Sensitive subject. Hungary is home to a proud people under enormous pressure from the US & EU to adopt neoliberal beliefs & NATO control measures they strongly oppose.
China offers them value, without giving up their values. What does US offer?
I used to travel to Budapest every year. ~5 years ago, I remember being shocked that when you get off the plane to Budapest, the first thing you see is a giant sign promoting the Chinese Renmimbi. You see this ad before you even see a Hungarian flag or “welcome to Hungary” sign.
When you walk around Oktogon Square in downtown Budapest, the tallest building in the square has a sign for the Bank of China.
This can be quite surprising to see as a American, who instinctively assumes Western hegemony in Eastern Europe.
It is now illegal to download the app there. Any platform that allows access to TikTok or ability to download it will have to pay a fine of $10,000 per DAY.
It’s hard to overstate how critical Turkey’s alliance (political capture) was to US interests during the Cold War.
Turkey is the gateway to the East. It’s the only entry point from Mediterranean to the Black Sea.
Vital transshipment for arms, drugs, & all trade in Eurasia.
Turkey played a crucial role in NATO’s Operation Gladio. It was the key country connecting US ops in Eurasia & SE Asia to NATO allies (both overworld & underworld) in Italy and France.
And Turkey’s gate over Black Sea makes it key to defense of Ukraine.
2. I note upfront a bit of personal pride: it was our foundation, @FFO_Freedom, that coined the phrase “censorship laundering” and has laid the groundwork for accountability that is happening today.
3. Chairman Dan Bishop is absolutely killing it with his introductory remarks. Pitch perfect. He just put a video clip first discovered and published by @FFO_Freedom on the Congressional Jumbotron for all Americans to see.
THREAD🧵: New docs obtained by @America1stLegal show DHS plan to produce videos training bystanders to take action against political speech by “Middle-Aged Pro Life Advocates” & “Old High School Friends” who are “Budding Conspiracy Theorists.”
2. Not content with only a Ministry of Truth, an Internet censorship bureau, and even a program for controlling speech in video games, DHS sought to pit citizens to monitor one another’s political beliefs under the guise of “deradicalization.”
3. DHS screenwrote a detailed profile for “Ann,” a “middle-aged pro-life advocate” — she is a “suburban Mom” surrounded by stock footage of “laundry” and “Minivan” who “has become increasingly more concerned about the welfare of other children:”