April 1st is April Fools’ Day — more precisely, the day of pranks. By now, it has spread all over the world that on this day people play the most absurd jokes on each other: pranks, fake news, teasing, impossible stories. I feel that this year we didn’t just get this on April 1st, but have been living in it for months.

I know many of you feel the same way — that you don’t even want to open social media or news sites anymore, because day by day we’re being fed more and more absurd stories.

👥 Spies, fake spies. Spies who lie about whether they are spies or not. Impossible stories. If all this weren’t about our lives, it might even be entertaining — but it isn’t anymore. In fact, it’s deadly serious, and all of this is aimed at making everyone uncertain about what is real and what is a lie.

But I suggest we don’t let ourselves be fooled, and we don’t allow them to make a mockery of us — and that we put an end to this deception that has been going on for nearly two years. We need to trust our judgment and, with a firm decision, stand on the side of common sense. I wish everyone perseverance in this, because we won’t have to wait much longer.

🟠 11 days to go.
Fidesz is the safe choice!

👉 Main narrative:

• “The world = chaos, lies, manipulation”
• “People = uncertain, confused”
• “Fidesz = rationality, stability, reality”

👉 Hidden formula:

chaos + information disorder + emotional fatigue + “rational solution”
→ “escape uncertainty → choose Fidesz”

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🔍 What is actually happening here?

1️⃣ Reality confusion framing

👉 Excerpt:
“fake news, impossible stories”, “you can’t tell what’s real and what’s a lie”

👉 Technique:

• discrediting the entire information environment
• creating a sense that “everything is confusing”

👉 Goal:
➡️ you lose your reference points
➡️ you can’t distinguish truth from falsehood

👉 Effect:
➡️ you stop verifying → you decide emotionally instead

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2️⃣ Cognitive overload

👉 Excerpt:
“more and more absurd stories day by day”

👉 Technique:

• too many contradictory inputs
• creating a feeling of “I’m fed up with all of this”

👉 Goal:
➡️ exhaust critical thinking
➡️ create demand for a simple solution

👉 Effect:
➡️ “just bring order already” → you become more receptive to a strong narrative

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3️⃣ Abstract enemy framing

👉 Excerpt:
“deception”, “they are trying to confuse everyone”

👉 Technique:

• no clearly identified actor
• building the image of an “invisible manipulator”

👉 Goal:
➡️ create general distrust
➡️ make all alternative information seem suspicious

👉 Effect:
➡️ you trust no one → except the one who “makes sense of it”

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4️⃣ “Common sense” as a manipulation tool

👉 Excerpt:
“we must listen to our عقل (reason)”, “the side of rationality”

👉 Technique:

• own position = rationality
• opposing views = madness / foolishness

👉 Goal:
➡️ shut down debate (“if you disagree → you’re not rational”)
➡️ signal moral and intellectual superiority

👉 Effect:
➡️ you don’t argue → you align

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5️⃣ Soft conversion to political decision

👉 Excerpt:
“don’t let this happen… side of rationality… 11 days left”

👉 Technique:

• no abrupt propaganda → gradual transition
• emotional state (confusion) → decision (vote)

👉 Goal:
➡️ make the political conclusion feel natural
➡️ avoid triggering resistance

👉 Effect:
➡️ the final choice feels like a “logical decision”

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6️⃣ Urgency framing

👉 Excerpt:
“11 days left”

👉 Technique:

• countdown
• pressure to decide quickly

👉 Goal:
➡️ no time to fact-check
➡️ fast, emotional decision

👉 Effect:
➡️ you react → you don’t analyze

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🔥 Core takeaway (short):

➡️ first it breaks your sense of reality
➡️ then it mentally exhausts you
➡️ then it offers a “simple, rational” solution
➡️ finally it turns it into a political decision

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🎯 What’s the strongest trick here?

It doesn’t rely on concrete lies or numbers.
It doesn’t attack directly.

👉 Instead, it makes you:

• trust nothing
• feel exhausted
• and ultimately look for a “safe anchor”

➡️ and then it provides that anchor:

👉 “Fidesz is the safe choice.”

“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”

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🔍 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

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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”

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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8️⃣ Key slogan: “the safe choice”

👉 Technique:

• simple, repeatable slogan
• emotion over content

👉 Function:
➡️ compress the entire message into one sentence
➡️ simplify the decision

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🔥 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

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🧠 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

With TISZA’s energy plan, we could get seriously burned in Csepel too!
If it became reality, it would cost an average Hungarian family well over 100,000 forints per month. Let’s not allow it! Let’s stand up for cheap energy and vote for Fidesz—and in Csepel and Pesterzsébet, for Nóra Király!

Nóra, I’m sure people in Csepel are already doing the math, since there are many apartment blocks but also family houses, so everyone has to compare their utility bills—how much it is with reduced utility costs and how much it would be without. The Prime Minister calculated that increases in gas, electricity, and fuel prices would mean about 1 million forints per year lost for an average Hungarian family—taken straight out of their pockets. What do you see—how much are people in Csepel calculating this, how much does this difference matter?

Absolutely, because many people live in panel apartment buildings here in Csepel, and many think it wouldn’t affect them because of district heating—but district heating has also been covered by the utility cost reduction for more than 10 years now, so people are definitely calculating. People do look at their utility bills sometimes, even though many forget because the bank automatically pays them every month. But here in Csepel, we’ve been saying more and more lately—reusing an earlier Fidesz slogan—“listen to your mind and your heart, vote for Fidesz,” but I would also add: think about your wallet too, and then you should vote for Fidesz. So locally, vote for Nóra, and on the list, vote for Fidesz.

“TISZA = financial loss”
“Fidesz = cheap energy + protection”
“Election = saving your wallet vs. collapse”

👉 Hidden formula:
specific numbers + fear + localization + repetition
→ “if you don’t vote for them → -100k HUF/month”

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🔍 What is actually happening here?

1️⃣ Financial fear framing

👉 Example:
“over 100,000 HUF per month”, “1 million per year loss”

👉 Technique:

• large, easy-to-imagine loss
• directly targets household finances

👉 Goal:
➡️ immediate anxiety
➡️ “I can’t risk this” feeling

👉 Effect:
➡️ you don’t verify → you accept

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2️⃣ False precision

👉 Example:
“1 million HUF per year”, “100k per month”

👉 Technique:

• specific numbers → illusion of credibility
• no calculation, no source

👉 Goal:
➡️ “this is calculated → must be true”

👉 Reality:
➡️ no model, assumptions, or method provided

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3️⃣ False causality (oversimplified cause-effect)

👉 Example:
“TISZA plan → price increases → families lose money”

👉 Technique:

• complex energy system → single cause
• all consequences tied to one actor

👉 Goal:
➡️ simplify the decision

👉 Effect:
➡️ black-and-white thinking

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4️⃣ Local anchoring

👉 Example:
“in Csepel too”, “panel buildings”, “district heating”

👉 Technique:

• specific place + specific lifestyle
• “this is about YOU” feeling

👉 Goal:
➡️ make the message personal

👉 Effect:
➡️ easier identification → less critical thinking

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5️⃣ Exploiting everyday habits

👉 Example:
“the bank pays it automatically”, “people don’t check bills”

👉 Technique:

• referencing common behavior
• “you won’t even notice, but you’ll pay”

👉 Goal:
➡️ create a sense of hidden loss

👉 Effect:
➡️ increased uncertainty

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6️⃣ Repetition + slogan recycling

👉 Example:
“listen to your mind… think of your wallet… vote Fidesz”

👉 Technique:

• reused, familiar slogan
• rhythmic, memorable phrasing

👉 Goal:
➡️ automatic recall

👉 Effect:
➡️ decision becomes a reflex

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7️⃣ False dilemma

👉 Hidden message:

• Fidesz → cheap energy
• TISZA → higher costs

👉 Technique:

• removes all other options

👉 Goal:
➡️ narrow the choice

👉 Effect:
➡️ no real evaluation → forced choice

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8️⃣ Authority bias

👉 Example:
“the Prime Minister calculated it”

👉 Technique:

• numbers tied to authority
• status instead of evidence

👉 Goal:
➡️ discourage questioning

👉 Effect:
➡️ “if he says it, it must be true”

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9️⃣ Bandwagon framing

👉 Example:
“everyone is calculating”, “people are checking”

👉 Technique:

• appeal to the crowd

👉 Goal:
➡️ “others believe this too”

👉 Effect:
➡️ conformity

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🔟 Direct political call to action

👉 Example:
“vote for Fidesz”, “locally vote for Nóra”

👉 Technique:

• specific name + clear action

👉 Goal:
➡️ immediate conversion

👉 Effect:
➡️ thinking → action

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🔥 Bottom line (short):

This is a classic financial fear-based propaganda:

• money = most sensitive trigger
• precise numbers → illusion of credibility
• local examples → personal relevance
• ending: only solution = Fidesz

👉 it doesn’t prove → it creates a feeling
👉 it doesn’t explain → it pressures a decision

No Orbán, no oil!
No oil, no money!

Listen to your mind, think about your wallet, vote for Fidesz!

The Tisza energy plan would hit every Hungarian family’s pocket!
Fuel costs would increase by 48,600 forints per month, gas bills by 31,000 forints, and electricity by 16,000 forints!

April 12!
Fidesz is the safe choice.

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Can I help? What do you think about this? Come on, help me out! Help him out, please, because we’re a bit stuck here.

So the question was: what do you think about the Ukrainian oil blockade?

I’d like to help the young Tisza supporter a bit and explain why it’s bad for us that Zelensky is maintaining an oil blockade against the country, and why it would also be bad if we did what Tisza, Ukraine, and Brussels want—that is, completely move away from Russian energy, including oil.

The situation is that fuel prices would rise—we would have to reckon with prices of around 1,000 forints per liter in Hungary, just like in many Western European countries.

This would show up in the price of all goods when you go to the store, because those products have transportation costs—they have to get there somehow. So you would end up paying for the higher fuel prices in everything you buy.

Then, if there were no Russian energy, your utility costs would also be much higher. You—or your parents—would have to pay three or even four times the current utility bills.

And if we go further, there are also the ideas of István Kapitány, which are about taxing your and your parents’ savings by 1.5% annually. That’s how they would make you pay for moving away from cheap Russian oil, and for converting the refinery in Százhalombatta to process a different type of crude.

I hope this helped with your decision.

🧠 Quick Overview

👉 Main narrative:

• “Orbán = cheap energy = security”
• “No Orbán → no oil → no money”
• “TISZA + Ukraine + Brussels = price hikes + austerity”
• “The election = financial survival vs. collapse”

👉 Underlying formula:
simple cause–effect + shocking numbers + enemy + repetition
→ “if you don’t vote for us → you’ll be financially ruined”

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🔍 What is actually happening here?

1️⃣ Extreme oversimplification (false causality)

👉 Excerpt:
“No Orbán, no oil! No oil, no money!”

👉 Technique:

• complex geopolitical reality → reduced to a 3-word slogan
• entire causal chain simplified

👉 Reality:

• oil supply does not depend on a single political actor
• multiple sources, markets, and contracts exist

👉 Goal:
➡️ trigger fast, non-reflective identification

👉 Effect:
➡️ creates the feeling that “Orbán = essential for survival”

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2️⃣ Financial fear framing

👉 Excerpt:
“HUF 95,600 per month”, “1 million per year”, “3–4× utility bills”

👉 Technique:

• very specific, large numbers
• no calculation shown
• repetition

👉 Goal:
➡️ trigger financial panic

👉 Effect:
➡️ “I can’t afford change”

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3️⃣ Domino-effect narrative (catastrophizing)

👉 Excerpt:
“HUF 1,000 fuel → everything becomes more expensive → you pay more in stores”

👉 Technique:

• one change → total economic chain reaction
• exaggerated consequences

👉 Goal:
➡️ create a sense that “everything will get worse”

👉 Effect:
➡️ generalized anxiety

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4️⃣ Enemy coalition framing

👉 Excerpt:
“TISZA + Ukraine + Brussels”

👉 Technique:

• merging multiple actors into one bloc
• “external forces” vs. “us”

👉 Goal:
➡️ strengthen the enemy image

👉 Effect:
➡️ identity-based decision-making (“us vs. them”)

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5️⃣ Unsupported claims

👉 Excerpt:

• “oil blockade by Zelensky”
• “1.5% tax on savings”
• “3–4× utility costs”

👉 Technique:

• concrete statements without sources
• presented as facts

👉 Goal:
➡️ create an illusion of credibility

👉 Effect:
➡️ discourages questioning

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6️⃣ Authority + “let me explain” role

👉 Excerpt:
“let me help you understand”, “I hope this helped your decision”

👉 Technique:

• superior, explanatory tone
• “I know, you don’t” positioning

👉 Goal:
➡️ guide thinking

👉 Effect:
➡️ reduces critical resistance

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7️⃣ False dilemma

👉 Implicit message:

• Fidesz → stability
• TISZA → price hikes + chaos

👉 Reality:

• multiple economic and energy pathways exist

👉 Goal:
➡️ narrow perceived choices

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🔥 Core takeaway (brief)

➡️ strong emotional pressure (money + fear)
➡️ simplified cause–effect logic
➡️ unproven but precise-looking numbers
➡️ enemy framing + urgency
➡️ final message: one solution = Fidesz

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🧩 Real communication objective

👉 not to inform
👉 but to:

• activate fear (financial insecurity)
• shift undecided voters
• simplify the decision into a binary choice

They are like this. This is how Péter Magyar and his people think.
We should remain calm, rely on common sense, and follow our national values.
Viktor Orbán and Fidesz are the safe choice!

We should support the decisions of the European Union and NATO regarding weapons deliveries and financial support. There will be a majority in life! There you go! I wish you many “happy metastatic girls”! I support Ukraine so it can survive, for f***’s sake! One moment! Dirty Fidesz! I am dirty Fidesz!

In dangerous times, serious people are needed—not aggressive agitators—so on April 12, the only safe choice is Fidesz.

🧠 Quick Overview

👉 This text is a typical propaganda mix, where:

• political messaging + chaos + emotional outbursts are blended together
• deliberate and “insane-sounding” parts alternate
• the goal: emotional confusion + a simple anchor = Fidesz

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🔍 What is actually happening in it?

1️⃣ “Us vs. Them” framing (enemy construction)

👉 Excerpt:
“They are like this. This is how Péter Magyar and his people think.”

👉 Technique:

• labeling an entire group
• no evidence, just assertion

👉 Goal:
➡️ immediate camp-building
➡️ “don’t think → pick a side”

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2️⃣ Moral superiority

👉 Excerpt:
“let us remain calm, rational, and guided by national feeling”

👉 Technique:

• our side = calm, moral, “good”
• opponent implicitly = irrational / aggressive

👉 Goal:
➡️ moral pressure
➡️ if you’re not with them → “you’re not a good person”

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3️⃣ Leader = security (leader framing)

👉 Excerpt:
“Viktor Orbán and Fidesz are the safe choice”

👉 Technique:

• presented as the only solution
• without evidence

👉 Goal:
➡️ simplify a complex world
➡️ “security = them”

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4️⃣ Chaos injection (very important!)

👉 Elements:

• random sentences
• vulgar outbursts
• out-of-place Ukraine-related parts
• chaotic shouting

👉 Technique:
intentional disruption / cognitive overload

👉 Why it works:
➡️ the brain cannot follow → gets tired
➡️ looks for a simple anchor → “Fidesz is the safe choice”

👉 This is one of the most extreme forms of manipulation

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5️⃣ False contrast

👉 Excerpt:
“we don’t need aggressive ranters, but serious people”

👉 Technique:

• opponent = aggressive, irrational
• own side = serious

👉 Reality:
➡️ no evidence
➡️ just labeling

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6️⃣ Closing: a single “solution”

👉 Excerpt:
“on April 12, only Fidesz”

👉 Technique:

• total narrowing of choice
• no alternatives

👉 Goal:
➡️ replace decision-making with reflex
➡️ “automatically vote for them”

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⚠️ What’s truly extreme about it

👉 This is no longer simple propaganda, but:

🔥 1. Deliberate chaos communication

• mixing in meaningless elements
• emotional overload

🔥 2. Mental exhaustion

• not targeting logic
• but the nervous system

🔥 3. Delivering a simple answer at the end
➡️ “Fidesz = security”

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🧠 How far do they go?

Honestly:

👉 very far

This is the next level:

• not trying to persuade
• but to confuse → then control

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🔥 Bottom line (briefly)

➡️ no reasoning
➡️ no evidence
➡️ instead:

• enemy construction
• chaos
• emotional overload
• one final “solution”

👉 This is classic manipulation + modern cognitive overload strategy

It is clear that there are two paths before the Hungarian people. Fidesz will always put Hungarian interests first, which is why we will preserve energy security and peace. Tisza, on the other hand, would form a puppet government that would serve not the Hungarian people, but Ukraine, Brussels, and of course foreign multinationals.

We also said it at the street forum in Rákosmente: it is no coincidence that they want to remove the national government from the way with all their might. But we will not allow this! On April 12, together we will show that Fidesz is the safe choice!

If we do not want to pay a surcharge — meaning gasoline prices of up to 1,000 forints per liter, and double or triple our current monthly gas bill, just so that Russian oil and gas supplies can be cut off immediately — then we should vote for Fidesz! 😉

That is because we need to look at the incredible forces and incredible energy being used to simply sweep the right-wing, national forces out of the way. And there is a reason why they want to do this. Quite simply, it is because they know exactly what they can expect from them. And I think the Hungarian people also know exactly what they can expect from Fidesz-KDNP. For example, they can expect that we will never put the interests of the Hungarian people in second place. For us, you — the Hungarian people — will always come first. And that is what those do not like who now see an opportunity in Hungary. They see an economic opportunity to gain a foothold here and then turn the wheel of Hungary’s fate in a direction that would not benefit you, would not benefit Hungarians, but would instead benefit, for example, Ukraine, or foreign multinationals, or foreign banks.

🧠 Quick Overview

👉 Main narrative:

• “There are two paths: us vs. them”
• “Fidesz = Hungarian interests, peace, security”
• “TISZA = serving foreign interests”
• “Election = your wallet + the country’s future”

👉 Underlying formula:

simple choice + enemy image + fear (money, energy) + repetition
→ “if you don’t vote for us → you will lose both financially and nationally”

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🔥 Core takeaway

➡️ no concrete evidence
➡️ no detailed economic calculation
➡️ strong emotional and identity-based pressure
➡️ final message: only one “solution” = Fidesz

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🔍 Manipulation techniques (detailed)

1️⃣ False dilemma

👉 Example:
“there are two paths before the Hungarian people”

👉 Technique:
only two options presented → excludes all nuance

👉 Goal:
➡️ simplify the decision
➡️ eliminate alternative thinking

👉 Effect:
“you’re either with us → or against us”

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2️⃣ Fear framing (financial)

👉 Example:
“1000 HUF fuel price”, “double or triple gas bills”

👉 Technique:
shocking numbers without real evidence

👉 Goal:
➡️ trigger immediate existential fear
➡️ force a decision

👉 Effect:
“if you don’t vote for them → you’ll be financially ruined”

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3️⃣ Enemy coalition framing

👉 Example:
“Ukraine + Brussels + multinationals + banks”

👉 Technique:
different actors merged into one “big enemy”

👉 Goal:
➡️ simplify a complex world
➡️ create a “us vs. everyone else” feeling

👉 Effect:
siege mentality (“everyone is against us”)

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4️⃣ Betrayal framing

👉 Example:
“they would not serve the Hungarian people”

👉 Technique:
opponent = acting against their own nation

👉 Goal:
➡️ moral delegitimization
➡️ emotional rejection

👉 Effect:
not a political debate → but “traitors vs. patriots”

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5️⃣ Repetition + identity framing

👉 Example:
“the Hungarian people always come first”

👉 Technique:
repeating the same message in slightly varied forms

👉 Goal:
➡️ embed identity
➡️ build emotional attachment

👉 Effect:
no need to prove → repetition is enough

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6️⃣ Conspiracy framing

👉 Example:
“they want to remove the national government”

👉 Technique:
suggesting coordinated hidden forces

👉 Goal:
➡️ create constant sense of threat
➡️ mobilize supporters

👉 Effect:
“this is not just an election → it’s a fight”

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7️⃣ Protector framing

👉 Example:
“we preserve energy security and peace”

👉 Technique:
leader = protector

👉 Goal:
➡️ create a sense of safety
➡️ build dependency

👉 Effect:
“without them, you are in danger”

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8️⃣ False causality (economic simplification)

👉 Example:
“if Russian energy stops → everything becomes expensive”

👉 Technique:
complex systems reduced to one cause → one outcome

👉 Goal:
➡️ create an easy-to-understand (but misleading) logic
➡️ speed up decision-making

👉 Effect:
no need to understand → just fear

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🎯 Overall picture

This is a classic campaign message that:

• does not inform → it directs
• does not explain → it creates fear
• does not debate → it frames

👉 In one sentence:

“If you don’t vote for us, you will lose your money and foreigners will control your country.”