence services deploy since Napoleon. If you take over the man behind the man (in this case Selensky) you can’t lose and no one can trace it back to you.
NB: Ex falso, quod libet.
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Me: am cautiously and very slightly optimistic while being aware of the fact that Magyar has a lot of similarities to Orban, and that Orban accepts the outcome of the election.
You: You’ve been duped! He’s Orban’s chosen siccessor and you are fully unaware of this!
Like, come on, man. Have some amount of hope in the betterment of the world. I’m not saying that progress under Magyar is a guarantee. I’m saying there is a possibility.
Not OP, but even flatlining as opposed to constant downfall is a win.
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In 2026 I take what I can get. And I am damn glad for it!
Bernie Sanders is also a Democrat. Big parties, by definition, have people from all over the political spectrum inside.
I don’t know enough about him, but from what I read he is very different from Orban and his victory will be a case study for politicians all over the world that want to defeat Trumplike right wing politicians.
Big parties in FPTP and other non-proportional systems have people from all over the political spectrum.
Big parties in MMP and other proportional systems have ideologies and stick to their ideologies.
Bernie Sanders would never be in the same party as Joe Biden in a proportionally representative democracy.
FPTP is the poison that turns a good idea into a farce. On the surface, it’s far simpler to explain and thus a better way to “ease” people unfamiliar with democracy into the concept without having to explain the more democratic, but also more complex options.
It should be an initial stage at best, from which a more democratic solution would be developed, but by the time the need for that becomes obvious, the emerging “main” parties have a vested interest in maintaining power.
I don’t have a perfect solution. Humans are complex and flawed and education can be difficult if the motivation isn’t obvious. But I think pushing for more representative systems should be a priority for any movement trying to redeem democratic systems.
FPTP is crap, but all electoral systems can be gamed and can produce anomalous and antidemocratic results in various edge cases.
True. That’s why education and critical thinking is vital to maintaining a healthy democracy.
Not really because big parties get more seats. In a voting circle with less people there will only be 1 or 2 seats available for that circle, so, they will go either 2 for the gov party or 1 for the gov and 1 for the main opposition party.
Smaller parties will only elect seats in the capital or big cities, which means if you want to have a political career you choose the party that more or less aligns with you from the big ones.