US EditionAmerica’s Future Is Hungary
- Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, is influential in U.S. Political discussions, as noted by multiple commentators including Dan McLaughlin and Anne Applebaum.
- Orban's government has faced criticism for its autocratic measures, such as undermining the free press and judicial independence, which Bannon and others admire for their potential application in the U.S.
- Despite high inflation and economic decline in Hungary, MAGA conservatives view Orban's policies as a successful model for governance, as claimed by Steve Bannon and Kevin Roberts.
- Despite Hungary's historical wealth, it is now among the poorest in the EU, with falling industrial production and low productivity rates.
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11 Articles
From Trump's America to Warsaw, documenting dying democracies decade by decade
Anne Applebaum has been observing Europe's political shifts for decades. Her latest book examines the current networks of autocrats, technology giants and far-right movements. 'What took Orbán years to accomplish in Hungary could now be done in weeks in the U.S.,' she tells Haaretz
'What is this Hungarian model they so admire?'
'America's future is Hungary' Anne Applebaum at The AtlanticThe "nationalist kitsch and tourist traps" of Hungary "hide a different reality," says Anne Applebaum. The Hungarian "prime minister, Viktor Orban, plays an outsize role in the American political debate." There is a "very old, very familiar blueprint for autocratic takeover, one that has been deployed by right-wing and left-wing leaders alike." Orban's "autocratic takeover is precisely …
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MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
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Botond Feledy, Zsolt Kerner and István Szilárd Pap discussed the struggle that defined the American left and the United States becoming Hungary in the first broadcast of Birodalom apő.
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