Please share this video and send it to your friends who haven’t made their decision yet! Let’s not take risks! Fidesz is the only safe choice!
The elections are just a week away, and I thought we should briefly gather the arguments we can use when talking to those who may not want to vote for Fidesz, or who are still undecided about where to place their X on Sunday. I think it’s very important that over the next week we talk about this as much as possible with everyone who is open to it.
First, I suggest that everyone reflect on their own personal life and the changes that have taken place over the past decade and a half. For example, what was it like to start a family before the national government, and what is it like now? What tax benefits are available? What additional support exists? What home-creation opportunities are there?
Or what was it like to be a young person starting a career? Were there tax exemptions for those under 25? Were there free language exams or free driving theory tests? Was there a 3% home-start program?
Or as a parent, what was it like sending your child to school in September? How many things did you have to buy, like textbooks—which children now receive for free?
Or what was it like to be a pensioner? What was it like when you had to pay those massive gas and utility bills before 2010? What was it like before the 13th (and 14th) month pension, before pension corrections or pension bonuses?
I think everyone can go through these in their own life and consider what has changed over the past 16 years. And I believe that if someone honestly adds it all up, they will conclude that even though the government has had to perform under difficult circumstances—there was COVID, and now there is a war and a global energy crisis—despite all this, everyone has still been able to take one, two, or even more steps forward.
The second thing I suggest considering is this: regardless of party preference, no one can claim that what we see in the world right now is reassuring. The signs point to the coming years not being calm or secure in terms of the global environment around us.
In such a situation, what is the right choice? In such times, it’s better to have someone at the helm of the government who has, over the past decade and a half, known what to do in every unexpected situation—whether it was migration or the current war. Or should we experiment and entrust the country to a political adventurer to steer the nation through perhaps the most turbulent period of our lives?
I truly believe that everyone should think through these two questions—regardless of party politics—before next Sunday, before placing their X. Because we are not deciding just four years—we are deciding our future.
So I ask for your help: talk to as many people as possible about this. And simply ask them to think these things through. If their own future matters to them, if their family’s future matters, if security matters, if predictable utility costs matter, if it matters that a government with a steady hand continues to lead our lives—then Fidesz is the only safe choice.
🧠 What is actually happening in this message?
👉 Main narrative
- “everything has gotten better with us”
- “the world is dangerous”
- “only we can protect you”
- “if you don’t choose us → you’re taking a risk”
👉 Underlying formula
nostalgia + fear + security + mobilization
→ “don’t analyze → feel → and convince others too”
🔍 Influence techniques
1️⃣ Network-based spread (grassroots mobilization)
👉 Excerpt:
“Share this… send it… talk about it”
👉 Technique:
- not media → but person → person
- personal recommendation → much stronger
👉 Goal:
➡️ decentralize propaganda
➡️ “you become part of the campaign”
👉 Effect:
➡️ trust increases (because it’s not “official”)
➡️ rapid spread
2️⃣ “Think through your own life” (internalization framing)
👉 Excerpt:
“everyone should think it through in their own life…”
👉 Technique:
- doesn’t provide data
- relies on internal, personal experience
👉 Goal:
➡️ don’t verify → feel it as true
👉 Effect:
➡️ distorted memory (confirmation bias)
➡️ “it really did get better… maybe…”
3️⃣ List overload (list flooding)
👉 Excerpt:
- tax benefits
- under-25 tax exemption
- free textbooks
- pensions, etc.
👉 Technique:
- many positives in rapid succession
- no context / no nuance
👉 Goal:
➡️ persuade through quantity
👉 Effect:
➡️ “so many things happened” feeling
➡️ you don’t examine them individually
4️⃣ Idealizing the past (contrast framing)
👉 Excerpt:
“what was it like before 2010…”
👉 Technique:
- past = bad
- present = better
👉 Goal:
➡️ create a simple black-and-white picture
👉 Effect:
➡️ oversimplification of a complex reality
5️⃣ Crisis framing
👉 Excerpt:
“war”, “energy crisis”, “uncertain world”
👉 Technique:
- constant emphasis on threats
👉 Goal:
➡️ increase uncertainty
👉 Effect:
➡️ stronger need for security
➡️ reduced critical thinking
6️⃣ “Strong leader vs. experimentation” (false dilemma)
👉 Excerpt:
“reliable leader” vs “political adventurer”
👉 Technique:
- only two options presented
- no middle ground
👉 Goal:
➡️ narrow the choice
👉 Effect:
➡️ “there is no real alternative”
7️⃣ Fear + family (ultimate trigger)
👉 Excerpt:
“family’s future”, “security”, “utility costs”
👉 Technique:
- strongest emotional triggers
👉 Goal:
➡️ make politics personal
👉 Effect:
➡️ non-rational decision-making
➡️ defensive reaction
8️⃣ “Not 4 years, but the future” (high-stakes framing)
👉 Excerpt:
“we’re not deciding for four years”
👉 Technique:
- exaggerating the weight of the decision
👉 Goal:
➡️ urgency + pressure
👉 Effect:
➡️ “I can’t make a mistake” feeling
9️⃣ Seemingly neutral request (soft manipulation)
👉 Excerpt:
“just think it through”
👉 Technique:
- not a direct command
- but guidance disguised as a question
👉 Goal:
➡️ reduce resistance
👉 Effect:
➡️ you don’t perceive it as manipulation
🧠 Overall picture – what is this really?
This is a very clean, textbook example of mobilizing propaganda:
👉 4 core elements:
- rewriting the past in a positive light
- framing the present as dangerous
- constructing a strong leader image
- involving people in spreading the message
⚠️ Why it feels so irritating (rightfully so)
- it doesn’t debate → it directs
- it doesn’t provide data → it builds on emotions
- it doesn’t leave space → it narrows choices
- it uses you → as a distribution channel
And yes:
it is especially effective among older, uncertain, or less informed audiences, because it:
- relies on personal experience
- triggers fear
- offers simple answers
🧩 In short
This is not an “opinion”, but:
➡️ a text designed to influence behavior