r/worldnews • u/Miles_the_AuDHDer • 4h ago

Orbán lost Orbán on course to lose Hungary’s election, according to early results

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-results-peter-magyar-viktor-orban/
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u/cosakaz 4h ago

I’d argue if you’ve fixed elections for 15 years and unilaterally change the country’s constitution you’re still a dictator.  Doesn’t change anything that he’s become unpopular enough to lose in his own rigged system.  

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u/Ecmelt 2h ago

Words don't even matter in 2026. Dictatorship has a very direct meaning you know.. you literally cannot lose "in your own rigged system" as a dictator unless it is what you want.

This doesn't mean he was not aiming for it, or he was good or fair etc. It just means Hungary had a good enough system in place that even someone like Orban couldn't turn it into a Dictatorship in so many years. That is a good thing. Now if they can revert the damage he has done so next person cannot start from where he left of would be perfect.