• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m still honestly shocked that Orban just kind of ceded without a fight. No challenging results? No hard or soft coup? He’s been in power for decades and was clearly one sick and corrupt fuck… So to abdicate power like that… It just doesn’t track with me.

    • AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      My understanding is that the victory was too decisive to really argue over. He can’t really cry foul or cheating effectively since it was his damn government running them. He just… Doesn’t really have a good way to fight it. Rather than looking like a petulant toddler *cough*Trump*cough*, he bowed out and accepted defeat.

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        2 months ago

        this what the us needs in its next election. massive, clear, and overwelming wins. I hope us people see this and realize that we have a chance but they can’t depend on other peoples vote to get it done. It needs to be an assailable result.

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        2 months ago

        Sure, it was overwhelming defeat, and it painted him in a corner, which can be a very desperate place for a fading tyrant, who often respond by lashing out violently.

        But not always. The Soviet Union fell without much of a fight at all, which surprised everybody.

        I doubt MAGA will be that reasonable. They will try to fight back, which will be good. Crushing them will be far more satisfying this time, because it won’t just be the street level dipshit that feels the pain, it will be the leaders, too. They won’t escape punishment this time, and they may even get worse than a prison sentence.

        Like Nazi Germany, the dipshits in charge think that they can order Scorched Earth, and their acolytes will do it, but the reality is, when it gets to the point of collapse, the rats will jump ship, and hide.

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      2 months ago

      He’s in hiding now and the government are shredding every file they can get their hands on.

      They know they’re fucked in more ways than one

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      2 months ago

      There’s more to the story for sure but we won’t get the details until the wars die down and people start talking.

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      2 months ago

      He probably didn’t want to go to prison for the rest of his life.

      Smart people recognize when they had a good run, and spend the rest if their days living free.