Die Capuccinogruft
@thomas
̶F̶T̶ ̶R̶e̶u̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ Bloomberg correspondent in ̶B̶u̶c̶h̶a̶r̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶A̶m̶s̶t̶e̶r̶d̶a̶m̶ ̶B̶e̶r̶l̶i̶n̶ Budapest. You should all be on mastodon
That said this is the most unintentionally hilarious para: “laser-focussed on making our country a place nobody wants to come to”
Imagine thinking it was "liberalism" that was crushed under the "tank treads" of WWII rather than, say, limbs But then imagine thinking the explosion of prosperity and happiness after WWII was anything other than a triumph for liberalism
One of those small shifts that is quite seismic: the Hungarian army was out distributing pouches of water at today’s sweltering Budapest pride
Love this chart. Orban poured billions into football, creating a network of lavishly funded academies designed to groom the next Puskas. One Szoboszlai, trained by his dad outside the Orban system, is alone worth half the value of the entire Hungarian national team www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Joining the encyclical clamor to add that it’s very tempting to see this exaltation of the moral value of caring for and loving children as a sly announcement that I’ve got rocket guy’s number
Modernity is so old (Constantin Ardeleanu: Steamboat Modernity Travel, Transport, and Social Transformation on the Lower Danube, 1830–1860, CEU Press, massive recommend)
Quite an interesting stab at a new synthesis here by Magyar - after his swearing-in as the post-Orban, there will be played: - the national anthem (mainline nationalist - thesis) - the Szekler anthem (irredentist coded - antithesis) - the European anthem (immensely macron-coded, synthesis)
It's a brave new world for Orban-supporting online publication Patriota, polling their readers on whether they'd be minded to crowdfund them "Important question! Would you be willing to support Patriota with a subscription?"
Looking at a certain analyst's tweet on Hungary from a few days ago, there is a structural issue in social media land in that almost everyone with relevant expertise is professionally bound to be polite even in the face of total ignorance; because of course it's hard not to take offence
Flags: Budapest, Hungary’s 1956 flag with the hammer and sickle cut out, and our Europe
Meanwhile, interesting to note that expectations of an Orban win have slipped even further in betting markets in just the past few hours. Not dispositive, but very indicative of a mood
Striking to me that this messaging, as with the refugee crisis, is designed to be validated by future events - but in this case, the worst of the energy crisis is likely to hit after next Sunday’s election.
Kind of mesmerizing watching the crowdfunder tick up for the Hungarian policeman who quit rather than carry out what he said was a politically motivated investigation into the opposition party. Barely a few hours old and well on the way to a third of a million.
