“We’ve had Fidesz in power for too long — it’s time for change!”
On the contrary! Today, every European country would be grateful to have such a strong and experienced government as that of Viktor Orbán in these times of war and crisis.
Experience is an invaluable asset today, and change is not an opportunity but a risk — which is why Fidesz is the safe choice! 🇭🇺🇭🇺🧡
Every argument that is seemingly made against us actually supports us. We’ve been in power for too long. Well, my dear friends, if we want to stay out of the war, we need knowledge and experience. I understand every young person, even those who are unfair to us and want to come to power — that happens. They want rank, positions, and so on — that also happens. And I don’t find anything wrong with a young person wanting to become prime minister. Everyone carries a marshal’s baton in their pocket. The only question is when. And we know that everything has its proper time.
Dear people of Szentes, now is not the time for experimenting, not the time for adventures, not the time for taking risks — but the time for security. That is why we say: Fidesz is the safe choice. Experience and the years spent in government speak in our favor.
👉 Main narrative:
“Fidesz = experience = security”
“Change = risk = danger”
“Election = security vs. uncertainty”
👉 Hidden formula:
crisis + fear + overvaluing experience + discrediting alternatives
→ “don’t dare to change”
🔍 What is actually happening in it?
1️⃣ Fear framing
👉 Excerpt:
“in times of war and crisis”
👉 Technique:
- emphasizing external threats
- amplifying the feeling of uncertainty
👉 Goal:
➡️ activate the instinct for safety
➡️ “now is not the time to take risks”
👉 Effect:
➡️ emotional decision instead of rational thinking
2️⃣ False causality
👉 Excerpt:
“if we want to stay out of war → we need experience → therefore Fidesz”
👉 Technique:
- oversimplifying complex geopolitics
- tying outcomes to a single actor
👉 Reality:
- staying out of war does not depend on one government alone
👉 Goal:
➡️ create the feeling: “without them, we’re in trouble”
3️⃣ False dilemma
👉 Excerpt:
“not experimentation vs. security”
👉 Technique:
- only two options presented:
- Fidesz = security
- everything else = risk
👉 Goal:
➡️ narrow the space of choice
➡️ eliminate alternatives
4️⃣ Authority framing (overvaluing experience)
👉 Excerpt:
“experience is an invaluable asset”
👉 Technique:
- long time in power presented as a positive
👉 Reality:
- the same factor can be both:
- a strength and a weakness
👉 Goal:
➡️ “they’ve been in power long → therefore they are good”
5️⃣ Inversion (turning criticism around)
👉 Excerpt:
“every argument brought against us actually supports us”
👉 Technique:
- automatic neutralization of criticism
- logical trap
👉 Goal:
➡️ don’t examine the arguments
➡️ any criticism = proof they are right
👉 Effect:
➡️ thinking shuts down
6️⃣ Soft discrediting (paternalistic tone)
👉 Excerpt:
“young people… want power… positions, jobs”
👉 Technique:
- trivializing opponents’ motivations
- framing them as careerists instead of serious actors
👉 Goal:
➡️ undermine credibility without arguments
7️⃣ Inevitability framing (timing myth)
👉 Excerpt:
“everything has its appointed time”
👉 Technique:
- delegitimizing change as premature
👉 Goal:
➡️ “now is not the time to change”
➡️ normalize postponing change
8️⃣ Key slogan: “the safe choice”
👉 Technique:
- simple, repeatable slogan
- emotion over content
👉 Function:
➡️ compress the entire message into one sentence
➡️ simplify the decision
🔥 Core takeaway (brutally short)
➡️ builds fear (war)
➡️ oversimplifies reality
➡️ excludes alternatives
➡️ flips criticism
➡️ pushes emotional decision-making
👉 it doesn’t explain why it’s good → it makes you afraid of change
🧠 What to notice (cognitive trigger)
👉 when you feel:
- “now is not the time to take risks”
- “only they can solve this”
- “change is dangerous”
👉 then in reality:
➡️ you are not being informed → you are being steered toward a fixed decision