Hungarian Politics

[celedhring]

Loved the Nobel prize winner going all "thank you and fuck you" after Orbán congratulated him.

His work sounds mightily interesting, too. Now that he's got the Nobel it will be easier to get ahold of some decent translation.

[Syt]

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Belgium may still have some bridges left that connect to nothing. Maybe there are opportunities here...

[Valmy]

Kind of impressed they built such a large piece of useless infrastructure for so little money. We would have used 1.3 million in the planning stage for the useless road.

[Tamas]

Anniversary of the start of the 1956 revolution today, Orban and Magyar each had a big rally. Orban's did not seem at all impressive considering the state-wide effort to make people go there.

But, what I have found interesting are the swirling ironies between the two speeches.

Orban was calling on young people to learn from the revolution's example and step up - plus a few other comments which seemed to ignore that he is the long-established incumbent power, being a close ally to the very power the revolution revolted against.

Magyar, showing his roots as a young Orban fanboy, referenced Orban's 1989 speech sending the Russians home and mourning the (then) young generation's future and calling for determined resistance. Magyar basically highlighted that these are relevant today, against Orban himself.

The irony Magyar missed, I think, is that what he showed that in 1989 Orban was him. The question begs itself: 30 years from now, will he be the Orban of today? (answer: likely yes).

[Josquius]

Image of the size of the protest today

https://bsky.app/profile/almodozo.bsky.social/post/3m3uodwainc2z

[Valmy]

The irony Magyar missed, I think, is that what he showed that in 1989 Orban was him. The question begs itself: 30 years from now, will he be the Orban of today? (answer: likely yes).

Yep. There is just a hope that he will be less pro-Russian.