Orbán’s loss brings to an end the assumption of inevitability that has pervaded the MAGA movement, as well as the belief—also present in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric—that illiberal parties are somehow destined not just to win but to hold power forever, because they have the support of the “real” people
After 16 years of what Orbán himself described as an illiberal regime
There’s no way Putin and Orban would say “liberalism bad” and mean the economic system. Putin for sure wants the Russian people to believe that their economic system is liberal in the classical sense, not mostly under his personal control. Same with Orban. There’s probably no real appetite for socialism yet in these countries, because they lived through the USSR. I know here in Estonia at least, socialism is still a dirty word.
Similarly, the MAGA movement. They’ve been spouting all kinds of shit about liberals for a decade now. If you’ve paid any attention at all, “liberal” to them means a blue haired lesbian or whatever. Not even a member of the liberal party, let alone someone who supports the liberal economic system - because by that measure, the American conservatives themselves would be liberals.
What you call liberalism would nowadays be best called liberal capitalism or something like that. Laissez-faire capitalism if talking about it in its most extreme form. Because the word liberalism just doesn’t mean that anymore. The far left are the only people using it that way nowadays.
What do Putin, Orban and the entirety of MAGA have in common, besides looting their countries? Bigotry. When they talk about liberalism and liberals in a negative manner, that’s them using a certain image of “liberals” stuck in peoples’ brains as a boogeyman.
This is what Putin, Orban and the entirety of MAGA want you to believe a liberal is:
This is an entirely different “liberal” from what you’re talking about (and of course the image which I got from some youtube thumbnail is a caricature meant to disparage this type of liberal, you’re supposed to believe that liberals are all crazy SJWs or whatever).
I am against all form of liberalism.
Right on! Burn the LGBT folks and minorities!
I have a white cloak for you.
strawman
I have explained this in several comments by now:
Liberalism in Eastern Europe stands for not being a bigot.
By saying you’re against all form of liberalism in the context of an Eastern European election, it means you’re essentially pro-MAGA.
Oh then maybe thats why you misunderstood me, nvm.
Or you misunderstood what the article is saying.
There’s no way Putin and Orban would say “liberalism bad” and mean the economic system. Putin for sure wants the Russian people to believe that their economic system is liberal in the classical sense, not mostly under his personal control. Same with Orban. There’s probably no real appetite for socialism yet in these countries, because they lived through the USSR. I know here in Estonia at least, socialism is still a dirty word.
Similarly, the MAGA movement. They’ve been spouting all kinds of shit about liberals for a decade now. If you’ve paid any attention at all, “liberal” to them means a blue haired lesbian or whatever. Not even a member of the liberal party, let alone someone who supports the liberal economic system - because by that measure, the American conservatives themselves would be liberals.
What you call liberalism would nowadays be best called liberal capitalism or something like that. Laissez-faire capitalism if talking about it in its most extreme form. Because the word liberalism just doesn’t mean that anymore. The far left are the only people using it that way nowadays.
What do Putin, Orban and the entirety of MAGA have in common, besides looting their countries? Bigotry. When they talk about liberalism and liberals in a negative manner, that’s them using a certain image of “liberals” stuck in peoples’ brains as a boogeyman.
This is what Putin, Orban and the entirety of MAGA want you to believe a liberal is:
This is an entirely different “liberal” from what you’re talking about (and of course the image which I got from some youtube thumbnail is a caricature meant to disparage this type of liberal, you’re supposed to believe that liberals are all crazy SJWs or whatever).