| ▲ | haunter 10 hours ago |
| Next one to look out for: 2026 Hungary. Fidesz is basically a russian backdoor in the EU and they will do everything to stay in power. https://telex.hu/english/2025/12/11/most-hungarians-fear-rus... They are also doing everything to bypass the no-political-ads-on-facebook ban https://telex.hu/english/2025/10/29/despite-the-ban-fidesz-c... |
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| ▲ | mettamage 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I've met Hungarian people in the Netherlands and they're doing everything they can to become Dutch. One Hungarian even speaks fluent with no accent, and that is quite a feat. I think it's quite unfortunate as it will mean that Hungary will become less pro EU, simply because the really pro EU people (that are also highly educated) seem to be going out of the country according to my anecdata. It's n = 2 to be fair, but I think it's enough for it to warrant some more research since I am simply stumbling across this group of people, I'm not actively seeking it out. |
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| ▲ | spiderfarmer 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Man. I logged in to Twitter the other day and it’s now 100% unfiltered racist fear mongering and nazi propaganda. Truly frightening. And I can’t believe people still consider it a useful platform. |
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| ▲ | an0malous 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Network effects are powerful, it’s still the “town square” of the world | | |
| ▲ | flipgimble 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It’s more accurately the “truck stop bathroom wall” of the world under new management. | | |
| ▲ | nomel 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | To be fair, the world is a truck stop bathroom, on average. |
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| ▲ | reactordev 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Dubious claim now | |
| ▲ | Forgeties79 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Town squares have an implied equal access to the floor. Twitter favors certain political and social ideologies. |
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| ▲ | nathanaldensr 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | No, it's not 100% anything. The content you're looking at is what you see. | | |
| ▲ | amitav1 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | I don't know why you're getting downvoted for this, but it's the same thing for me. The For You tab is a cesspool, but if you stick to the Following tab and unfollow anybody who says pretty much anything political, it's actually a pretty nice platform. | | |
| ▲ | earthnail 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Reads a bit like “nah if you ignore the main streets and just walk on the paths that you like you’re safe from crime in your neighbourhood.” I find it crazy that we accept this madness on social media. | | |
| ▲ | amitav1 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I feel like it's more "if you don't sprint through the middle of the freeway and instead cross at the crosswalk, you're safe from cars". Also, there's not some genie sprinkling fairy dust on all of the political posts that's making them go up to the top, it's because that's what most people interact the most with. If you have atypical tastes (as most people on this website do), then you shouldn't be surprised when content tailored for typical tastes do not fit your tastes. After enough time on Twitter, even the For You becomes a bit better, with only occasional political posts. | |
| ▲ | irishcoffee 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] | | |
| ▲ | vkou 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | We don't accept it on the street either, and if you think that's what Main Street looks like, you either live in Memphis, an active warzone, or you need to turn off the telly. | | |
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| ▲ | nephihaha 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I agree with your comment about the "for you" tab. It is really the death of Twitter. Like Faecebook and YouTube, much of their suggested content is suss. | |
| ▲ | kstrauser 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I signed up for a new account a month ago for a specific purpose, and the default timeline was full of literal Nazi crap, like dumb 1488 references, and blaming weather on Jews, and other bullshit like that. I did absolutely nothing to get that. I signed up and that’s what it showed me until I went on a spree of blocking stuff. |
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| ▲ | nradov 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I logged into X right now and saw zero racist fear mongering or Nazi propaganda. You're probably following the wrong type of accounts. |
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| ▲ | Razengan 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Fidesz is basically a russian backdoor I love (hate) this: Western rich people are billionaires. Russian rich people are oligarchs. Western-backed leaders are democratic, progressive etc. Others are backdoors. China is tricky because they make our iPhones. For now ---- Meanwhile, there's almost nothing on the news or social spaces about how indigenous populations are still fighting for independence from Western colonizers, such as New Caledonia, an amazing place that I was planning to visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6S1AFh88PE (I don't know where else to mention this, this conversation seemed close enough to be relevant) |
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| ▲ | osiris970 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Equating the west, to Russia is such an unserious opinion.
The west has it's problems, don't get me wrong, but generally we have liberal democracies, which are more free, successful, better on human rights, and have the capability to improve the world(as it has). | |
| ▲ | pixl97 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Russia is an interesting case as it has a president for life (China has gone this way too) and if your billions aren't available to said president you fall out a windows. The US is diving towards an oligarchy but I'm not seeing our billionaires fall out a window or disappearing when they say the wrong thing. | | |
| ▲ | raincole 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yeah because in the US the billionaires actually run the country. | | |
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| ▲ | ChadNauseam 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I wish that were true but it's not. If billionaires ran the country we wouldn't be starting trade wars and restricting immigration. | | |
| ▲ | raincole 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | During trading war the US stock skyrocketed. We live in an era where the wealthiest are made by devaluing fiat and moving the purchase power from average citizens to the richest ones. Creating value, if people are still doing that, is mere a byproduct now. | |
| ▲ | boston_clone 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | the net worth of the current president is several billion dollars. that is the same person who ran a crypto pump-and-dump scheme in their first month back in office. billionaires may have competing interests and also act irrationally. |
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| ▲ | Razengan 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > The US is diving towards an oligarchy but I'm not seeing our billionaires fall out a window Probably because it -IS- an oligarchy? Why would they chuck themselves out of windows? | |
| ▲ | vkou 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > but I'm not seeing our billionaires fall out a window or disappearing when they say the wrong thing. This doesn't happen overnight. You need to thoroughly corrupt the judiciary (which has not yet been accomplished, even if SCOTUS and a number of lower court appointments and many of the federal prosecutors have been) first. [1] Or, alternatively, just go full fucking might-makes-right police state, for which ICE's blatant disregard for the law and your rights is a trial run. If the country is ever retaken from this, the guilty will have to be punished. Deprivation of rights under color of law is, incidentally, a capital crime. --- [1] The end-game for this sort of thing is 'Punch a nazi -> Go to a camp'. 'Nazi punches you -> Pardon and a pat on the back'. Rule of law is anathema to these people, which is why they put so much effort into corrupting it. |
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| ▲ | roenxi 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| It is in the EU's interests to get on with Russia, and the Russians haven't crossed any important lines that the US hasn't crossed in recent history. The EU would probably benefit from having more Russian involvement in their policy making, they could do a much better job of promoting peace in Europe if they spent more time communicating with major powers in Europe. |
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| ▲ | ordinaryradical 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Of course it is in their interest. The problem is that Russia only knows how to bully, oppress, or violently interfere with their neighbors. You cannot get along with a tiger who only regards you as a meal. | | |
| ▲ | roenxi 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Taking that as a given, the EU doesn't have to be a neighbour of Russia. If they have problems with Russia as a neighbour then they shouldn't be trying to expand the EU into a country that not only neighbours Russia but is currently at war with them. Russia is one of the few powers who's borders have retreated in my lifetime. It is impressive how quickly the EU expanded to but up against them again. Taking it as not a given, Hungary seems to think that negotiation is possible. | | |
| ▲ | samastur 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | EU has been a neighbour of Russia since a very long time as Finland joined EU in 1995. Not being a neighbour hasn’t been an option in a very long time as there are now several countries bordering it. Beside EU is not a military alliance so why should it matter? Russia has only ever expanded, but since you seem to be wrong just about everything no surprise there. | |
| ▲ | hkpack 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > Russia is one of the few powers who's borders have retreated in my lifetime What part of russian border retreated in your lifetime? | | | |
| ▲ | mopsi 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Spreading this expansion narrative is intellectually dishonest. For decades, the power balance has been such that Eastern Europe has sought to join Western cooperation platforms like the EU, against lukewarm reception from existing members. France was cautious about East Germany joining the EU, fearing economic strain. Germany had reservations about Poland. Poland generally supports Ukraine's membership, but remains concerned about security and migration. And so it goes. Attempts to depict this as the EU somehow forcing itself eastward are 100% pure bullshit. New members have generally had to fight an uphill battle to gain entry into the union. They are usually poorer, work for lower wages, and undermine the economies of existing members of the common market until economic development levels catch up in a few decades. |
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| ▲ | gherkinnn 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Doubt it. Appeasing hasn't worked. I don't know what would, but polishing Putin's shoes doesn't help. As for the US, least they have the chance to oust their emperor in three years. | |
| ▲ | ponector 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Also it's in the EU interest to sanction russia to the bankruptcy, wait for implosion and buy for pennies all available resources. | |
| ▲ | david422 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | No. |
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