"Dishonest attacks can boomerang, eroding trust in the attacker rather than the target. And this clearly happened in #Hungary in this #election #campaign. All of which points to a broader lesson about #information control in #illiberal regimes: it can easily be overstated. Hungary’s 2026 election has revealed that an information #autocracy can have its limits. And in the face of a faltering #economy & a united & credible opposition, Orbán’s campaign reached those limits - & failed as a result."

Bruken av begrepet #illiberal er problematisk. Ser at liberaleren Anne Applebaum og Civitas-folket liker denne termen. Ved å skape en barriere mellom liberalere og dem som er kritiske eller motstandere av liberalistisk politikk er det lettere å delegitimere stemmer som motsetter seg nyliberalismen. Foreslår at man i stedet kaller tingene det de er, altså hvis noen er motstander av liberale demokratiske institutsjoner så sier man det.

#norsktut @klassekampen

https://klassekampen.no/artikkel/2026-04-14/leder1

Orbáns tid er over

Victor Orbáns 16 år lange statsministerperiode i Ungarn er over. Opposisjonspartiet Tisza sikret seg i valget søndag en såkalt supermajoritet i parlam...

Orbán’s defeat may signal shift in Europe’s far-right, illiberal tide says Michael Ignatieff
For Michael Ignatieff, news that Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary had come to an end was reason enough to raise a glass. He speaks about what Orbán’s defeat and Péter Magyar's victory could mean for geopolitics.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/michael-ignatieff-hungary-election-9.7162264?cmp=rss
Orbán’s defeat may signal shift in Europe’s far-right, illiberal tide says Michael Ignatieff
For Michael Ignatieff, news that Viktor Orbán’s 16-year rule in Hungary had come to an end was reason enough to raise a glass. He speaks about what Orbán’s defeat and Péter Magyar's victory could mean for geopolitics.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/michael-ignatieff-hungary-election-9.7162264?cmp=rss
Viktor Orbán spent 16 years building Hungary's 'illiberal' democracy. On Sunday, he may be voted out
Viktor Orbán has spent the last 16 years building an 'illiberal' state in Hungary. Endorsed by MAGA, but penalized by the European Union for democratic backsliding, polls suggest Orbán's Fidesz party will lose Sunday's election to centre-right, pro-EU Tisza party, led by former Orbán loyalist Peter Maygar.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-election-orban-9.7160593?cmp=rss
Viktor Orbán spent 16 years building Hungary's 'illiberal' democracy. On Sunday, he may be voted out
Viktor Orbán has spent the last 16 years building an 'illiberal' state in Hungary. Endorsed by MAGA, but penalized by the European Union for democratic backsliding, polls suggest Orbán's Fidesz party will lose Sunday's election to centre-right, pro-EU Tisza party, led by former Orbán loyalist Peter Maygar.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-election-orban-9.7160593?cmp=rss

#KlementynaSuchanow legt die Bezüge und Beziehungsgeflechte offen, die für #Hass gegen #Frauen #Demokratie ,und alles was gut ist, stehn, #erzkonservative #reaktionäre Initiativen, Organisationen, einzelne, gruppen...
Wenn ich den #Buchtipp der #3sat #Kulturzeit auch nur halb richtig verstanden habe, muss ich das #Buch haben!

#Misogynie #Autoritarismus #oligarchie #TechBros #illiberal #antihumanismus #Libertarismus #patriarchat #Rechtsextremismus #Rechtsruck #manosphere #fundamentalismus

Hungary is not just an illiberal state. It is a state with a moral mission

https://www.noemamag.com/the-return-of-the-moral-state/

#HackerNews #Hungary #Moral #Mission #Illiberal #State #Politics #Ethics

The Return Of The Moral State

Hungary is not just an illiberal state. It is a state with a moral mission.

NOEMA
#UDC: l’ #initiative #antiimmigration profite des divisions
Elle ne profite pas de divisions partisanes, mais bien idéologiques et donc politiques. Le problème ne se situe pas à gauche, mais entre le #PLR et l' #UDC , parce que le premier tente désespérément de tenir une sorte de "juste milieu" entre son #capitalisme #néolibéral et le capitalisme #illibéral de l'UDC, en réalité intenable et qui permet au second, une fois de plus, d'opposer #étrangers et "autoctones".
https://www.24heures.ch/udc-linitiative-anti-immigration-profite-des-divisions-791212368729