"Kagarlitsky examines the dead end of right-wing populism and the window of opportunity it may yet open for the left, arguing that right-wing populists succeeded by absorbing the redistributive language of the left while abandoning any structural challenge to property relations."
"He concludes that the left has yet to fill the vacuum it left behind, and that we still must pass through what he calls 'the desert of political uncertainty.'"
"The defeat of Viktor Orbán in the Hungarian parliamentary elections was unanimously assessed by all commentators as bad news for the Kremlin, which has lost its main ally in Europe."
Boris Kagarlitsky, a prominent leftist intellectual, is serving a five-year prison sentence for opposing the war in Ukraine. Despite his confinement, he actively writes essays and engages in political analysis. His latest piece reflects on the Hungarian elections, critiquing right-wing populism and its implications for the left. He argues that right-wing populists have co-opted leftist language without challenging property relations, leaving a vacuum for the left to address. The defeat of Viktor Orbán is seen as detrimental to the Kremlin, losing a key ally in Europe.
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