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Our main task is to ensure that the morally bankrupt left-wing Brussels elite, retreating forward, does not drag our nation’s capital into this liberal experiment as well. And this organizing effort is indeed underway. We don’t have to look far for examples—just look around Budapest. When a city is governed according to the logic of the left-wing Brussels elite, what we see is not development, but bankruptcy. Not order, but chaos. Not a proud capital, but run-down public spaces, a worsening homelessness crisis, untreated drug problems, and a city that can no longer look at itself with a smile, not even during the holidays. It is enough to look at Budapest dressed in Christmas decorations now, under our current city leadership.

Today in the Western world, two different visions of cities stand side by side, and next April we will also have to choose between these two futures. According to one vision, a city is not a home, not a community, but an experimental ground—an ideological testing site where order is relativized, tradition is treated with suspicion, and city leadership seeks to meet external expectations rather than serve its own citizens. In these cities, order and security disappear first, then pride disappears, and finally freedom disappears. In the end, the city itself disappears as well—at least in spirit.

This is what we see today in most Western European major cities: illegal migration, violence, chaos, the abandonment of public safety, and ideological governance instead of real development.

And then there are cities that do not want to move toward their own dismantling—where security is a value, organization is a virtue, order is not a dirty word, and the city serves those who live there, not the other way around.

Our main task is to ensure that the morally bankrupt left-wing Brussels elite, retreating forward, does not drag our nation’s capital into this liberal experiment.

1️⃣ Pre-designated culprit (“the morally bankrupt left-wing Brussels elite”)

What is happening?

A homogeneous, demonized group is being identified.

There are no names, no concrete decisions, no data → therefore no claim that can be debated, only a moral judgment.

Technique: Moral condemnation framing
👉 Anyone who thinks differently is not “mistaken,” but morally corrupt.


2️⃣ “Just look around Budapest” – evidence without proof

What is happening?

The text creates the appearance of empirical evidence, yet specifies nothing.

There is no timeframe, no comparison, no benchmark.

Technique: Self-evident claim
👉 “If you don’t agree, you must be blind.”


3️⃣ Binary worldview: order vs. chaos

Pairings:

  • order ↔ chaos
  • development ↔ bankruptcy
  • pride ↔ decay
  • freedom ↔ disappearance

What is missing?

  • nuance
  • institutional causes
  • budget constraints, competencies, timelines

Technique: False dichotomy
👉 Only two paths exist; any middle position is framed as moral betrayal.


4️⃣ “The West” as a warning future

What is happening?

Western Europe = migration + violence + chaos
Budapest = “still salvageable”

Key tricks:

  • No cities are named
  • No statistics are provided
  • No cause-and-effect analysis is offered

Technique: Fear projection / civilizational panic
👉 Fear replaces argumentation.


5️⃣ Apocalyptic slope (“order disappears → the city disappears”)

This is one of the strongest elements of the text.

What is happening?

A narrative of an unstoppable process is constructed.

If you don’t act now, everything will be lost.

Technique: Slippery slope
👉 Forces immediate political loyalty.


6️⃣ Christmas decorations – emotional manipulation

Christmas is not an urban policy indicator, but rather:

  • a shared community memory
  • emotional identification
  • nostalgia

Technique: Emotional anchoring
👉 The critique is framed not as rational evaluation, but as emotional disappointment.


Overall picture

This text:

❌ does not analyze
❌ does not compare
❌ does not offer solutions

Instead, it:

✅ defines identity (“us” vs. “them”)
✅ generates fear
✅ implies moral superiority
✅ is optimized for electoral mobilization

📌 Core point:
This is not about the condition of Budapest.
It is about belonging — and about defining who you are supposed to fear.