peter_neumark

There is a decent opposition movement, but Orbán's clan gradually devoured all media. At this point every single TV station, radio and newspaper with any public funding at all is a channel for propaganda. The incumbent's facebook / google advertising is ~ 3x that of all other parties combined.

Elections are on Sunday, so we'll see. I have my fingers crossed, but if I'm being honest, the descent into a Putineque regime seems unavoidable at this point.

Good point, the Trianon treaty and associated loss of territory is an important national trauma (we've got a respectable collection :) ). It's a favorite of populist politicians, but it doesn't deserve a bank holiday like the 1956 revolution. 1956 recently got a full "memorial year" https://www.magyarforradalom1956.hu/ choke-full of thinly veiled campaigning financed with public money.

As a citizen, it's been increasingly embarrassing to be associated with what the Hungarian govt has been doing for a while now. Since the war started doubly so. Now we know why.

For non-hungarians: the revolution against the russians in 1956 is probably the most important historic event with remembrances held every year. A persistent gripe is that the international community (western nations in particular) didn't assist the freedom fighters. Orbán's government has been banging this drum very loudly every year during the last decade. Guess which head of state neglected to assist a neighbour in a surprisingly similar situation...

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