Regular protests, giving part of our tax and donating to independent media, talking to right-wing family about all the issues here, voting for the opposition. Sadly the opposition hasn’t been potent lately (all 14 years of Orbán until last year). As in they were idiots. And then finally we got someone who can actually can speak to the masses (Peter Magyar) just last year and now we may get rid of Orban with the elections last year. Well that is if he doesn’t ban Magyar from running.
The pride march was yesterday, the grey march was made by a satirical small party (kétfarkú kutyapárt [two tailed dog party]) which was making fun of the governments stance, amongst many-many-many other things, on pride! The significance of that march was, aside from drawing a penis on the map, that inconsiderably more folks attended that than that of Viktors, which also took place parallel to that! Like hundreds of thousands of people attended one, while only a few thousand attended the other
I think your numbers are a bit off for the gray pride march. I don’t know the numbers, but MKKP even on their better days, don’t pull multiple 10s of thousands, and that Fidesz ralley looked like an impromptu meeting of a couple of hundred.
This one though. I am sorry I couldn’t join, but it was a sight to see the bridge and Rákóczi út fill up like that. 100k+ numbers here.
That is a big bridge. Impressive to see that many people shoulder to shoulder.
I visited Budapest in 2015 and most recently this summer. The city subway was significantly modernized, and also felt more expensive. Overall a great experience. Curious how the last 10 years have been for you?
What’s your recommendation for a place to visit in Hungary outside of Budapest?
-The question is now not whether Tisza, the largest opp party, is going to win (independent analysis measured 51% for Tisza and 34(?)% for Fidesz, while the government stopped posting their analysis for some stramge-inexplicable reason) but if Fidesz is going to relinquish the power! I personally very much doubt that we won’t need to have a civil war, a short one as apparently as no one really supports Fidesz anymore
-While undoubtedly such a demagogue would have and has its base in the less educated parts of the country, another stronger reason is that the former oppositionary parties abandoned the countryside(everything outside of the capital) for an actually unexplainable reason! Peter Magyar, leader of Tisza, was proclaimed a genius by independent media for doing the obvious thing: doing nationwide tours…
-One of the largest points of the pride march was a dare for the gov to enforce its ruling banning our rights of protest! Most people probably didn’t attend to stand in solidarity of the non-conventional sexes; as last year only 35k attended while this year it was between 200-500k
The signs you need to look for is what happens next. Sure, they knew the optics would be really bad if the police had started slaying into 300/500K people. But tomorrow or next week it’ll only be a few hundred. Or just individuals that wear a rainbow item. Will they ‘disappear’ such as is now happening with darker skinned people in the US?
I really wouldn’t think that things will devolve that way! Such would only trigger a stronger response at a time when the idea of a civil war is only becoming more and more socially acceptable view to remove the administration!
Eh, Viktor’s continuous rein can be thanked to a multitude of reasons, amongst which voter fraud will undoubtedly turn out to be whenever those files become public! But the gist of it is:
-He took over at a time political chaos, when the coalition parties (which won almost every election until then) of the left sabotaged themselves to get rid of their leader, Ferenc Gyurcsány, who in turn sabotaged his party and coalition. From the chaos Viktor emerged with absolute mandate (over 51% of the votes) and immediately used to gerrymander the country to the point when in the last election cycle he received over 70% of parliamentary seats with only 43% of the votes!
-He also made the parliament right of overseeing public constructions useless (he made donations to sport teams a legit expense), the laundered money then found its way back to the party which was used to buy out every TV news channel. Giving them the power to largely control the narrative.
-But perchance the largest reason was, that until now we didn’t really have a leader of the opposition! The before mentioned endless funds were used to buy the rising political leaders or their teams, and the before mentioned news empire was used to destroy the reputation of any contendor. Peter Magyar, the now leader of the largest opposition party, is kinda foolproof in this way as he was the past husband of the former minister of justice (Varga Judit)! Virtually being a party member until very recently gives him the armor of:”Your former party member did whaaaat?”, limiting the Fidesz-s ability to fabricate a proper hate campaign ag his name
Hungarian here if anyone has any questions :>
Me too lol if anyone needs two hungarians answering
Me three
Question for all 3, what are Hungarians doing to get rid of orban?
Regular protests, giving part of our tax and donating to independent media, talking to right-wing family about all the issues here, voting for the opposition. Sadly the opposition hasn’t been potent lately (all 14 years of Orbán until last year). As in they were idiots. And then finally we got someone who can actually can speak to the masses (Peter Magyar) just last year and now we may get rid of Orban with the elections last year. Well that is if he doesn’t ban Magyar from running.
Is this the “gray” march I heard of, weeks ago?
The pride march was yesterday, the grey march was made by a satirical small party (kétfarkú kutyapárt [two tailed dog party]) which was making fun of the governments stance, amongst many-many-many other things, on pride! The significance of that march was, aside from drawing a penis on the map, that inconsiderably more folks attended that than that of Viktors, which also took place parallel to that! Like hundreds of thousands of people attended one, while only a few thousand attended the other
I think your numbers are a bit off for the gray pride march. I don’t know the numbers, but MKKP even on their better days, don’t pull multiple 10s of thousands, and that Fidesz ralley looked like an impromptu meeting of a couple of hundred.
This one though. I am sorry I couldn’t join, but it was a sight to see the bridge and Rákóczi út fill up like that. 100k+ numbers here.
Yeah probably those apps are not that precise measuring crowns 😅
No questions, just keep up the good fight :)
That is a big bridge. Impressive to see that many people shoulder to shoulder.
I visited Budapest in 2015 and most recently this summer. The city subway was significantly modernized, and also felt more expensive. Overall a great experience. Curious how the last 10 years have been for you? What’s your recommendation for a place to visit in Hungary outside of Budapest?
For urban exploring I would recommend Székesfehérvár (crowning city of the past empire)
For tracking I personally love the Bükk mountains
For bathing and relaxing I would recommend Hévíz
I like to say “Slava Ukraini“ to cheer on the Ukrainians in their struggle. Is there a good such similar expression for Hungarians in theirs?
Maybe the “szív szív lapát”(—>hearth hearth shovel, referring to a hearth shaped shovel implying what is awaiting Fidesz members)
Closest I got is ‘bojler eladó’, but it is nowhere near as heartening as what Ukraine’s got.
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-The question is now not whether Tisza, the largest opp party, is going to win (independent analysis measured 51% for Tisza and 34(?)% for Fidesz, while the government stopped posting their analysis for some stramge-inexplicable reason) but if Fidesz is going to relinquish the power! I personally very much doubt that we won’t need to have a civil war, a short one as apparently as no one really supports Fidesz anymore -While undoubtedly such a demagogue would have and has its base in the less educated parts of the country, another stronger reason is that the former oppositionary parties abandoned the countryside(everything outside of the capital) for an actually unexplainable reason! Peter Magyar, leader of Tisza, was proclaimed a genius by independent media for doing the obvious thing: doing nationwide tours… -One of the largest points of the pride march was a dare for the gov to enforce its ruling banning our rights of protest! Most people probably didn’t attend to stand in solidarity of the non-conventional sexes; as last year only 35k attended while this year it was between 200-500k
The signs you need to look for is what happens next. Sure, they knew the optics would be really bad if the police had started slaying into 300/500K people. But tomorrow or next week it’ll only be a few hundred. Or just individuals that wear a rainbow item. Will they ‘disappear’ such as is now happening with darker skinned people in the US?
I really wouldn’t think that things will devolve that way! Such would only trigger a stronger response at a time when the idea of a civil war is only becoming more and more socially acceptable view to remove the administration!
Why don’t you kick the fucker out?
Eh, Viktor’s continuous rein can be thanked to a multitude of reasons, amongst which voter fraud will undoubtedly turn out to be whenever those files become public! But the gist of it is:
-He took over at a time political chaos, when the coalition parties (which won almost every election until then) of the left sabotaged themselves to get rid of their leader, Ferenc Gyurcsány, who in turn sabotaged his party and coalition. From the chaos Viktor emerged with absolute mandate (over 51% of the votes) and immediately used to gerrymander the country to the point when in the last election cycle he received over 70% of parliamentary seats with only 43% of the votes! -He also made the parliament right of overseeing public constructions useless (he made donations to sport teams a legit expense), the laundered money then found its way back to the party which was used to buy out every TV news channel. Giving them the power to largely control the narrative. -But perchance the largest reason was, that until now we didn’t really have a leader of the opposition! The before mentioned endless funds were used to buy the rising political leaders or their teams, and the before mentioned news empire was used to destroy the reputation of any contendor. Peter Magyar, the now leader of the largest opposition party, is kinda foolproof in this way as he was the past husband of the former minister of justice (Varga Judit)! Virtually being a party member until very recently gives him the armor of:”Your former party member did whaaaat?”, limiting the Fidesz-s ability to fabricate a proper hate campaign ag his name