How Orbán Uses History to His Advantage

Understanding Orban: History and Rhetoric

Chapters:
Historical Context: 0:00
Orban Addressing the far Right: 2:18
Capturing Historical Anxieties of the Public: 5:52
A Tragic Consciousness & A Victim Nation: 7:48
A Hungary of Heroism & Pride Part 1: 9:47
A Balancing Act - Historical Narratives: 11:02
A Hungary of Heroism & Pride Part 2: 11:32
European Context: 13:38
Orban's Success In Hungary: 15:16
Conclusion: 16:28
Credits: 17:12

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This documentary was produced in order to discuss how history has factored into Orban's rhetoric, and how it has aided him in building up beneficial narratives that have made him ever more popular among the nation's people. ——————————————————————————————————————————
Viktor Orban is seen by many as a strongman, a would-be dictator who has slowly but surely eroded the aspects of democratic freedoms in his country. His isolationist and rejectionist policies have been criticised by a myriad of foreign observers, and his position as an opportunist without many moral qualms has allowed him to gradually accrue a tremendous power base, to such an extent that his party, in large part, wrote the country’s constitution. How has he managed this feat? How has he rallied the people so effectively to become one of the most successful populist leaders in Europe? Well it may well start with a bit of history.——————————————————————————————————————————
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[IMPERIALYT]

Hello everyone! I've seen a few comments asking for the sources to be made available, so I've included a Dropbox link in the description of the video.

[aronkvh]

wow 👏 ! this is a prime example when quality content doesn't get the many hundreds of thousands of views it deserves

[a.balazs]

Amazing video! As a Hungarian living abroad, its amazing to see videos that talk about the current state of the country.

[TheFalseShepphard]

For anyone wondering about the music used in the background during the first minutes, It's Antidote X By Van Sandano

[alperena]

awesome graphic design bro, complements the well researched and balanced script suitably.

[cthoadmin]

Your content is unique, intelligent and very well researched. Thank you for taking the time to bring this to us!

[kaleb_barbour]

As an American, I don't know much about European politics, but this is a well made video. I look forward to watching more of your content.

[aaaaardvarka]

I subscribed halfway through the video. So good

[hans]

The main argument against Orbán that I hear on the streets here, is that he is secretly a gypsy (conspiracy theory) or that he is corrupt (definitely true). Quite shocking to see the opposition using the first, and very telling that people bring up the second. People don't dislike his policy so much, they mostly dislike his corruption. An opposition that focuses on liberal ideals of the west will never succeed here, and we clearly saw that during the last national elections. My recommendation for the opposition: do not oppose what people like. Work together with the government to get rid of the things that people hate (i.e. corruption). Isolation and polarisation have never had good outcomes.

[foxylovelace]

I'm always so pleased to hear your pronunciations

[samuelkorger]

I wouldn’t be so confident that Soros means well in Hungary, or the world at large.

[GameandComedy]

lol, imagine calling Soros a philantropist

[slagmaxxing]

Ngl I quite like this video. Editing is on point & deserves far more views than it has.

[BenSquires-km]

Ever leader uses history to their advantage.

[theangrycheeto]

Holy shit, this is an incredibly well done video. Your channel is bound to blow up. Keep it up!

[SGON]

It is factually true that Hungary throughout its history was more often than not a victim and not an agressor. The animosity against Jews is not justified, but somewhat understandable when you take into consideration the massive Jewish presence in both of Hungary's communist dictatorships' leadership roles (Béla Kun, Mátyás Rákosi and many others). Hungary has a right to place its interests in the center in contrary to international interests when it comes to deciding its sovereign fate. Soros is not a philanthropist, he's an oligarch that promotes a Western liberal hegemonic world order through a web of his NGOs and his aim to undermine national sovereignity, he openly admitted this in his memoirs because as an internationalist plutocrat who got rich by performing economic hitjobs against countries adverserial to theWestern liberal hegemonic world order he has no loyalty to any country and naturally he feels threatened by nationalism. History is not black and white.

[doomdimensiondweller]

9:13 your not really challenging anything Orban says. Also AL Jazeera has no right to judge seeing as they are quite literally a mouth piece for the royal family of Qatar where Christianity and other non Islamic faiths are basically illegal. Qtar also treat their own migrant populations horribly

[sammyjones]

This video needs more views! This is so insanely well thought out and the visuals are so clean and polished.

[jamest]

I think the wariness of the Hungarians to accept large swaths of Muslim communities into their own, and their warnings of what that might entail, is being well borne out in what we see occurring across so many Western European nations today. Exponential spikes in crime and sexual assaults on women; complete “no-go” areas for law enforcement and emergency services; in some cases, even absolute bedlam (see France 2023). No, I think the Hungarians are well within reason and their rights, to wish to quash these trends before they even get a toehold.

[rogergalindo]

How is it possible that you still have under 1k subs!!?? Your content is great, keep it up!