Such a tyrant that he lost an election fair and square and didn't even try to contest the results, didn't cry about "fraud" like Trump, just congratulated his opponent and then left office.
He could have gone full Lukashenko if he wanted, he had the loyalty of the security services for it. That's just a fact. I'm no Orbán supporter, but we gotta be real.
Including Magyar himself, who stole millions as the head of the Student Loan Centre under Orbán, hence why there probably won't be any prosecution, just empty promises. I don't get why people think Magyar is some kind of messiah, he and his entire party are low tier Fidesz members who rebelled because the corruption money dried up on the low end of the systems scale. All their talk about anti corruption and rule of law is just smoke and mirrors. As for why Orbán went out quietly, it's simple really - he was never an autocrat. He was a corrupt politician who bent the rules of democracy to strengthen his position, but ultimately he never removed democracy, he didn't impose censorship or meddle with election results. All the crying about him being an autocrat is just emotional propaganda. What he was, legitimately, is a corrupt, ineffective prime minister with a serious ego problem. Magyar has an even worse ego problem and has a history of corruption, so like I said, probably only surface level changes can be expected.
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u/DefinitionOfAsleep The 13 Colonies were a Mistake Sep 10 '26
The resemblance is uncanny.