Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml to The Deprogram@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months agoHungary just replaced a conservative, right-wing PM who was sympathetic to Israel with a conservative, right-wing PM who is sympathetic to Israel.lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down11
arrow-up1101arrow-down1imageHungary just replaced a conservative, right-wing PM who was sympathetic to Israel with a conservative, right-wing PM who is sympathetic to Israel.lemmygrad.mlSaymaz@lemmygrad.ml to The Deprogram@lemmygrad.ml · 3 months agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squareLemmygradwontallowme [he/him, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months agoAnd get this, ex-Fidesz, but now Tisza, a more ‘moderate’ offshoot of Fidesz. Now what does one think of these ‘con-turned libs’? Well, one can easily as have seen by precedent there are ‘lib-turned cons’ It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young Democrats (Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége, with the acronym FIDESZ) as a centre-left liberal activist movement that opposed the ruling Marxist–Leninist government. It was registered as a political party in 1990, with Orbán as its leader. European Capital’s political power cloaks itself in whatever robe it sees fit.
minus-squarehuf [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoi think orban went right not for any wider european reason or any capital-related reason. he just saw that the so-called “left” was saturated, and the right was open, so he moved to the emptier pasture. pure opportunism.
And get this, ex-Fidesz, but now Tisza, a more ‘moderate’ offshoot of Fidesz.
Now what does one think of these ‘con-turned libs’?
Well, one can easily as have seen by precedent there are ‘lib-turned cons’
European Capital’s political power cloaks itself in whatever robe it sees fit.
i think orban went right not for any wider european reason or any capital-related reason. he just saw that the so-called “left” was saturated, and the right was open, so he moved to the emptier pasture. pure opportunism.
Just like Trump did…