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Why Do Conservatives Love Hungary’s Viktor Orbán?

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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Is This an Authoritarian Country?

The government of hungary is actively putting a lot of efforts to make sure that they become e, sort of a beacon of international conservatism. I think on the ground here, there's been a lot of successa, politically here in hungary, a under the orbon administration. And i think they've just done a very good job of reaching out to the american conservative movement. We me gog boy, how prevalent is this argument that hungary is merely run by a conservative winged government. But is essentially democratic. How prevalent is that argument among American conservatives? Yes, you hear it all the time. Am this? This is just sour grapes.

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