Wise choice to leave the bleak despot-voyeurism for someone else to cover. I bet your international audience would appreciate reading about what nevertheless makes Hungary a great place to be and to live. Hungarian society has a hard time organizing at the macro-scale like we've been seeing in Serbia and Slovakia lately. However, micro-organization (or medium-sized maybe) still works -- and it's what keep things afloat in spite of every effort from the top. There still is -- imperfect but so far sustainable -- independent media. Schools and hospitals survive on parents and patients rolling up there sleeves. Then in contrast to the Moscow mouthpiece in the Karmelita, we have the Dragon Supplies. And then the cultural scene is still alive and lively, from old school to avantgarde. Movies, theaters, music... anything that manages to escape the touch of the Clan / Dynasty pretty much thrives on creativity and ingenuity. That's the bit that's the hardest to see from abroad, and the most interesting to share.
You made my evening Sándor, this was real fun, I feel getting diagnosed from afar. I have been complaining to foreigners about Hungary for around five decades now, across different local regimes, while trumpeting optimism and encouragement to my fellow Hungarians, to no avail on either fronts. Do not give in to your writer's block, a hold ma oly kerek...
I also struggle with the good-bad dynamic, and generally think that these either-or choices are deadends. It presents an impossible choice between propaganda and critique that only benefits those in power. One possible option: Hungarians have multiple identities, like everybody does. European, LGBTQ+, Roma, religious/atheist, the list goes on. If we ask questions about how different events or policies impact people across these different identities, then we can get away from the Hungary-good-or-bad-lens, which is how the Orbán government wants the world to view all political questions anyway.
I have avoided visiting HU for the past several years because it is being managed by a dictator. I get reports from time to time revealing how the qualities of the country have eroded. I don't want to come there and be sickened by what I see.
So, now the same disease has taken its ugly hold, here, in the US. It's a hard pill to swallow but we too have a dictator who will sabotage our democracy for the advantage of a few greedy, shallow half-souls.
But I am not angry with these fools. I am however, so disappointed in the 33% of our eligible voters who were so blinded by their own selfishness and religious hypocrisy to a point where they would elect an obvious felon buffoon.
Therefore, I think it more important to understand why these people would sacrifice their freedoms rather than turn on such basic principles life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Maybe you could do a deep dive into why they did what they did beyond their frustrations and bigotry.
Amerikai ismerős szerint ezt a játékot Family Feud-nak hívják és náluk nagyon népszerű a '70-es évek óta. Bárki könnyen lehet benne sikeres. "Name green vegetables", "What undemocratic thing Orbán did last week". Az ismerősömmel várjuk, hogy mikor fejezi be a többség a játékot.
Nekem érdekes lenne néhány olyan írás, ami párhuzamot von a mostani amerikai események és az elmúlt 20 év magyar eseményei között. Mire érdemes az ott élőknek figyelni és mire nem érdemes időt vesztegetni.
Wise choice to leave the bleak despot-voyeurism for someone else to cover. I bet your international audience would appreciate reading about what nevertheless makes Hungary a great place to be and to live. Hungarian society has a hard time organizing at the macro-scale like we've been seeing in Serbia and Slovakia lately. However, micro-organization (or medium-sized maybe) still works -- and it's what keep things afloat in spite of every effort from the top. There still is -- imperfect but so far sustainable -- independent media. Schools and hospitals survive on parents and patients rolling up there sleeves. Then in contrast to the Moscow mouthpiece in the Karmelita, we have the Dragon Supplies. And then the cultural scene is still alive and lively, from old school to avantgarde. Movies, theaters, music... anything that manages to escape the touch of the Clan / Dynasty pretty much thrives on creativity and ingenuity. That's the bit that's the hardest to see from abroad, and the most interesting to share.
You made my evening Sándor, this was real fun, I feel getting diagnosed from afar. I have been complaining to foreigners about Hungary for around five decades now, across different local regimes, while trumpeting optimism and encouragement to my fellow Hungarians, to no avail on either fronts. Do not give in to your writer's block, a hold ma oly kerek...
Maybe the effect of the current hungarian government on international organizations can be highlighted. NATO, EU, UN, WHO and so on.
I also struggle with the good-bad dynamic, and generally think that these either-or choices are deadends. It presents an impossible choice between propaganda and critique that only benefits those in power. One possible option: Hungarians have multiple identities, like everybody does. European, LGBTQ+, Roma, religious/atheist, the list goes on. If we ask questions about how different events or policies impact people across these different identities, then we can get away from the Hungary-good-or-bad-lens, which is how the Orbán government wants the world to view all political questions anyway.
I have avoided visiting HU for the past several years because it is being managed by a dictator. I get reports from time to time revealing how the qualities of the country have eroded. I don't want to come there and be sickened by what I see.
So, now the same disease has taken its ugly hold, here, in the US. It's a hard pill to swallow but we too have a dictator who will sabotage our democracy for the advantage of a few greedy, shallow half-souls.
But I am not angry with these fools. I am however, so disappointed in the 33% of our eligible voters who were so blinded by their own selfishness and religious hypocrisy to a point where they would elect an obvious felon buffoon.
Therefore, I think it more important to understand why these people would sacrifice their freedoms rather than turn on such basic principles life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Maybe you could do a deep dive into why they did what they did beyond their frustrations and bigotry.
Amerikai ismerős szerint ezt a játékot Family Feud-nak hívják és náluk nagyon népszerű a '70-es évek óta. Bárki könnyen lehet benne sikeres. "Name green vegetables", "What undemocratic thing Orbán did last week". Az ismerősömmel várjuk, hogy mikor fejezi be a többség a játékot.
Nekem érdekes lenne néhány olyan írás, ami párhuzamot von a mostani amerikai események és az elmúlt 20 év magyar eseményei között. Mire érdemes az ott élőknek figyelni és mire nem érdemes időt vesztegetni.