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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    2 months ago

    The thing about policies are that they have longer effects than the tenure of those that implemented them.

    Executing Donyy Shitpants tonight wouldn’t undo all of the damage his administration has done.

    For example, the damage Doge did to federal agencies might take decades to recover from and that’s only if there’s a nonpartisan effort to fix it.

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      2 months ago

      Executing Donyy Shitpants tonight wouldn’t undo all of the damage his administration has done.

      I mean I’m 99.999% sure you’re right, but let’s give it a try anyway?