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Apparently freaking out has a heavy cost. Sorry to rain on your parade, but Hungarian parliament has given their current Prime Minister Viktor Orban absolute power.
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Coronavirus: Hungary government gets sweeping powers - BBC News
archived 30 Mar 2020 16:20:16 UTCarchive.li
No, it is not just a flu. Yes it maims and kills. Yes it will cause massive economic damage. But given the predictable death toll, why install a dictator? Why, why?
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Hungary approves extra government powers, with no end date - Los Ange…
archived 31 Mar 2020 02:51:54 UTCarchive.li
Hungary is a landlocked central-eastern-European country with a few delightful neighbors: Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Croatia.
Not concerned about Austria.
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Some of you are literally too young to remember. However for those of us who came of age in the 90's and before, this could be the beginning of a massive reversal of much of the post-Soviet democratization that the region fought so hard for.
What I mean, is that a lot of folks remember the wall coming down, like it was yesterday. And the aftermath. And with that comes people who remember life on both sides of the "iron curtain" and the costs and priveleges of being free.
Not to downplay the Coronavirus, but the virus really does have its limits, unlike dictators.
Sorry for the mini-lecture
Hungary knows what is best. If western liberalism comes with chinkaids, no thank you. Take your diversity, tolerance and inclusion and minorities and shove it. We do not need democracy at such a price. Not worth it bro.
You are not us. Our problem mainly was not a lack of election. It was communism and foreign interference from Soviets.
You can't turban the Orban. If he stops this, he can become regent for all I care.
Heck that would be worth it for all the sjw media reeeeeeeee.