Orbán has declared war on liberal democracy and in doing so appeals not only to anti-communists, right-wing Christians, nativists, and homophobes, he also provides a model of Christian nationalism for those conservatives in the United States such as Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, and Ron DeSantis who want to hollow out liberal democracy from the inside.
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Trump’s GOP Embraces Orban’s Racist Eugenics | Robert Reich
The authoritarian Hungarian leader’s rhetoric is familiar to anyone who lived through the Nazi holocaust, but prominent American Republicans have rushed to his defense.
Source: Opinion | Trump’s GOP Embraces Orban’s Racist Eugenics | Robert Reich
Eyes Wide Shut
“The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.” – George
CPAC Speakers in Hungary Embrace Plan for “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
Europe’s first Conservative Political Action Conference called for the left to be “exposed, demonized and crushed.”
Source: CPAC Speakers in Hungary Embrace Plan for “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
Trump-Loving Americans Drinking Deep From Orban’s Fascist Well | Thom Hartmann
Orbán’s speeches this week raise the question: Is he teaching the American GOP through his example, or is the GOP teaching him through their “replacement theory” and new laws banning books.
Source: Opinion | Trump-Loving Americans Drinking Deep From Orban’s Fascist Well | Thom Hartmann
In Europe, the Far Right Is Uniting Its Forces
A conference this month aims to unite European far-right leaders like Marine Le Pen and Viktor Orbán in a continentwide alliance. What would once have been a fringe grouping can now rely on the support of several EU governments.
1848+: The End(s) of History 