Stunning loss of rightwing populist in Hungary carries symbolic significance for opponents of Donald Trump

For US Democrats seeking rays of light in the dark landscape of Donald Trump’s authoritarian onslaught, illumination has arrived from the unlikely source of Budapest.

Viktor Orbán’s stunning defeat in Hungary’s general election – ending 16 years of unbroken rule for his governing Fidesz party – carries symbolic and psychological significance for American politics out of all proportion to the central European country’s modest size and distance from the US.

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Eh. Hitler blew his brains out because he was on the cusp of being captured and undoubtedly executed.

Gonna take that for Trump to do the same, and even then, I doubt he would. Too full of himself.

I'm fine with a Gaddafi or Mussolini ending.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Here in the Netherlands we once ate parts of our prime minister after lynching him and his brother.

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