orban propaganda

I bet you don’t even know what we’re eliminating from the DC.
Of course I do. And it’s better if everyone knows.

There are three things we can protest against through the national petitions.

First: we do not want to finance this war.
Second: we do not want to finance Ukraine in the coming years either.
And third: we do not want Hungarian families’ utility bills to rise because of the war.

👉 Today, the delivery of the national petition begins, giving everyone the opportunity to send a clear message to Brussels: we will not pay!

On three key issues, we can all express our opinion:

❌ We say NO to financing the Russian–Ukrainian war!
❌ We say NO to funding Ukraine with Hungarian taxpayers’ money!
❌ We say NO to rising utility prices caused by the war!

Let’s stand together for Hungarian interests!
Only Fidesz is the safe choice! 🟠

1️⃣ “Of course I know” – false display of competence

“Let’s bet you don’t know… Of course I know.”

This is not an answer, but role-playing:

  • it does not explain,
  • it does not clarify,
  • it closes the issue in an authoritarian way: “I know, you don’t.”

👉 Function: to dominate the situation before anyone can ask questions.


2️⃣ The “three NOs” – emotional packaging, not public policy

The three points are deliberately merged, even though they belong to entirely different domains:

  • financing the war
  • supporting Ukraine
  • household utility prices

🔴 These are not the same:

  • different legal frameworks,
  • different budget lines,
  • different decision-making levels (EU, state, market).

👉 By compressing them into a single sentence, they become one unified fear package.


3️⃣ “We send a message to Brussels” – false addressee

A national petition is:

  • not legally binding,
  • not a decision-making tool,
  • not a legal act.

Yet it is presented as if:

“Brussels sends the bill, and we write back.”

👉 This creates a symbolic enemy, not a real political process.


4️⃣ Utilities = war – deliberate causal distortion

“We say NO to rising utility prices caused by the war.”

This sentence presents a contested narrative as fact:

  • utility prices are not determined exclusively by the war;
  • they also depend on:
    • market pricing,
    • long-term contracts,
    • domestic regulation,
    • political decisions.

👉 All of this disappears, leaving a single scapegoat: “the war.”


5️⃣ “Everyone gets a chance” – psychological involvement

This is the classic formula:

“You are part of it.”
“You are deciding too.”

In reality:

  • there is no alternative answer,
  • no nuance,
  • only a yes/no emotional reflex.

👉 This is mobilization, not consultation.


6️⃣ Closing: “Only Fidesz” – fear → loyalty

The logic chain:

  1. War
  2. Money
  3. Utility prices
  4. Brussels
  5. Fear
  6. 👉 “Only Fidesz”

This is not an argument, but the offer of a psychological escape route:

“If you’re afraid, stay with us.”


🎯 In short: what is happening here?

  • ❌ Not a policy debate
  • ❌ Not fact-based information
  • Emotional coercion + enemy construction + demand for loyalty

This is campaign messaging, not a position paper.
This is framing, not a solution.