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Hungarian here. It stopped to be a democracy the moment they attained more than 66% of the votes (with gerrymandering of course).

They also control the other branches of power. They also control the attorney general who can stop any prosecution against any member of the Fidesz before it starts.

They control the media now. The whole system makes me sick. And I'm one of those people who would vote for a paty like Fidesz if it was a regular country (I'm not left wing at all).

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Can they be voted out in the next election?

I honestly don't know. We thought we can the last time there was a vote and they won with a strong majority. The real problem here is that there is no good alternative. The left wing parties are a joke at best. I'm kinda torn between all the major parties since I don't believe that any of them would work. That's why I voted for the new kid on the block (Momentum).

That sounds like he's winning legitimately. He may not be the candidate people want, but just from your comment it sounds like he's the best they have.

"Opposition parties are so inept: they could not even operate corruption."

(Do not know if it is original or some old joke: I have heard it from hungarian stand-up comedian Tibor Bödőcs - who is btw basically the only comedian left who dare (or talented enough to get away with) criticizing every side of the political spectrum here - nowadays mostly Orbán of course...)

> And I'm one of those people who would vote for a paty like Fidesz if it was a regular country (I'm not left wing at all).

And you should be ashamed because it's parties like Fidesz that fuck up countries like Hungary is fucked up now. It is your (and your kind's) fault.

You misunderstood my sentence. I'm right wing. I wouldn't vote for any of the left wing parties in normal circumstances. If by "my kind" you mean right wing paties then you are clearly delusional. Note that I am not voting for Fidesz. Please pay attention to what people write before going personal.

I don’t have a dog in the race, but there’s no dearth of brutal left wing dictators.

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