NEW: My read on what Tucker Carlson’s whitewashing of Viktor Orban portends—and why the future of Trumpism lies in Budapest. nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna…
The claim that Orban’s Hungary is some bastion of “Western civilization” rests on one thing alone: anti-democratic, ethno-nationalist bigotry—the same building blocks of Trumpism.
nbcnews.com/think/ncna1276…
nbcnews.com/think/ncna1276…
One of the underappreciated elements of Orban’s rule is just how much *corruption* has flourished in Budapest in recent years.
Systemic fraud, elite predation, crony capitalism—the kinds of patterns familiar to autocratic regimes elsewhere.
Systemic fraud, elite predation, crony capitalism—the kinds of patterns familiar to autocratic regimes elsewhere.
Trumpists and American white nationalists have been lusting after Orban for *years*—with pro-Trump trolls even in Orban’s pocket.
In that sense, Tucker Carlson is nothing new. But Tucker’s visit is Orban’s biggest propaganda coup to date.
In that sense, Tucker Carlson is nothing new. But Tucker’s visit is Orban’s biggest propaganda coup to date.
+1 The American “nationalist” right infatuation with Orban was already in full-swing by the mid-2010s. (See: the “alt-right” of the era citing Orban over and over.)
All we’ve seen in the past few years is a deepening of a trend already there.
All we’ve seen in the past few years is a deepening of a trend already there.
https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1424272178459992077?s=20
Others have made similar points, but it’s obvious that the future of Trumpism is Orbanism.
Crony capitalism and elite predation, the dismantlement of basic democratic protections, all wrapped in nativism and conspiracy theory, all lurching toward autocracy outright.
Crony capitalism and elite predation, the dismantlement of basic democratic protections, all wrapped in nativism and conspiracy theory, all lurching toward autocracy outright.
One side-note: Orban’s government is still the only one that’s bankrolled right-wing American Twitter trolls.
https://twitter.com/cjcmichel/status/1329094451776671746?s=20
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