Stunning loss of rightwing populist in Hungary carries symbolic significance for opponents of Donald Trump
For US Democrats seeking rays of light in the dark landscape of Donald Trump’s authoritarian onslaught, illumination has arrived from the unlikely source of Budapest.
Viktor Orbán’s stunning defeat in Hungary’s general election – ending 16 years of unbroken rule for his governing Fidesz party – carries symbolic and psychological significance for American politics out of all proportion to the central European country’s modest size and distance from the US.
USSR survived for 70+ years (and russia is back to square 1 for a at least 2 decades now). North Korea almost 80 and counting.
So I really don’t know… A European country has many checks and balances that other countries don’t have.
As for the USA, what’s the ultimate check for the most powerful country in the world if their own systems don’t work anymore?
USSR: not fascist. North Korea: not fascist.
A few countries had a fascist regime for a longe period, but it all ended. See this list.
The countries with a longer period: Spain, Syria, Haiti, South Africa, Portugal, Lebanon.
I’d argue USSR was fascist in its nature, and I judge by Eco’s definition.
It was nationalistic, and it was totalitarian. Hence, the debated term “red fascism”. Of course, ideology was different on paper, but the state often operated on fascist principles. (As multinational state built on suppression and discrimination).
That being said, USA is not a fascist state, despite the past and present movements.
Debatable. It’s 2 political parties are right wing and alt right. They still have legal slavery. There is systematically enforced apartheid. Throughout history they committed war crimes and their economy ran on wars. To this day. They have been anti immigration since after they immigrated themselves. Their nationalistic focus is deeply anchored in its education system and culture.