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Although Orban already had aspirations of being a long term dictator after Xi and Putin, it hits really close to home when a country inside the EU decides to do

Although Orban already had aspirations of being a long term dictator after Xi and Putin, it hits really close to home when a country inside the EU decides to do that. Apparently the world is becoming some kind of Absurdistan.

DingleDook101 7y ago
the EU is evil and always has been. Welcome to reality.
dntbnmpls 7y ago
> Although Orban already had aspirations of being a long term dictator after Xi and Putin, it hits really close to home when a country inside the EU decides to do that. EU already had that before Xi or Putin or Orban. Helmut Kohl lead germany for 16 years. Angela Merkel ( sometimes called the leader of the EU ) is on her 4th term as chancellor of germany. In the US, we have senators/congressmen who hold onto their power for decades. Just because people serve a long time doesn't mean it is a dictatorship. And it also doesn't make it a bad to thing have political stability. > Apparently the world is becoming some kind of Absurdistan. It was already that unless think its only bad when russia, china and hungary does it.
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- mcv 7y ago
  Kohl and Merkel didn't rule by decree. They were still subject to the Bundestag, they just got reelected a lot (or more accurately: they lead the largest party in a coalition government). They were influential, but didn't remotely have any kind of dictatorial power. Putin, Xi and now apparently Orban really do have dictatorial powers. I hope Orban's will be removed once the crisis is over, otherwise I don't see how Hungary can stay in the EU.
- cafard 7y ago
  FDR was not long dead before the US ratified the XXII Amendment to the Constitution, providing that nobody might be elected president more than twice, or more than once if he had served more than two years of someone else's term. Any long-serving member of the House of Representatives has become such by standing for election every other year; any long-serving senator by standing every six years. In some cases (think of Strom Thurmond) the election seems to be more or less a formality; but people do turn out and vote.

DingleDook101 7y ago

the EU is evil and always has been. Welcome to reality.

dntbnmpls 7y ago

> Although Orban already had aspirations of being a long term dictator after Xi and Putin, it hits really close to home when a country inside the EU decides to do that. EU already had that before Xi or Putin or Orban. Helmut Kohl lead germany for 16 years. Angela Merkel ( sometimes called the leader of the EU ) is on her 4th term as chancellor of germany. In the US, we have senators/congressmen who hold onto their power for decades. Just because people serve a long time doesn't mean it is a dictatorship. And it also doesn't make it a bad to thing have political stability. > Apparently the world is becoming some kind of Absurdistan. It was already that unless think its only bad when russia, china and hungary does it.

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mcv 7y ago
Kohl and Merkel didn't rule by decree. They were still subject to the Bundestag, they just got reelected a lot (or more accurately: they lead the largest party in a coalition government). They were influential, but didn't remotely have any kind of dictatorial power. Putin, Xi and now apparently Orban really do have dictatorial powers. I hope Orban's will be removed once the crisis is over, otherwise I don't see how Hungary can stay in the EU.
cafard 7y ago
FDR was not long dead before the US ratified the XXII Amendment to the Constitution, providing that nobody might be elected president more than twice, or more than once if he had served more than two years of someone else's term. Any long-serving member of the House of Representatives has become such by standing for election every other year; any long-serving senator by standing every six years. In some cases (think of Strom Thurmond) the election seems to be more or less a formality; but people do turn out and vote.