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I'd be another casualty if nazis came to power, but just hating them outright without understanding leads to division. An outgroup us righteous folk can hate and blame without thought or moral affliction.

Just another layer of propaganda that keeps us down and distracted. Sure, punch a nazi if you can, but all I see is people flexing their hate boners.

The rich already won, don't you see? Brother eats brother in this forum, while those in charge of the supply chains are miles away from any repercussions.

Hard agree on all the points.

any kind of super majority (...) too risky

This is a point that divides the people. The majority want a powerful hand striking down, the minority are hoping for pluralism.

Thank you for the well-wishes.

You are mostly right, but when it's promoting division, I will nit-pick:

The EU funds have propped up the government, and free movement has let the most frustrated leave the country. I do not lay blame at the feet of Europe, but it is important to see the situation for what it is.

We are the only ones who can do anything, I agree. I love Europe and feel as much a citizen of Europe as of Hungary (sometimes even more).

Thank you for your well-wishes. I am a bit sceptic of any real change, even if Tisza gets (super-)majority, but hope is the last to die. I'd say I'll be happy as soon as we're part of the European Public Prosecutor's Office. We really crave justice.

I understand your frustration, but it saddens me that it makes you want further divide. Hungary is currently a captured state where lawyers are rewriting constitution on their whims and are the head of the maffia as well. Orbán is using every dirty trick to hold on to power. They have already circumvented the parliament and have been ruling by decree since the immigration wave from the Syrian war (and keep extending it for covid, for the 'ukraine' war).

I urge you to look upon us with empathy. We are a pluralistic people who are locked under tyrants. The ruling party is extremely careful to not initiate any state aggression during protests, otherwise we'd have similar clashes as Belorussia had during the last elections. Very trying times.

And the needle was

Not even instead. Maybe they won't need to rely that heavily on that axis, but this should be mutually beneficial.

I think we're all sceptic of Modi et al, but we only have a semblance of power over our own governing bodies.

It's not trivial, but I'm starting to think so. Take this user for example:

https://vger.to/sh.itjust.works/u/Valleci

There are some neutral posts, but many rage-bait articles from a very shitty news source concentrating on this community.

Is this from a bot account? 22 posts within an hour, no comments... And the friggin Gaurdian.. Are they a valid news source at all?

Politics 101. Accuse the opposition with the stuff you're doing.

Hungary is low-hanging fruit in this example, but that's where I was when I started paying attention to politics. Anytime the government said something about 'the enemy', it was a safe bet to assume Orbán & co were the perpetrators.

I'm not sure if I am critical or cynical, but it sure seems to me that the medicine industry embraces productivity-related treatments, than actual mental health.

Last I heard of any MDMA related treatments was the MAPS project, ehich got gobbled up by big pharma.

I've been mulling this stuff over.

I think going fedi (and open source) is like hitting rock bottom/finding jesus/starting therapy. All we can do is try and remove the stigma.

Yeah, all the doomerism is pulling me down, too. My best solution so far is to not interact. Not even a downvote. Contrarianism and acute cynisism need feedback to thrive, and the bastards ain't getting any more of my blood!