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Based on election results and popularity, the Hungarian government is more democratically legitimate than the French and German ones. The wide acknowledgement

• Nursie 2y ago
  > Based on election results That's a bad place to start when looking at autocracies which distort the democratic system to provide an illusion of legitimacy. But you knew that.
  • blub 2y ago
    Hungary is a democracy. The election was monitored by the OSCE, which concluded that the elections “were well administered and professionally managed but marred by the absence of a level playing field”. I don’t see how that’s worse than the French people voting Macron out and France still being governed by Macron and his people. Throwing around words like autocracy is by now lame and tired, just like those crying racism all the time.
    • CRConrad 2y ago
      > Hungary is a democracy. Oh, is it still? OK, maybe... But just barely, ad not for long. > the elections “were well ... marred by the absence of a level playing field”. Yeah, that's what should'a tolja it's not much of a democracy any more. > I don’t see how that’s worse than the French people voting Macron out and France still being governed by Macron and his people. That's probably mostly because the French people have done nothing like voting Macron out. France hasn't had a presidential election this year, not last yar IIRC. > Throwing around words like autocracy is by now lame and tired Yeah, you're right, it is. When it's unwarranted. But do you know what's even more lame and tired? Defending autocrats. Especially if it's done as badly as your attempt here.