@jeffep … oh, wait. Maybe there are similarities.

@Tryenjer that I don’t believe (yet?). The recent vote in Hungary was #hopecore.

My hope is that it showed a silent majority that showing up to vote _can_ make a difference.

@Successful_Try543 that doesn’t change anything in the current situation.

@Wrufieotnak agreed. My comment was only half serious, implying that the party mentioned is the enemy, more than anything.

@Wrufieotnak
Mind you, disinformation for the enemy is a valid part of any strategy.

@Saapas
Been having a deep draught of the “illegals!!” Kool-Aid, have we?

@Aequitas - that was what we all thought throughout the cold war.

Songs were written about this.

Yet here we are - again.

@GandalftheBlack and the hate/exasperation at Söder has auto-renewal guaranteed.

He is such a moron.

@hector the masses are too easily driven to bad decisions out of fear.

Just consider the power of junk like the Sun, Bild and other rage-fear-and-misinformation “news” outlets.

@plyth arguing that fascism isn’t inherently bad is just not understanding what fascism is. … or you’re the fascist, then it wouldn’t be bad _for you_.

Human rights for all humans are not possible in a fascist society. By definition.

You are confusing a few things there.

@Saleh
You are conflating so many things that it’s hard to keep up.

The cold war was a different situation, but yes, the US are an international bully and will invade you for their own gain.

That doesn’t mean Russia has a right to invade any other country.

That doesn’t mean that Hungary has a right to install authoritarian rule when it signed into a fundamentally democratic EU.

Russia is breaking international law.

The US have been breaking international law.

Neither of those are ok.