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tory power stance is still the funniest thing to come out of uk party politics in a long time

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER

I feel like I need to talk about the random shit I know about this pose. As they paid a guy a lot of money to come up with a pose that’d make the important tories look POWERFUL and IMPOSING. And they guy came up with this, but it was only meant for photos of the torso up and none of them realised.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_power_stance

funny, funny article. “ The stance is believed to be intended to be a display of power and confidence. “

how could you leave out the best part of that wiki entry

Don’t forget this high quality [citation needed]

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we live in a dictatorship

people are forced into overtime by the recently passed Slavery Law (index.hu)

the government is hiding a convicted felon (index.hu)

the government forced the country’s best university out of the country by making up laws and then not acting accordingly (index.hu)

homelessness has been re-criminalised (euronews)

there’s a new court that stands above all other courts and is controlled directly by the government (new york times)

90% of media and press is controlled by the government (new york times)

the government and its associates/collaborants are constantly milking EU funds for their own benefit (the guardian)

examples of state propaganda (atlatszo.hu)

antisemitism and islamophobia is rampant and fueled entirely by the government with billboard and news campaigns as a form of propaganda (al jazeera)

the results of the latest election were dubious to say the least (new york times)

the EU for the first time in its history triggered article 7 against the country “citing concerns about judicial independence, corruption, freedom of expression, academic freedom, the rights of minorities and migrants, and other issues” (politico)

PM calls the country itself an illiberal democracy - here’s how that works (the week)

these are all links - the articles are all in english, sources listed.

but wait, there’s more!

hungary is the second poorest country in the european union (dailynewshungary)

a heartbreaking personal retelling of how the healthcare system killed the author’s elderly mother out of negligence (hungarian free press)

“Hungary’s PM bans gender study at colleges saying ‘people are born either male or female” (CNN)

the government is still trying to fearmonger with anti-migration propaganda, long after the migration crisis’ peak (euronews)

academic autonomy is constantly threatened and diminished (chemistry.org)

the government wants to ban protests on national holidays at culturally significant locations (atlatszo.hu)

the PM’s childhood friend has become a multibillionaire in the span of two years, amassing his funds from state funds, tenders, EU businesses (hungarian spectrum)

our healthcare system is in medieval conditions, doctors are leaving the country en masse (heinrich böll foundation)

there’s an alarming vacancy in public teaching jobs (dailynewshungary)

thousands of people die from infections contracted while hospitalised (dailynewshungary)

we’re at the bottom of the euro health consumer index (hungarian spectrum)

the PM is majorly obsessed with football, spending an incomprehensible amount of public money on stadiums (the guardian - this article treats many of the aforementioned topics as well)

he’s directing major projects and infrastructure into his childhood village of 1800 people, including a 3000-seat stadium right next to his old home (the telegraph)

DISCLAIMER: All the above articles are to showcase what’s happening to the country of Hungary, in the middle of Europe, given that people outside the state are generally very unaware of the status quo. While the tendencies of global politics are alarmingly similar, this is only about one country.

more, partly related to current events:

a brief explanation of how the state monopolium of hungarian media works (al jazeera)

prestigious printed national newspapers, having been worked for decades have been shut down because of the government’s pressure or manipulation (reuters)

“sudden cataclysm in Hungarian media: almost all pro-government outlets in one hand” (index.hu)

employees of national media have admitted to lying and creating propaganda (the guardian)

tens of thousands have gathered to protest the slavery law on december 16th (nbc news)

members of the parliament were forcibly removed from the buildings of national media after protesting recently voted laws and wanting to appear on national television (reuters)

current events are in bold.

My homecountry is in a fight against the ongoing dictatorship and exploitation of right-wing populist Viktor Orbán and his band of gangsters. 

Please spread the word of it!!! Do not let them silence us!

Fuck man, I read the header and unquestioningly assumed this post was going to be about America

I’m saying this in the most well-meaning way possible, but I’ve seen plenty of reblogs in the same vein under my post, and if anything, it proves that if Americans automatically assume everything they read is related to them or their country, a healthy dose of self-reflection is in need. US-centrism is deeply flawed and harmful.

Current news about Hungary and the state of the country:

the president has signed the overtime law and it’s already in effect - sparking a protest of thousands in front of the presidential residence (index.hu)

bbc has also covered the protests (bbc)

the explanation of why the so-called slave law is controversial and what it really means (new york times)

an mp who was there when other members of the parliament were obstructed and attacked in the building of national media has written an article in the guardian from her perspective. mps were physically attacked by armed security guards, police weren’t allowed in the buliding to protect them, and they were locked in (the guardian)

an explanation of the events that led to their stay and subsequent issues, including an mp’s injury caused by the security guards attacking him (new york times)

meanwhile: russian spies were carrying out missions then expelled without any kind of announcements and without addressing the public (direkt36)

Last updated: december 22nd. Thanks for the reblogs.

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reblog this and tag the first vine that comes to ur mind. mine is the one of the people yelling at cabbage

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