{"id":18468,"date":"2022-04-06T10:11:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=18468"},"modified":"2022-04-06T10:11:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T14:11:04","slug":"orban-conservatism-with-a-heart-and-a-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/06\/orban-conservatism-with-a-heart-and-a-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Orban, Conservatism With a Heart and a Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is an article<\/a> that dissects the policies Orban has used to win a dominant share of the electorate in Hungary.\u00a0 Our Republican politicians could do much worse than copying what he is doing.<\/p>\n

“Mainly, though, Orb\u00e1n was just too good to beat even under the best of scenarios. He has designed a unique political model. American and British conservatives have been flocking to Budapest to study it. It combines basic ideas of the political right with basic ideas of the political left.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He has reduced social-policy spending (a conservative idea), but he pursues a strategically interventionist approach to the economy (usually associated with the left).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So taxes and unemployment benefits are low \u2013 that\u2019s the conservative aspect. But where it really matters for citizens, the state intervenes.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hungary is among the most investment-friendly countries in Europe. But only in sectors where the Hungarian economy cannot do what foreign investors can do. Hungarian companies can\u2019t build cars. Germans can. But banks? The service industry? Hungarians can do the job just as well. And so the government makes it a priority to strengthen domestic entrepreneurs and innovative startups.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Orb\u00e1n\u2019s argument is that GDP matters \u2013 but what matters more is how much of it remains in the country and ends up in households.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another crucial reason for Orb\u00e1n\u2019s dominance is that he has established a firm presence in the countryside, down to the last village. No party before Fidesz even tried to do this. The opposition is urban. Fidesz is rooted in rural Hungary, tapping a voter base that didn\u2019t even exist before Orb\u00e1n. In the past, many villagers simply would not vote at all. They support Orb\u00e1n because he has made it a priority to minimise the wealth gap between the countryside and the big cities.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Can you imagine if the stupid party (Republicans) were this smart?\u00a0 We might even still have a country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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