• sober_monk@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Sadly unsuprising. Orbán spent a shitton of state funds (!) on advertising propaganda and “welfare” programs aimed at key demographics as part of his election campaign. With an economy that was barely holding on to begin with.

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      3 days ago

      Putin and the orange pedophile are likely where Orbán got his ideas. Russia and the US probably have massively cooked books too.

      • sober_monk@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Spot on.

        Balázs Orbán was constantly presenting the prime minister with his ideas. He argued that the methods of Donald Trump’s 2024 US presidential campaign should be incorporated into Fidesz’s campaign. “He thought those tactics could be copied,” a source close to the Fidesz government said.

        (Link to the whole long-ass article.)