Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable

If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

The Atlantic

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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.

@jannem @anneapplebaum what this article describes is liberalism in its original meaning, not the American political term.