Right-wing politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 day agoThe End of the Argument ad Orbanum
Comparing political figures to Hitler or Orbán often reflects a lack of imagination and understanding of true authoritarianism.
Vance beseeched a crowd in Budapest, asking, 'Will you stand for sovereignty and democracy? Will you stand for western civilization? Will you stand for freedom, for truth and for the god of our fathers?'
Effectively, Ukraine is portrayed as a main enemy, said Zsuzsanna Vegh, an analyst at the German Marshall Fund. This is not just about Ukraine per se, but it fits into the standard strategy of the governing party, of mobilising its electorate through generating fear in society.