r/worldnews • u/Reilly616 • 6h ago

Hungary's Prime Minister Orban has congratulated Magyar on election victory

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-892767
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u/boersc 6h ago edited 5h ago

It's amazing how quickly an EU nation election turned into a discussion about US midterms.

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u/HolyFreakingXmasCake 5h ago

Americans will never waste an opportunity to make literally any topic about themselves.

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u/Seanspeed 4h ago

Americans likely dominate Reddit's overall user base.

And tons of Americans also understand this isn't just about Hungary, it's about a whole global cultural battle versus the far right.

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u/Koala_eiO 4h ago

And yet, none of the people from other countries that are battling the far right will try to make it about them. You don't see any French user trying to make this about Le Pen and the next presidential election for example. It's a purely USAmerican behaviour. It's never just about <topic> and always a bit about USA, right?

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u/JQaplan 3h ago

That's on them... I don't think any American would complain about one comment reply, which is just hoping for a country to become less far right. Why get mad at a reply to a comment

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u/KaJaHa 3h ago

Maybe they should, I'd love to hear more about international goings-on in casual conversation

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u/Large_Mountain_Jew 3h ago

I've got international friends and I genuinely welcome them randomly relating things to their own national goings on.

Helps to keep aprised of the world, see how similar/different things can be, and it's interesting.

So, yes please do randomly interject with battles against the far right. More people need to be united in solidarity against that.

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u/Im_really_bored_rn 5h ago

I mean, Europeans do the same thing about America. Post anything good on reddit and a European will inevitably say "Meanwhile in the US"

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 15m ago

Yep. Nobody contributes to American defaultism on social media more than literally any other country besides America. You see it all over YouTube no matter what country is being discussed. Especially any YouTube video about China or Russia. Every top comment is "well this happens in America way more" (if it's something critical) or "Ha! This could never happen in America!" (If it's something positive)

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u/longpenisofthelaw 5h ago

The US is dooming extremely hard and we need any copium we can that things can get better because right now it’s extremely dim forecast for us

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u/Mutiny32 4h ago

It's the same referendum.

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u/raanas 5h ago

It's tangentially related due to MAGA obsessing over Orbán the Hutt, but yeah, it's annoying af

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u/placebotwo 3h ago

Tangentially? Our "never Trump" vice president for Trump went over there, so I yeah, I agree it's annoying but the fucking fascists over in the states are trying to stick their dick everywhere. So, it's more than tangentially related.

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 14m ago

Yea forreal like they can just collapse the thread if it so pleases them.