Today's article from me is another example of me screaming into the void that HUNGARY IS NOT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF GOOD FAMILY POLICY.
https://twitter.com/PublicDiscourse/status/1383933598886031364
PLEASE, conservatives, PLEASE, I am BEGGING YOU.
When you cite Hungary's family policies (which is fine to do! They are fascinating and have some good stuff to them!), *do not turn your brain off*.
When you cite Hungary's family policies (which is fine to do! They are fascinating and have some good stuff to them!), *do not turn your brain off*.
I want to be clear, I genuinely and sincerely do believe that @gjpappin has made important contributions to the debate on family policy, and indeed that US conservatives really can learn from our Hungarian counterparts. thepublicdiscourse.com/2021/04/75329/
Nor do I think there's anything untowards or fundamentally bad about conservatives seeing another country doing some stuff we like, and feeling a since of fellowship with the people doing it.
But love demands discipline. Friends tell you the truth. Fellows sharpen each other. If you only debate your enemies, then you have crap for allies.
Conservatives have got to have better debates among themselves. Family policy is a nascent area where the debate is still being outlined. We should make sure it shapes up in a good way.
And folks, pro-natalism and Orbanism are not the same thing! Orban wasn't even seriously pro-natal until like 2015!
Learn from Hungary. But don't become Hungary.
And folks, what we can learn from Hungary is that competent economic management + throwing piles of cash at families is a RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
And folks, what we can learn from Hungary is that competent economic management + throwing piles of cash at families is a RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
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