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Tibor M. Kalman

@kalmantibs

May 21

Things seem bad all over. Times like this, it's good to look back in history and try to gain some perspective.

Hence, here follows the Five Worst Times & Places to Be Alive in Human History, compiled by Kim Mia, History of Yesterday.

2022 Perspective Thread 🧵1/7

5. Europe — First Half of the 20th Century

Highest concentration of events in history that caused unbelievable suffering & misery. Within thirty years, two world wars were fought across the globe, genocides & mass murders were committed, hundreds of millions perished. 🧵2/7

4. China — During the Great Leap Forward

In the late 1950s, Chairman Mao undertook a massive economic & social plan. Instead of a modern paradise, it transformed China into a catastrophic nightmare that would claim the lives of up to 55 million people in just four years. 🧵3/7

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Tibor M. Kalman

@kalmantibs

Apr 3

Sad night in Budapest. Sad night in Europe & around the world, for folks who stand for democracy, transparency & rule of law. Let Hungary be an example for all, including the United States. Democracy is not static, nor entrenched in stone. It must be fought for tooth & nail. 💔🇭🇺

@markizaypeter

Bravo to @markizaypeter. He put up a heroic fight to win hearts & minds of Hungarians. The Orban regime crushed him & the democratic opposition. Orban's kleptocracy is firmly entrenched in this EU/NATO country. Like Putin, Orban will now serve out his 20th year in power. 💔🇭🇺

To the millions of Hungarians who've lost sight of the true spirit of this nation, that of 1848, 1956 & 1989, this adage applies to you: You get the government you deserve. Hungary now is firmly a pro-Putin, pro-autocracy, pro-Trump/MAGA enclave. There is no doubt about it. 💔🇭🇺

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Tibor M. Kalman

@kalmantibs

Apr 3

Hey, Orban. Do you know what Hungarians think of your condescending, homophobic referendum, demonizing the LMBTQ community? We think it fucking sucks. We're voting Yes and No on each question, to delegitimize the referendum. You can shove it right up your bigoted, pompous ass. 🤬

Hungarians used Orban's homophobic national referendum to 1). vote both Yes and No on each question, thus delegitimizing the referendum 2). Turn their ballots into works of art and 3) send disparaging messages to Orban & Fidesz for this shameful, insulting referendum. Bravo! 🏆

Hey Orban. This is what Hungarians think about your insulting, homophobic national referendum! Hopefully, this teaches you a lesson in humanity, and humility.🚫🤡

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Tibor M. Kalman

@kalmantibs

Apr 2

@b_novak

Excellent article from the esteemed @b_novak & @ATHigginsNYT. 🏆

https://twitter.com/b_novak/status/1510222312850796551

Under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, however, this fear has turned into a trusting embrace. Mr. Orban, a political bruiser who revels in defying what he scorns as liberal conventions, has for years looked to Russia as a reliable source of energy and its president...

...Vladimir V. Putin, as a beacon of no-nonsense nationalism and muscular leadership, emulating in a milder form the Kremlin’s stranglehold on media and its one-party system.

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Tibor M. Kalman

@kalmantibs

Mar 11

@YouTube

Ukrainian violinists are joined in harmony by top violinists across the world.

94 violinists. 29 countries. 🌎🎻🕯️

#SlavaUkraini ❤️🇺🇦🕊️

Violinists Across the World Play for Ukraine via @YouTube

Violinist Kerenza Peacock: "I befriended some young violinists in Ukraine via Instagram and discovered some were in basement shelters but had their violins. So I asked colleagues across the world to accompany them in harmony.

And I got sent videos from 94 violinists in 29 countries in 48 hours!! An astonishing collaboration forming an international violin choir of support for Ukraine. Illia Bondarenko had to film this between explosions, because he could not hear himself play.

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Tibor M. Kalman

@kalmantibs

Mar 10

Glimmer of hope from Russia. 🙏🏼

Students, alumni & staff of Moscow State University (MGIMO), Russia’s elite institution specializing in international relations, bravely condemning Putin's belligerent invasion of Ukraine. ⚠️

#SlavaUkraini ❤️🇺🇦🕊️

johnmenadue.com/ukraine-open-l…

"We consider it morally unacceptable to be silent bystanders, when people are dying in a neighbouring state. They are dying on account of those who preferred weapons to peaceful diplomacy."

"We call for this foreign policy tradition to be continued today: to withdraw military forces from Ukrainian territory, to cease the bombardment of Ukrainian cities and to start honest negotiations – without ultimatums and without demands for the other side’s capitulation."

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