re: It may not be so bad in Hungary.

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Alex Soros, Obama, Schiff, and Hillary praised Magyar's election, so I probably won't hold my breath.

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Likely to be a (D)ifferent sort of corruption, is my best guess (and a softening of policies to appear leftist at the very least).

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Naw. Soros and Russia HATE each other. It's existential for both of them.

A major reason why people even know Soros or think of him in terms of being evil is due specifically to Russian propaganda creating that meme.

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It was actually created by a couple of Americans running Orban's initial campaigns... as a candidate invoking populism he needed an enemy, and Soros was the only domestic name available (despite the fact that Orban, himself, had received a Soros grant). Those two operatives are Jewish themselves, and have been called to task for creating a new wave of antisemitism in Europe as the meme spread.

BUZZFEED: The Unbelievable Story Of The Plot Against George Soros
How two Jewish American political consultants helped create the world’s largest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory.