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redtails2649
The purges. The pogroms
BuzzAldrinsPunch
Start repealing their EU privileges. They can't have the benefits with this dissent.
Ploty
Rightwing, leftwing indifferent what: conservatism rules in every country.
Zorklunn
Authoritarianism never goes a way, they just change the name they call themselves.
alchemist12345
Just an interesting read: https://www.ft.com/content/18504c61-4878-46c3-aa99-de00b63fb932
michaelfire
Putin...just like the US, MAGA. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/12/russia-waging-asymmetric-warfare-against-united-states-and-were-letting-them-win/161981/
michaelfire
The hair pretty much says "I'm an authoritarian"
Zahnradfee
As an Estern German: I probably need a travel permission for that.
memeseeks
Hey just like everyone else.
NewtGinGrinch
https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-election-fico-ukraine-russia-democracy-smer-e9e04e59361d927918ff9e8e6e830694 Fico's in Putin's pocket.
michiyl
userNamelessOne
Funny, coming from a guy who had to resign from his position of prime minister in 2018 due to connection to a murder of a journalist investigating him.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/slovakias-prime-minister-robert-fico-resigns-journalist-murder
MrOne2
DrQui
The USSR and its inherent way of thinking is like a cancer - it can come back eventually. The Warsaw Pact countries were infected with it, so nothing surprising. Today's Hungarian and Slovak politicians were in their 30s during the Soviet era, they are just getting their youth and habits back.
kaarbaakimgr
And to think conservatives in the US just want systemic racism and misogyny, like in “the good ol days.”
MoriMeta
No, its just money. Nothing else.
Eleshar24
It has nothing to do with USSR and its way of thinking. The guy is a Russian-paid puppet. Like Orbán, like Trump. He is not a communist, he is a traitor and a piece of shit little fascist.
DidItForScience
It doesn't help that Russia for instance was pretty shitty and rural for large swaths of the country. And their only attempt at democracy ever ended up electing Putin and a system of corrupt oligarchs who have destroyed and semblance of democracy.
DrQui
"- Grandpa, when was life better - under Stalin or now? - Of course it was better under Stalin! - What?? But why??? -So under Stalin I could have an erection!"
alchemist12345
At least the Slovaks know what to expect. Look at Orbán's regime from 2010. Thats EXACTLY what you're looking at. Orbán first cordoned off
alchemist12345
areas in the parliament where journalists could ask questions from passers-by, then in 2016 he banned "critical/hostile" journalists. My
GerbilHereReportingLiveFromRichardGeresAss
That's what happened in Poland as well. Kaczyński - the 'mastermind' behind his version of autocracy, literally surrounded himself with security in and outside of the parliament. Stopped talking to real journalists, stopped interacting with regular folk. He tried banning the free press but he failed. If he didn't he'd move onto imprisoning people opposing him. The pattern is always the same, dictatorships don't fall out of the sky, it's a process.
alchemist12345
Slovak friends, your situation is bad, but its still not hopeless, vote him out next time!
alchemist12345
https://apnews.com/article/b13229c8a1c14b8d8b1987ce9308dcbb