Anne ApplebaumIlliberalism is not Inevitable
Mastodon Migration☝️ Thank you Anne Applebaum for posting on public social media.
william.maggos@mastodonmigration @anneapplebaum
agreed although I disagree with her a lot.
Janne Moren@anneapplebaum
It is worth tempering the celebration and remember that he originally hails from the same party as Orban, and agrees with him on most social and cultural issues. He is conservative, not liberal.
Edit: to be clear his win is an unambiguously good thing.
But his party doesn't seem to significantly change the stance on same-sex marriage, minority rights and other progressive or liberal causes.
🏞🏕🦝Don't have to be a liberal to believe in liberalism...
Bodhipaksa@jannem @anneapplebaum There is a vast gulf between two politicians with similar social and cultural values, one of whom respects democratic norms and the other of whom does not.
nekowinston@jannem @anneapplebaum this misses the point, conservatism does not imply illiberalism. I'll happily celebrate my neighbors striving for more European integration, less corruption, and not being a russian vassal state. Magyar's victory speech championed small-l liberal ideas as well.
hömma@jannem @anneapplebaum what this article describes is liberalism in its original meaning, not the American political term.
Jeff McNeill@anneapplebaum we don't know if Magyar will be illiberal or not. However, we do know that this is a vote against Orban.
Magnus Ahltorp@jeffmcneill @anneapplebaum Yes, the result is a clear mandate to not be Orban. We can only hope that Magyar will take this as a hint. And for those that are Hungarians: organise and pressure.
GrantBeautifully written as ever. Thank you Anne.
swggrkllr3rd@anneapplebaum hungary in the right-wing spectrum. https://www.bankingnews.gr/en/index.php?id=868214
