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points by jauntywundrkind 2 days ago | hide | 0 comments
Also a right wing former insider of the regime, but one that seemingly is turning has back on the regime authoritarianism & exploitation that has characterized the right's ascent worldwide. At least has shown some backbone, respect, decency, & is tired of the world burners, that believe in their vicious nasty strongmen, who seem intent only on grifting, tearing things down, and inflaming tensions.

Amazingly frank talk from Peter: https://telex.hu/belfold/2024/02/10/magyar-peter-varga-judit...

I really appreciate this comedic take from Bluesky:

> analogy for the America brained is like if the Dems lost to Trump four times in a row and then ran Mitt Romney to save the country and won crazy supermajorities and also Mitt Romney was named Johnny America https://bsky.app/profile/michaelcaley.bsky.social/post/3mjd2...

jfengel1 day ago | | | parent | | on: 47745074
Mitt Romney was OK. So was John McCain. Both of Obama's opponents were pretty decent guys. I disagreed with them, but they weren't actively trying to destroy the country.

And arguably, that's why they lost. When Republicans run somebody on a platform of being actively hostile, they win. It took a global pandemic to upset that pattern. The moderates will vote red no matter who, but the extremists will come out in droves if you pander to them.

So... if it's really Mitt Romney running Hungary, I'm just fine with that.

Sadly, I fear the analogy breaks down, and that Magyar might be less intelligent and thoughtful than Romney. I hope I'm wrong about that.