Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has taken control of the national media, discriminated against minorities and expanded cronyism. And he’s won a big, big fan in Fox’s Tucker Carlson. It’s almost as if the U.S. right wing is looking for ways to dismantle democracy:

Aug 4, 2021 · 12:40 AM UTC

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Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych @Nick_Carmody
4 Aug 2021
At 3:20 mark, Carlson plants a subtle/implicit "seed" where he associates the protection/safety of "families" w/Hungarian Right Wing Authoritarianism. This resonates with "Authoritarian Followers", & may be an attempt to groom his "base"/viewers with his version of "I alone....1/
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This is EXACTLY what is happening in the UK right now, with the govt infiltrating the BBC, and trying to privatise Channel 4, which has a news programme that has called them out in the past.
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Do we have plans for if we lose the government? It would force a lot of life changes, ones we really wouldn't want to have to handle unprepared.
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@medit8now It’s hard to come up with counter narrative to someone as #anti-American #TuckerCarlson #Fox when you can’t call loved ones away from being subjected to the main control of #FoxMegaphone. Logic?Facts?Pleads? NO 🥲WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
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Not almost, They are trying every way that they can !
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They are. Bannon spends a lot of time in Europe to organize the far-right/fascists. They want to destroy existing world order and grab power.
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#GQP is a PROFITABLE ANTI-AMERICAN industry with endless connections-Funded and Staffed with INTERNATIONAL CRIMINALS AMERICA is a PRIZE. Nothing is off the table nitter.vloup.ch/joebarton1238/st… nitter.vloup.ch/joebarton1238/st… nitter.vloup.ch/joebarton1238/st…
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The scariest thing is that HE CHANGED THE CONSTITUTION. Yeah, you know the thing conservatives say they want to protect at all costs? They would have no problem dismantling it and putting in all the right-wing amendments they want if they got the power to do so.
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Seems weird that a Foxxer would pretty much just forfeit American exceptionalism. You can hardly even recognize conservatives any more.
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You know the method: Dismantle Disrupt Defund Let it roll …
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