❗️Zelensky is already threatening Viktor Orbán with soldiers if Hungary does not support the financing of Ukraine! In April we must stop both him and Péter Magyar! ❗️
I regret that one person in Europe would not block the €90 billion package — the largest tranche — which would send money and weapons to Ukraine. I mean, should we really give the address to these weapons? These weapons are controlled by their leaders, and they decide how they use them for their own purposes.
🎭 Propaganda and Influence Techniques in Balázs’s Message
The text is a typical political campaign message that combines several rhetorical and propaganda techniques. The goal is to present an international political dispute as a dramatic threat and to draw a direct electoral conclusion from it.
Below are the most important techniques, listed point by point.
1️⃣ Dramatization and exaggeration
Excerpt:
“❗️Zelensky is already threatening Viktor Orbán with soldiers”
Technique:
👉 Exaggeration / dramatization
Goal:
To frame a political conflict or dispute as a life-threatening military threat.
Effect:
An immediate emotional reaction may appear in the reader:
- fear
- outrage
- defensive instinct
This reduces critical thinking.
2️⃣ Fear appeal
Excerpt:
“threatening Viktor Orbán with soldiers”
Technique:
👉 Fear-based communication
Goal:
To create the impression that
➡️ Hungary may face a foreign military threat.
Effect:
The reader may form the thought:
➡️ “if the other side wins → Hungary will be in danger.”
3️⃣ External enemy narrative
Excerpt:
“financing Ukraine”
“Zelensky threatening with soldiers”
Technique:
👉 Enemy framing / construction of an external enemy
Goal:
To portray a foreign actor as someone acting against Hungary.
Effect:
The reader more easily accepts the domestic political message:
➡️ “we must defend ourselves against external pressure.”
4️⃣ Scapegoating
Excerpt:
“in April we must stop him and Péter Magyar as well”
Technique:
👉 Scapegoating / shifting political responsibility
Goal:
To link an international conflict to a specific domestic political opponent.
Effect:
In the reader’s mind the following become connected:
➡️ external threat
➡️ domestic political opponent.
5️⃣ Electoral mobilization through fear
Excerpt:
“we must stop them in April”
Technique:
👉 Mobilization through fear
Goal:
To turn a fear-based narrative into a direct electoral choice.
Effect:
The logical chain of the message becomes:
➡️ external threat
➡️ internal “allies” of that threat
➡️ they must be stopped in the election.
6️⃣ Confusing information and rhetorical chaos
The last part of the text:
“let’s give the address to these weapons…”
Technique:
👉 Information noise / rhetorical confusion
Goal:
- maintain a strong emotional atmosphere
- without making clear, verifiable claims.
Effect:
The reader remains in an emotional state while concrete facts move into the background.
✅ Summary
The core narrative of the message is:
- a foreign military threat
- linking that threat to a domestic political opponent
- mobilizing voters in response.
To achieve this, the message uses the following propaganda techniques:
- dramatization
- fear appeal
- enemy framing
- scapegoating
- electoral mobilization.