❌ Let’s not allow them to rob us!
With the introduction of the TISZA energy plan, every Hungarian family would have to dig deep into their pockets. By cutting off Russian energy, utility bills would increase by 2.5 times, and with the abolition of the protected price, fuel costs would rise by 48,600 forints per month. Altogether, the TISZA energy plan would cost an average family an extra one million forints per year.
🟠 The national government is capable of preserving utility price reductions and protected prices. Let’s not take the risk! On April 12, Fidesz is the safe choice!
What would this TISZA-style energy plan look like? Well, it would look something like this: if there is no Russian energy, then there is no utility price reduction. You don’t have to look far for examples—just look at the Czech Republic and Poland. There, annual household utility costs are around 800,000 to 900,000 forints, even up to 1 million forints. In Hungary, the average annual household utility cost is about 250,000 forints.
So anyone who thinks it’s a good idea to vote for TISZA should start putting money into an envelope right now as I speak—about 700,000 to 750,000 forints. Then let’s go a bit further and see what happens if there is no Russian crude oil and we have to pay market prices for gasoline and diesel. Right now, we would only have to pay a little more, but if we completely cut off from it, just look at Western countries—fuel prices are around 1,000 forints per liter. So let’s calmly calculate with a price of 1,000 forints per liter.
👉 Main narrative:
- “TISZA = massive financial loss”
- “without Russian energy = collapse”
- “Fidesz = protection + cheap living”
- “election = survival of your wallet”
👉 Hidden formula:
specific numbers + fear + simplification + repetition + urgency
→ “if you don’t vote for them → you’ll go broke”
🔍 What’s actually happening here?
1️⃣ Financial fear-mongering (fear framing)
👉 Example:
“2.5x utility costs”, “+48,600 HUF/month”, “+1 million per year”
👉 Technique:
- large, seemingly concrete numbers
- directly targets household finances
👉 Goal:
➡️ immediate anxiety
➡️ “I can’t risk this”
👉 Reality:
- no calculation shown
- no model, just claims
2️⃣ False precision
👉 Example:
“48,600 HUF”, “700–750 thousand HUF”
👉 Technique:
- overly precise numbers → illusion of accuracy
👉 Goal:
➡️ “this must be calculated”
👉 Reality:
- not verifiable, no sources
- communication tool, not an economic model
3️⃣ False causality
👉 Example:
“no Russian energy → no utility price cuts”
👉 Technique:
- reduces a complex energy system to a single statement
👉 Goal:
➡️ simple but misleading cause-effect link
👉 Reality:
- energy prices depend on multiple factors (market, regulation, sourcing, energy mix)
- this is a political claim, not a law of nature
4️⃣ Cherry-picking foreign examples
👉 Example:
“Czech Republic, Poland: 800k–1M yearly utility costs”
👉 Technique:
- isolated numbers without context
👉 Goal:
➡️ “look, it’s worse elsewhere → we’re better”
👉 Reality:
- no comparable data (income, consumption, subsidies)
- no sources
5️⃣ Catastrophic projection
👉 Example:
“1,000 HUF fuel price”
👉 Technique:
- presents worst-case scenario as certainty
👉 Goal:
➡️ shock + fear
👉 Reality:
- speculation, not a forecast
6️⃣ Urgency + forced action
👉 Example:
“put money in an envelope right now”
👉 Technique:
- physical visualization of action
👉 Goal:
➡️ emotional involvement
➡️ rushed decision-making
👉 Effect:
➡️ you react instead of thinking
7️⃣ False dilemma
👉 Message:
- Fidesz → safety
- others → financial collapse
👉 Reality:
➡️ artificially narrowed choice
🎯 Summary (core point)
This text is not trying to inform, but to:
➡️ scare you with money
➡️ reduce complex issues to simple (often false) claims
➡️ push you into a quick decision
➡️ leave only one “safe” option
💡 Why it works
fear → overrides rational thinking
money → affects everyone
concrete numbers → feel credible
simple narrative → no thinking required