The Tisza Party would immediately abolish the 13th and 14th month pensions and send energy prices through the roof. Everything else is a lie.
There truly seems to be no limit to the shamelessness. Müller, the Brussels–North Pest candidate, is stirring people up by claiming that today in Hungary pensioners have to decide whether to buy medicine or pay their utility bills. That today one must choose between medicine and utilities.
And this is said by a representative of a party which, if it came to power, would immediately abolish the 13th and 14th month pensions and instantly multiply energy prices.
Okay, politics is a shameless business—but there are limits. Especially coming from a teacher, this is unacceptable.
1️⃣ Evidence-free future criminalization (conditional lie)
“would immediately abolish the 13th and 14th month pension”
“would immediately raise energy prices multiple times over”
❌ There is:
- no program citation
- no resolution
- no draft law
- no calculation
- no source
👉 This is not a fact, but conditional fear-mongering:
“if they come to power → things will be bad”
This is fear projection, not a political statement.
2️⃣ Hijacking victimhood (false empathy)
“today in Hungary pensioners have to decide whether to buy medicine or pay their utility bills”
👉 The trick is cynical:
- it acknowledges that there is a crisis,
- then blames the opposition for what is happening right now.
This is moral displacement:
“yes, things are bad – but imagine how bad they’d be without us”
3️⃣ Self-contradictory narrative (cognitive dissonance)
The text claims at the same time that:
- pensioners cannot make ends meet today,
- and that the current system protects them.
👉 Logical failure:
If today the choice is “medicine or utilities”,
then the system has already failed.
4️⃣ “Brussels” labeling + personalization
“Brussels’ North-Pest candidate, Müller”
👉 A classic move:
- external enemy (“Brussels”),
- glued onto a local figure,
- without evidence.
This is agent-labeling, not argument.
5️⃣ Pre-emptive excuse for dishonesty
“Okay, politics is a shameless business…”
👉 This is rhetorical immunization:
- openly admits shamelessness,
- then continues unchanged.
The message:
“yes, we lie – that’s just politics”
6️⃣ Moral blackmail at the end
“Especially not from a teacher.”
👉 It attacks the person’s profession,
👉 not the claim itself.
This is ad hominem + moral shaming:
“if you’re a teacher, you should keep quiet”
🧠 The overall picture
This text:
- does not prove,
- does not calculate,
- does not cite,
- does not debate,
Instead it:
- manufactures fear,
- creates scapegoats,
- and normalizes present hardship by saying:
“it could only be worse”.