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On October 23 1956 the #HungarianRevolution ignited

It lasted 15 days

It was crushed by #Soviet Tanks

On the anniversary Thursday, there were protests against #Orban

Peter Lakits, holding a sign reading "Russians Go Home":

“One thing we have learned from #history is that we have learned nothing from history. Sometimes the tanks that crushed #freedom in #Budapest are the very same ones that are now crushing freedom in #Ukraine"

https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-rally-orban-magyar-uprising-budapest-ukraine/33568791.html

#Magyarország #Hungary #Russia #Europe

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Su_G Oct 27

@benroyce
The footage is awesome: so many people! Thanks so much for posting this, have watched many times. But the irony of this statement about the same tanks is a killer: “Peter Lakits…

“One thing we have learned from #history is that we have learned nothing from history. Sometimes the tanks that crushed #freedom in #Budapest are the very same ones that are now crushing freedom in #Ukraine"
The actual same physical tanks!! 😐

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ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES Oct 27

@Su_G well maybe the same tanks sometime in 2023/24

all those relics are emptied out of storage now, in the bottom of a Ukrainian swamp or blown to bits