It's just a piece of propaganda crap full of lies and malicious misrepresentations. There are so many factual lies in it that it is difficult to list them. (He also lists the usual political lies like a mantra)
Islam and Ottomans did not influenced Hungary, except the genocides. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Hungary Whereas a great many of the 17,000 and 19,000 Ottoman soldiers in service in the Ottoman fortresses in the territory of present-day Hungary were Orthodox and Muslim Balkan Slavs,[6] Southern Slavs were also acting as akıncıs and other light troops intended for pillaging in the territory of present-day Hungary.[7] The Hungarian inhabitants of cities moved to other places when they felt threatened by the Ottoman military presence. Without exception, in the cities that became Ottoman administrative centers the Christian population decreased. The Hungarian population remained only in some cities, where the Ottoman garrisons were not installed.[21] From the early 17th century, Serbian refugees were the ethnic majority in large parts of Ottoman-controlled Hungary. That area included territories between the great rivers Sava, Drava, and the Danube-Tisza Interfluve (the territory between the Danube and Tisza rivers).[22]
8:20-8:30 You made a mistake: Hungary did not lose territories to Bulgaria after WW1 because Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria fought on the same side during WW1, Hungary and Bulgaria didn't share a border (unless we count their occupation zones in Serbia, but seeing how Serbia was restored as a country after the war, it's fair to say that both Hungary and Bulgaria lost territories to Serbia) and Bulgaria itself lost territories after WW1, see the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Also, Hungary and Bulgaria were both part of the Axis during WW2 and on September 9th 1944, Bulgaria was forced to switch sides in the war by the communists, that took power with the help of the Soviets.
Не ги е&е изобщо. Няма нужда от обяснения - гледат кат' коне у празни ясли. Затова и ти не бъди като вечно обясняващ се ученик... Просто едните са сложени за господари, другите за роби. Мнението на робите не е важно. Откъде знам? Живея с тях, както и милиони други българи.
@@belaadorian3370 That's fine, Hungary and Bulgaria are great addition to the EU community, but do they have to be assholes about supporting Putin's Russia and opposing democracy?
@@belaadorian3370 we literally live in democratic society bro, we got local elections and national elections, and like heard of the ancient greece? Wtf you on about?
On the topic of press freedom and democracy: some say that we in Hungary don't have such freedoms while the same poeople are freely talk (and write) trash about the government. They are not supressed, they are not put in prison. Government-sceptic media content is widely available both online and on paper. Go, look it up!
Is that just Budapest? Not everyone in Hungary lives in the big cities, and especially in more rural areas would be where the Orban aligned oligarch's news papers are basically the only news source
@@alehaim I am hungarian and I don't live in Budapest but in the countryside and I can tell you that it is not the case. And some of the most visited news-websites of the hungarian internet are quite "loud" when it comes to criticising FIDESZ.
@@kolosihasz8260 How about the news papers? Are the physical news papers critical of the government, as a lot of the older people are not the most avid internet users, and Hungary is an increasingly elderly country when the old people left abroad for better opportunities
@@alehaim if someone wants to read in a certain political taste he/she can, it's not like gov.-critical press is ground up. By the way internet is not that uncommon and the hungarian countryside is not some steppe 3rd world country. Peace on you.
@@alehaim Guys they are feeding you with politically motivated messages and in many cases with straight out and planned lies. The mediamarket is super diverse here compared to for eg. western europe. No taboos and PC framework in the media because none of the sides is strong enough to define what is taboo and what is PC.. It is a shame that Hungarian is such an isolated language so people can not experience it. The experience is refreshing..
😂😂 yeah right i was living there 8 months and counted the days until I could return to sweden and i was living in budapest imagine how horryfying the rest of the country must be
@@magical_universe793 your experience might not be representative. I also have Swedish friends who moved to Budapest and they like it better there. We can all find these kind of examples but they dont represent the majority. Regarding the countryside of Hungary I like it better than the capital honestly.
16:53 The "political scandal" was in 2006, when in a "leaked" speach the then PM Gyurcsány confessed that they lied in the election and the previous years, then the ruling MSZP-SZDSZ coalition - for the first time since the communism - sent riot police against the protesters. One can dig up videos. 17:10 "thanks to a flaw" The electorial system consisted of 176 constitutiencies (each with 1 seat in the Parliament) and 210 seats gained by nationwide lists. Fidesz - from opposition - gained 175 constitutional seats. In the UK it would have meant an all-Fidesz Parliament except 1 (one, single) opposition MP. So, a "flaw"?
90% of those protesters were Fidesz party members, nazis founded yb Fidesz and football hooligans founded by fidesz. I were there there were not many people on the streets but they were very aggressive. Basically they rule the country with 3 million votes from the 7 million voters. 5 million people are against them.
Orban is right. If we do not want a world war with nuclear weapons to start - we must find a compromise with Russia. .. If you analyse the cultural development of Europe - you can notice the moral degradation of Europe. .. This degradation is connected with the supremacy of the US. .. Concerning "Magyarisation" in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary - this assimilation policy (1864-1914) was really soft. .. Can you find a country in Europe that does not teach the language of the dominant language in its schools? .. In Hungary the official language changed from Latin to Hungarian in 1844. .. Can you imagine this situation - a nation 1000 years in Europe - without having its language used as an official language? .. All minorities of Hungary used to learn Latin in schools and some of them did not really liked the idea of studying Hungarian even as a subject, in the historical Hungarian territory. .. If you compare the Hungarian policy with the current policy of Ukraine - you can see the big difference that Hungary did not forbid the usage of other languages. .. The minorities studied in their own languages - they just had to study Hungarian language as a subject. .. Ukraine forbade studying in some languages - it obliged the minorities to study in Ukrainian - and the Ukrainian officials punish people for speaking in a minorify (or in Russian) language. .. I think, this is worse than the practice that Hungary in Austria-Hungary did.
Easy enough , all NATO members make Russia leave Ukraine and return to their own country .....with force if necessary Then the war is over, it's that simple But not all allied countries are doing their bit.....if they did this illegal unprovoked war would of ended last year...! But Orban likes his Russian millions too much so he's a Putin puppet....
Köszönöm! Btw, Fidesz is pronounced like "fidess". The letter S, on the other hand, sounds like sh, which you pronounced correctly in "Budapest" (like "budawpesht"). 😁
there are two absolute equall opposites. 2 halves of whole . red and blue then there's middle . and theres beyond both . seems like that's what's the game is in this world isn't it ?
Interesting but I dont like the Snowflake approach to religion co-existing in the areas the Magyars settled at the beginning of the video... after all most of these wars were very much often driven by religious identity. Be it smaller disagreements between Catholics and Orthodox or the muslim Jihad that was trying to push into central Europe. The magyars were eventually pagans at first but wouldnt have survived in the area without adopting Christianity. So no... fact is that Christians , Jews, Muslims didnt co-exist just like that in some wonderful diversity, if you want to talk real history not some current progressive fantasy of the past.
19:40 Democratic backsliding - when unelected buerocrats (with many of them arrested when authirities found millions of Euros in CASH in their possession) without democratic responsibilitiy to voters begin to encroach on member-state responsibilities, like education system.
You really didn't have to mention the "Realpolitik" thing. It would work in Hungary case, if it wasn't for the biggest inflation in european union, disasterous prices for rent, utilities, and some of the most basic products. I'm from Poland, we also have troubles with our government, and economic situation, but man. When I arrived to Hungary 4 months ago I was literally shocked, the prices were so bullshit. And I could only turn radiator for 2 hours per day cuz there were some limitations placed by government lol
What limitation? I didn't heard any of that, not even in the winter not to mention spring. But since you already bought up the energy question, ruining our relations with Russia would be much worse than just some inflation (which is mostly caused by the EU blackmailing).
@@eralfion5316 Blackmailing by europe? You mean how our countries everyday break rule of law and expect to get the same treating as civilized ones? Is hoiding EU Recovery Fund because of that "blackmailing"? For me it's totally understandable, and if it will make my government sweat a bit, its good. Regarding the limitation, I've red about it and it turns out I was sleeping at a cooperative neighborhood, which could'nt afford gas at good prices so they put on a limit for everyone. Also how is it that "ruining our relations with Russia would be much worse" in Hungary case, when literally Poland (which borders Russia) has lower resources prices than Hungary? Maybe it was worth to think before becoming Russias dog as a country?
@@hybirr Poland is not a landlocked country ans can buy LNG through the sea, we are energy dependent on Russia and have no infrastructure getting oil and gas from other places. Withholding funds so we do something is blackmailing either you agree with the motivation or not. Also it's obvious that it's not about the rule of law, which is just a pretence and it's because we are not on the same page in the case of the sanctions and Ukraine.
@@hybirr So it's blackmail. Also with this the EU made Orbán essentially PM for life. There is no chance he would lose when he stand up against outside pressure, I never voted him bc of the corruption, but after this I may as well do (at least I will not vote anyone who I don't trust that they will not give in despite our national interest, so the only other option is the far-right). So the EU making the left and liberal parties unelectable.
Blocking Sweden from joining NATO is a spineless act that only makes Putin happy. Would Hungary support any other NATO member asking for support under article 5? Only if their leaders will be bribed enough. All efforts should be focused upon supporting Ukraine.
@@A_Takacs So...Perhaps Hungary would be better off not being chained to EU and NATO? Use your democratic rights and start The people's republic of Hungary. I am told that such elections usually are won with +90% in favor of it. I am sure Putin will send new leaders to take care of everything for you.
@@A_Takacs Two thirds of the Hungarian parlament delegates refused to show up at work to vote about ratification of Sweden as a member of NATO. Is that Hungarian common sense? Sweden has a long tradition of fighting for justice and Human rights and Hungary has been criticised. I suppose that is the real issue for Hungarians. It has nothing to do with NATO.
@@Hellyset It is common sense. Sweden has been a very vocal supporter of punishing Hungary for not bowing down to state sponsored lgbt propaganda and mass immigration, like they did. NATO is already the strongest military alliance in the world, and Sweidsh membership is just a formality at this point. But if they really want to join NATO we excpect some concessions first.
The late-nomad Vlach shepherd ancestors of Romanians were in the southern Balkans, they migrated to modern territory of Romania after the 13th century.
I liked the amount of research the author did to explain the complete history of hungary however I'm a bit disappointed by the author's criticism of soviet's communism. It felt as if he was purely speaking the propaganda language spread by United states. I was expecting this channel to be purely unbiased realpolitik inspired geopolitics channel but seems its not
The video's script was written by both me and Geo Perspective with me having a stronger touch on the history section. The more modern history had more touch by GP while I simultaneously didn't go excessively deep into it in the original draft owing to lack of exact knowledge on my part and the feeling that going so deep into it would drag out the beginning while the bigger focus of the video was about Orban/Hungary
@@alehaim I acknowledge the division of labor in the scriptwriting process. However, I must express some disappointment in the perceived bias in your critique of Soviet-era communism. It seemed to align closely with US-propagated narratives. As a geopolitical analysis platform, I expected a more macroscopic and impartial perspective, shying away from propagandist language. I appreciate the channel's typically unbiased, realpolitik-inspired approach, and I'd urge you to maintain that stance in future content. Thanks for the open dialogue and I look forward to future discussions
@@inderpalsingh713 The criticism of the soviet union is surely not the political bias in that video. Actually the soviet union was even way worse then displayed in that video. But losers like you who love communism so much should maybe just move to a communist country there are still some left, like Cuba, Venezuela or North Korea. Good luck there.
Following Hungary's defeat against the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Mohács of 1526, the Habsburg Empire became more involved in the Kingdom of Hungary, and subsequently assumed the Hungarian throne. However, as the Ottomans expanded further into Hungary, the Habsburgs came to control only a small north-western portion of the former kingdom's territory. Eventually, following the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718, all former territories of the Hungarian kingdom were ceded from the Ottomans to the Habsburgs. In the revolutions of 1848, the Kingdom of Hungary called for greater self-government and later even independence from the Austrian Empire. The ensuing Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was crushed by the Austrian military with Russian military assistance, and the level of autonomy that the Hungarian state had enjoyed was replaced with absolutist rule from Vienna.[20] This further increased Hungarian resentment of the Habsburg dominion.
@@gianimitrea76 bro is so angry but its ok i understand it i will be angry too if i will be a roman who has no history and living on other peoples stolen land
3:45 John Hunyadi held back the ottomans but he was executed and his little brother Mathias Hunyadi or Mathias Corvinus later was elected king and made the black army wich is got its name because they wear black ribons on ther shoulder when Mathias died. 7:32 Trianon was the consequence of the first world war not after it.
It is true that trianon came as a result due to ww1, though simultaneously it only did come to effect gollowing the wars of communist Hungarian state against its neighbors
@@alehaim please do not spred pseudo-history. Hungary had no territorial losses when the WW1 ended. The territorial losses started months after WW1. Learn: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Trianon
NATO doesn't work like that. It is not a singular 'thing' and there is room to step up or down on most issues. And, I note Hungary is welcomed re-enforcements, on their territory, courtesy of NATO. There's a job needs doing in South Asia for a strong independent security alliance... Any chance you could pay some attention to that? Or, is IUndia going to hide under Uncle Sam's umbrella for always? ;)
There is a lot of wrong information. The Polish-Hungarian personal union was under King Louis the Great (1340-1380) In the Battle of Varna, the Polish-born Jagello Ulaszló leads an attack towards Varna, breaking the peace treaty that was in force for a few months. The 1848-49 War of Independence was actually it was defeated by the Austrians with help, but the Holy Alliance existed from 1815, with Russian, Austrian and Prussian participation. Bulgaria did not border the Hungarian kingdom, so there were no territorial disputes. the successor states created in its surroundings (Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia were all hostile countries which were held together by the French alliance, against the possible territorial demands of the Hungarians. (Therefore, everyone should think about the fact that as long as the war was ordered by the Austrian Emperor Ferenc Jozsef, King of Hungary, the Despite the opposition of the Hungarian parliament, in the end even Austria acquired territories from the Hungarian kingdom. Bulgerland, the easternmost Austrian province, became part of Austria) The revolution of 1956 leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of every Hungarian who can think. Not because we didn't get meaningful help from anyone, because the West didn't want a world war situation, but because they kept believing and promising, "Hold on, we're coming," and messages like that. Now they dare to mention it. (the revolution of 1956) whose fathers and grandfathers were in Soviet tanks. (At least every 3rd enlisted Soviet soldier was of Ukrainian origin, on the orders of a Ukrainian-born general secretary (Nikita Khrushchev) In Hungary, the number of those who love Russians is negligible, but we do not see how they differ the Ukrainians are stupid. That is, apart from the threats, in which they far surpass their Russian brothers As for the current EU problems. For 500 years, Istanbul, Vienna, Berlin, and Moscow wanted to define how we live, talk, and think. When we joined the EU in 2004, we did it to be free. Our goal was not to be Brussels now. dictates with whom we should live, how we should think. This is where we come to Fidesz, and the person of Viktor Orbán. Would he be the perfect leader? Hardly. Blameless in everything? Hardly. But when the people go to vote, they choose a package. he promises servitude, full service to the West, and the unconditional and uncritical ape of all his ideas, as well as the maintenance of the Orbán system. The choice. The large-scale suffering he achieved four times is due to this, as well as to the talentless, treasonous opposition leadership bribed from America and Western Europe. Those who They voted for the Orbáns, they will swallow the bitter pill, for example, because of the withholding of the funds from the recovery fund, but this will not break them, they will only emphasize the dishonesty of the West even more. 3 years ago, the Hungarian leadership agreed to take out a large loan because of corrupt EU officials (Katargate ) dare to say that we have corruption. Of course, they would put their hands on the repayment, because the loan has to be repaid, but I hope that not a single cent will come from Hungary. As for the 52% electoral vote in 2010, half a dozen parties shared the 48% opposition mandate, none of them reaching 15%. As was the case in 2014, in 2018 the Jobbik party represented around 20 ( now, due to party splits and bad programs, it is 3-5%. The strongest opposition party is the Democratic Coalition, headed by Ferenc Gyurcsány, former Socialist Prime Minister, under whose leadership the country almost went bankrupt in 2006, and then the subsequent protests were brutally suppressed by the with his policemen acting without an identification number. This led to the victory of Fidesz in 2010. Currently, he and most of the opposition parties are also being investigated, because according to their own statements, they received about 10 million dollars and at least 3 million euros from official micro-donations from the USA and the EU After all this, is there anyone who is surprised that the majority did not choose them? Or, for example, the party called Moment, which became known for doing everything to prevent Hungary from hosting the 2024 Olympics. The party mainly works with French political circles. good relations. His activities also extended to the fact that he called for the support of the Romanian parties instead of the parties of the local Hungarian minority in the Romanian parliamentary elections. (Apart from a few deluded idiots, the majority of Hungarians only consider them traitors)
"There is a lot of wrong information." well said and you should have stopped there ... better said it is mostly misinformation, desinformation campaign against Hungary as they do against all who is not taking their train..
22:00 "Russia tying Hungary economically" Fun fact, it were the Orbán goverments who built the pipelines to the Croatian oil and LNG terminals, interconnectors to ALL neighboring countries. The two notable projects Orbán supported were the Nabucco gas pipeline and the "Neptun Deep" offshore gas field of Romania. Check out, what happened those two projects.
Anyone who has independent approach to moral questions or political questions might be called a Troyan horse. .. The Jews were considered as Troyan horse, too in Europe for many. centuries. .. Hungary is a small country and around Hungary always have been bigger empires. Like the Holy Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian empire, the Soviet Union. .. Hungary suffered from the Mongol empire, too in the 13th century. .. It is not easy to survive in a world in that the empires do not want to let smaller nations enjoy their independence.
Hungary is not a corrupt society like most of the western world. Live us alone, we have a right to decide who we allowe our not this country. Just like me, I have to register in the Australian consulate in Wien. Wake Up you DH!!
It is obvious the envious Left and Globalist are irate that they cannot control Hungary. Let’s take a look at countries that have completely bought in to what these treacherous groups wanted. Hungary is safe, prosperous, largely due to them not being forced to accept multicultural insanity.
18:35 "a population with a growing scepticism towards their own government" Fidesz-KDNP "popular vote" result "on list" 2010: 2,7M 2022: 2,8M (in Hungary alone).
You should never be a “vassal” to anyone-person, religion or country. That said, while I hope Hungary will forever be a part of the West that includes its ethics, principles and the recognition of a higher definition of right or (in the case of Putin) an alliance with a lower common denominator.
Congratulations.... (From a Greek Spartan that his country is occupied by the CIA, the IMF, Brussels and George Soros). I just got a job offer in Hungary. I will be proud to live in Budapest and contribute to its economy.
I love Hungary. I lived and worked there for many years. I’m American and have nothing bad to say about Hungary. I love everything about the country from the Government to the people and culture.
@@madmax6827 Likewise bye enjoy the drug dealers prostitutes and money beggers on every street and not having money for bread i hope europe grows balls and kicks u from nato and eu
@@madmax6827Hungary is one of safest country from Europe.The prices are fair. Personally being an American i prefer to retired and live in Hungary not in any western country.
17:40 Control of the Media - now, in the 5th (or 4th consecutive) Fidesz/Orbán term, a tad less, than 50% of the media leans towards the government. RTL is foreign owned and is the biggest TV channel. About 50% of print media is in opposition hand. The online space is about 60% opposition, with Facebook and YT (the most popular platforms in Hungary) leaning heavily AGAINST the Orbán goverment and - unsurprisingly - cannot be controlled from Budapest.
18:50 "Many of Hungarians seek better opportunities abroad." Among the Central and East European countries Hungary had the lowes rate of migration towards to EU, which in the last couple of years TURNED (ie more people return to Hungary than moving to West). And this is just the returning population.
It's funny that you say that. I moved to the UK 4 years ago. I am now moving back. The UK has literally turned into a police state and nobody bats an eye. It's insane how big countries dont get the same criticism small ones do.
The thing is our family when we transitioned into democracy started to go into just barely breaking even. While mszp was in charge they made horrible decisions, which led us into that bad state. Than when the fidesz get elected our lives started to became better, we started to be able to afford more and more things. So we became a good middle class family which can afford what we wanted to buy and because of that we voted for them. As you said some parties sold a lot of our things to private hands, which led to loosing our sugar farms, the airport, and a few more things, and some stuff got sold to not hungarian people so foreign people were controlling some of the stuff which we had. I wouldn't say privatization necesserally a good thing. Some things are better if it's kept as national, such as healthcare, otherwise. We gotta have the problem what is now in america, where if you just call an ambulance you gotta pay at least 1k bucks. The reason why fidesz won again, is a combination of things. Firstly did you checked what is the opposition? What do you think what will happen if the mszp which is a left party joins with a far right party called jobbik? These 2 were the biggest oppositions, which I think if they wouldn't had joined fidesz wouldn't had gotten a 2/3 of the vote again. Also like when majority of people are against some ideas and the opposition says they would do those things than they were surprised when they lost again. We also do have opposition media as multiple online outlets and a tv channel. On the internet I can access any information weather it's from opposition or from fidesz. The real problem is that the opposition is not great. All they do is say the complete opposite as of what the fidesz says and like can we have a party which just says if this one has a good policy we just gonna continue that? Than just gonna try to improve on the existing policies instead of 180 reversing every one of them? I know there are issues here, I can see that, but what crazy ideas what the opposition were saying they would do was not cutting it for us. Right now the only real opposition what I can see we have is a smaller party which got a few seats lately.
The problem doesn't seem to be Fidesz then, the corruption of mszp is legendary and would make most autocrats blush, the real problem is Fidesz support of Putin's Russia and opposition to democracy which is a existential threat to Articles of the EU charter.
I liked your videos, but you should rather concentrate your videos on geographic or history topics and not show your left wing political bias. The EU tried to punish Hungary because the hungarians decided that teacher shouldn't talk about sexuality with small kids. That's shows the complete state of the degenerate EU which is now completely controlled by unelected bureacrats who enrich themselve and want to completely control over sovereign countries. The extreme projections by left wing western forces becomes really clear when they talk about Hungary. While they complain about the ,,lack'' of ,,democracy'' in Hungary they simoultanously fund the wests favorite ,,democracy'' of Ukraine. A country where religous leaders get arrested, where no opposition exists anymore, where no fress press exists anymore. A country which will not even have free and democratic elections for the forseeable future. The same western countries who complain about Hungary or Poland try to ban the leading (conservative) opposition party - like in Germany. They crush peaceful protests with police and military force - like in Canada or Australia. They try to arrest the leading opposition politican - like in the USA. They deplattform conservative TV channels - like Newsmax or One America News in the US. Just to name a few examples. You complain that there are only two oppositions TV channels in Hungary. Do you now how many exist in Germany? Exactly zero. In the meantime crime rates are exploding in the west, there are no go zones totally given up by police in many western cities. Controlled by muslim clans or antifa anarchists. Infrustructure is about to completely fallen in disrepair. Kids getting sexualized. Security systems like Health Care or the pension system are about to collapse because of a massive influx of migrants who don't participate in the labor force. Germany will soon raise the retirement age to 70! Women's get more and more encouraged to seek abortions kids getting called bad for the enviroment. Birth rates collapse - the opposite is happening for some years in Hungary btw. Homelesness is skyrocketing. Cities get more and more dirty. Jobs shifting away in masses thanks to globalist policies. Terrorist attacks getting more commong. Violence in the streets also, just look at France. Cost of living is exploding. The freedom of movement get's more and more restricted. The list can go on and on... The west claims to have the moral upperhand, in reality the opposite is the case.
"The EU tried to punish Hungary because the hungarians decided that teacher shouldn't talk about sexuality with small kids. " - this is a complete lie made up by Orbán as an excuse why they are not even attempting to get the EU funds anymore. The real reason is the corruption and undermining the EU's foreign policy to appease Putin.
Some remarks. Magyarization is just a myth. Nobody was forced to speak Hungarian while in England or France minorities were forced to speak the language brutally, nowadays Irish or Scottish people cant even speak their mother language. Even wikipedia mentions that... well, every other countires' policy was harsher than "magyarization". So it's just propaganda. And there weren't nationalist movements in 1918, the lands were simply given to other states. 50% of the stolen land of Transylvania was not Romanian, they surely didn't have nationalist movement towards Romania. But I appreciate you mentioned that Trianon was bad for the country (and the winners too) economically for instance, many people think it was good and fair.
Regarding Transylvania, we Romanians support Hungary and our Hungarian brothers to recover their lost land. All the land!!! Because this is an act of justice. We want you recover all your historical land from Urals, Asia, Mongolia, the place where you were first. We want you to move and stay there on your land.
@@florinprisecaru4809 well then you Romanians should go to Macedonia or somewhere else. And every other nations should move to somewhere else. btw Mongolia is far from the Ural, much more in the East. It's practically to the North of China.
We live in the same place where our ancestors The Dacians lived and you are not from here :) . We have no reason to move in Macedonia. except your voodoo history made by Robert Roesler (notice Roesler has also Hungarian origin) nobody accepted his fairy tales. Bro, until Trianon, even Hungarian historians accepted Dacian Roman continuity for Romanian people. I am so sorry for your loss, :) I'm crying because Hungary is no more an Empire. Hungarians aren't native in Europe. Your land is in Asia. Go there and cry for your lost land where you were the first
@@florinprisecaru4809 you romanians are so stupid. Half of Europe came from Asia... Dacians had nothing to do with Romanians. after the Dacians some other people lived there and nobody mentioned the Dacians. Hungary was not an empire, nor its name was not the Hungarian empire.
@@florinprisecaru4809 Daco-Roman tales are nothing more than Laughable proofless NATIVIST chauvinist fantasy. Learn about the reality: daco-roman.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-problems-of-daco-roman-theory.htmlRoestler is not the inventor of Vlach migrations, since the Vlach migration history was born in the 18th century, when Roestler's gradfather was not even born.
17:09 propagand. In Hungary, the electoral system that rewards more than 50% of the votes in the parliament was not invented by Orbán, but by the first post-communist government. The essence of this is to create a stable governable government. Whereas in Sweden you can become prime minister with 25% of the vote. It's very democratic. Control over media Supreme court...Orbán's requests, wishes, plans, such as referendum questions are constantly rejected by the Supreme Court. In Hungary, the media is much freer and pluralistic than in Germany or the Netherlands. That's how long I watched your video, so much lie for now was enough. You are at the level of North-Korean propagandists
Russia strangled Hungary in 1848~ .The USSR , actually- Red Tzars , assaulted it in 1956 . How treacherous ought to be their leaders now denying all those lessons of history?
The Soviet Union basically followed the same imperialist goals like the Tsarist Russia, only the blind can't see that. And despite those Russians attacked the Hungary in 1849, 1914, 1944, 1956, plundered, raped and destroyed what they could, half of the population seemingly forgot all of those. 1944 is an exception, we brought the demons to ourselves, standing with the Nazis till the last minute. But the Hungarian conservatives, fascists and nazis still think that Horthy who screwed up the whole situation are not responsible in any way.
It was much more complex than that. In 1848 the Russians went to crush the Hungarian revolution to stop the re-emergence of Napoleon's ideals, which had been crushed mere three decades prior in 1815 with the seocnd treaty of Paris. Meanwhile the 1956 revolution's crushing was the Soviet Union's doctrine to maintain its grip over Eastern Europe by setting an example to all its other puppets that attempts to turn away from Moscow would mean the same fate. As for today like explained in the video itself in the later half, Hungary today is even with Russophilic Orban being more pragmatic, attempting to get the best deal out of the geopolitical landscape for itself (or in this case for Orban and his cronies who rule Hungary).
@@alehaim You can dive deeper and deeper, but the principle stays the same, the Russian Empire (later called the Soviet Union) wanted to extend their sphere of influence further and further with conquests or subjugations to every direction. What concern us right now is the Balkan. Russians used the opportunity to help out Franz Joseph I in 1849 (not 1848), he even had to kiss the hand of Tsar Nicholas (what he never forgave to him), as their partner in the Holy Allience, but their goal was to push their influence toward West. Because Hungary belonged to Austria at that time their main goal were only the influence over Serbia. And gain terrietories from the Ottoman Empire (Crimean war, attempted control over the Bosphorus). After Austria-Hungary lost the WWI, and the Russian Empire reinveted itself in a new form, especially after winning the WWII, the Russians finally achieved what they always wanted. They got control over Central Europe and the Balkans (btw Eastern Europe is Ukraine, Beloruss and Russia, Central Europe was called Eastern only since the Soviets expanded their influence over there). The Russian and Soviet foreign political and territorial goals were very similar. Ideologically different, but the root of their goals stay the same. Even after losing territories in 1991, you can see now, they can't accept reality, but all they want to rebuild the same oppressive empire
There are numerous errors in the video that are easily noticeable, even by a 16-year-old like me. I strongly suggest creating a new video only after conducting thorough research on the Hungarian people, their history, goals, and specifically on Viktor Orbán. Please consider this message as a helpful suggestion rather than a critique. If you’re interested in more information or need assistance in creating a more accurate video, feel free to reply to this comment. I would be delighted to discuss this further. Hungary has a rich and fascinating history with intriguing details and a complex past, and I would love to help you explore it more deeply.
22:30 "Sanction against Russia" A widely known US strategy (Martin Friedmann f.ex) is to keep German industy and Russian minerals from joining. Now, the EU (thus Germany) is increasing separated from Russian mineral riches - which go to China. Can we get an applause?
Perhaps losing the patronizing tone would help....Then again,the negative attitude might hinder it. At least learning the correct pronunciation of important names, should be adhered to. "It's elementary"...
Any EU country can become like Hungary, If there aren't two major parties in the country, a lot of apolitical and apathetic people, no faith in the justice system and democracy and a weak left-wing. Hungary is special in after 10 years of one-way and confusing communication, there are Hungarians who wants change in Hungary.
the man doesnt even knows what he is talking about, literally swapping names and mixing things jesus, just stop, had to give up 4 mins in already know the whole thing is butchered
"Ottoman masters exchanged for Austrian masters" is cultural relativism. Hungary was an equal part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was ruled by the Hungarian Aristocracy. The Austrian Emperor had no right to collect taxes in Hungary, and Hungarians did not had to fight in the army. Austria-Hungary was more like a proto E.U. than an Empire. Hungarians even vetoed the annexation of German-speaking provinces to keep the balance of power.
Austro-Hungarian Empire is a later formation, after the Ottomans' expulsion Hungary became part of the Austrian Empire which Hungary was not equal part of, leading to the revolution od 1848. Cultural relativism has nothing to do with this btw. Austria-Hungary was nothing like a proto-EU, it was based on the superiority of two ethnic groups (Hungarian and German) superiority over all the others (Slovak, Croat, Serb, Romanian, Rusyn, Pole, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovenian, etc). It was also a reactionary and obsolete regime safeguarding feudalism in the modern era.
@@kristoffeher4123 the most modern and most equal reactionary regime in history. Hungary had enormous power at the Vienna congress of 1813 and not just after the revolution of 1848. You can't compare it to modern societies of today, but Austrians didn't kidnap children to raise them as slave soldiers and the Austrian aristocracy had a lot of autonomy. Just the fact that the Hungarian aristocracy survived the takeover was progressive. The Anglo-Saxon aristocracy did not survive the Norman conquest, and the Muslim aristocracy did not survive the Reconquista. Usually, the conquerors made their own people the new aristocracy.
@@kristoffeher4123 "Austro-Hungarian Empire is a later formation, after the Ottomans' expulsion Hungary became part of the Austrian Empire which Hungary was not equal part of, leading to the revolution od 1848." It's true that Hungary wasn't an equal power in the Habsburg Monarchy until 1867, but that doesn't mean the Hungarians were completely powerless under Habsburg rule. The Hungarians had their own Royal Diet, where they could make some decisions. Unlike other Habsburg-ruled areas, the Kingdom of Hungary had an uncodified constitution (some modern countries still have that today), which had limited the power of the Crown and greatly increased the authority of the Hungarian parliament since the 13th century. The Hungarians also had their own custom borders unlike other Habsburg-ruled territories. Austrian monarchs like Maria Theresa and Francis I often had to ask Hungarian nobles for support in wars, plus the Hungarians made their own language official in 1836 without Austrian permission. They temporarily lost their semi-autonomy during Franz Joseph's short-lived neoabsolutism era, but the situation improved again after 1859. They finally got full autonomy in 1867. "Austria-Hungary was nothing like a proto-EU, it was based on the superiority of two ethnic groups (Hungarian and German) superiority over all the others (Slovak, Croat, Serb, Romanian, Rusyn, Pole, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovenian, etc)." This was the case in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary, but not the Austrian part. In Cisleithania all minorities were equal and could speak their own language, plus all males were allowed to vote in elections since 1907. Education was not only mandatory and free in Cisleithania, but it was also provided in all languages and, compared to the German Empire, much more university students came from peasant backgrounds in terms of percentage. Everyone enjoyed freedom of religion as well. "It was also a reactionary and obsolete regime safeguarding feudalism in the modern era." This is just completely misleading made-up Entente propaganda after WW1. Feudalism in Austria ended after the 1848 revolutions (although serfs and pesants already got much more rights under Joseph II, such as being allowed to marry anyone they wanted, to move away from his village and to engage in any trade of his choosing without the lord's permission). As mentioned above, these rights made Austria-Hungary was much more liberal than reactionary. And "obsolete"? How? It certainly had a weaker economy than Western European powers, but its economic growth was faster. Austria-Hungary was slowly industrializing itself and literacy was increasing.
@@motionpictures6629 "the most modern and most equal reactionary regime in history. Hungary had enormous power at the Vienna congress of 1813" Since Hungarians were the largest ethnic group in Habsburg Austria besides Austro-Germans themselves, they were powerful enough to veto any annexation of other German territories aside from previous lost territories during the Napoleonic Wars with their own Royal Diet. Austrian rulers also often had to ask the Hungarians if they support their wars or not. And as you said above, you're right that Austria never kidnapped kids to raise them as slave soldiers. I've read reports of the Russian Empire kidnapping Jewish kids as young as 9 to force serving them in the Russian army. The Ottoman Empire did the same with citizens of captured territories. However, Habsburg Austria never used child soldiers.
We Hungarians didn't feel this equality. Our official language had to be German for a long time. We had two wars of independence. The Austrians executed hundreds of Hungarians and the prime minister in 1849 after the war. Even in the early 20th century we couldnt have a real own army. In 1920 even Austria stole lands from Hungary and blamed Hungary for the war... It was economically and generally better after 1867. Austria delibetary settled down Germans, Serbians, Romanians and several times used and forced them to commit genocides against the Hungarians. Hungary was not equal at all.
What you fail to mention is that Hungary, just like the rest of the eastern block, begged on their bare knees to join the EU while Germany, France and the U.K was extremely reluctant to the idea. Now the entire eastern block is very skeptical of the Union and consistently complains that it messes with it's economy and autonomy when in reality their economies almost doubled in just a few years after joining. Hungary is one of the countries that have received the most net beneficiaries from the Union and yet they complain and block polices like no other member. Now Slovakia is on the same path as well. Personally I think the EU need to learn these countries a lesson in gratitude. The EU have to much patience with bad behavior in general in my opinion.
Everyone though? It seems like to me, that mainly the leaders and the far right are skeptical about the Union. The fascist government pushes the anti-EU sentiment, and even they couldn't change the Hungarians mentality toward the EU. Most of them still supports the membership. And Brexit showed every sane person, that there is no life outside the EU. Only the far right wants to leave the EU, but it's the same in France and Germany like in Hungary. But their interest basicaly to make the situation so bad, that the population might vote on them, and after they voted, they can make it even worse
It is true that the Eastern Europeans were desperate to originally join Western instituitons of Nato and EU, with the Poles literally blackmailing the US into accepting its Nato membership by threatening to support the Republicans in the eletions if the Democratic government of Clinton didn't let them in. At the same time the script was already quite long so adding something like this would have added to the length even more.
@@ereshkigalis I'm fairly certain that Fidez strategy is no longer about changing domestic opinion but rather being a menace until they will be excluded from the Union for not living up to the standards. That why they don't really need to influence a change in it's domestic opinion. Then they can simply points the finger toward the EU and blame them for what happened and opinion will follow suit due a sense of feeling "unjustly treated". And if they don't get excluded they will get to do what they want anyway.
I have a deep hatred for simplistic lables put on right wing politicians from liberals or leftist as anti democracy when the organisation they charish, the EU is the most anti democracyorganisation.
@@calebhaze497 Did you know that Orban signed this agreement and didn't do his job according to the agreement. So the EU's punishment here is justified.
Hungary were willing allies of the Nazis. When the Germans were losing in Stalingrad they then tried to negotiate a peace with Russia and soon were invaded by Germany in 1943 To stop the Hungarian shift in alliances. They never had to admit its war crimes and never atoned for its deportation and killing the Jews.
Hungary wanted armistice with Soviets. Hungary did not want to switch sides, because switching sides during wartime is a historic menthality Byzanitinist (Orthodox) countries in Europe.
Hungary did not deport Jews until it was occupied by Germany putting their leaders into power. Even then Hungarians hid as many Jews in the countryside as they could. Why do you think there is such a big number of them in the country? Right after the war they got prominent government positions from the Soviet Army.
I've only just found your channel. I am impressed. It feels to me like it could easily go the same way as Shirvan's Caspian Report and just blow up. I wish you success. Cheers.
The video is full of lies and with distortions. But if you want live in darkness and be brainwashed keep watch their contents. Control over media Supreme court...Orbán's requests, wishes, plans, such as referendum questions are constantly rejected by the Supreme Court. In Hungary, the media is much freer and pluralistic than in Germany or the Netherlands
He is too biased towards Orbán. I think the inaccuracy was intentional. He just shows how little westerners know about other cultures and yet try to impose their doctrines on other people.
Thank you for this superb video. When an authoritarian leader get's into power and manages to control the courts and the media it is difficult to regain democratic freedom. This is a threat facing all of Europe, not the least being Poland. We live in dangerous days, again.
Oh, please. Liberal media is free to print as many newspapers as many they want - people just don't read them in Hungary. Nobody controls the courts, either. But we finally had to get rid of all those judges aged between 80 and death whom we inherited from old communism regime.
"When an authoritarian leader get's into power and manages to control the courts and the media it is difficult to regain democratic freedom." What are you talking about? :))))
@@karlvongazenberg8398 I think you need to do some reading about the essential components of a Liberal Democracy. The fact that you could even ask this question shows either malign intent or a remarkable lack of knowledge about the subject. I have no more to say on this.
Gotta love Hungary struggling for its own ideas of nationalism in regard to Austria, but when ethnic minorities in their own territory wanted the same, they went shocked Pikachu face.
The Habsburgs were keen to instigate their divide-and-conquer routine. After all, it was their fat empress Maria T. who made a point of importing many ethnic groups to fill the population void left by 150 years of Ottoman rule.
There are some serious differences. Their own territory? No, their territory was Hungary. Ethnic minorities came much later and their number increased much later than the state was founded. Ethnic minorities are in every country. But Hungary was not a minority, just a conquered, occupied country by Austria like after 1945 by the SU just much longer.
@@timeanagy8495 Nem az a lényeg, hogy mikor jöttek be az országba, a lényeg hogy amikor itt voltak, elnyomtuk őket. Ja és Magyarország csak félig volt Ausztria "megszállása" alatt, egyrészt 1848-49-ben nem és akkor is elnyomtuk és elfordítottuk magunktól a nemzetiségeket (emiatt is vesztettük el a szabadságharcot) és 1867 után is nagy autonómiát kaptunk. Majd ezzel az autonómiával visszaélve elnyomtuk a nemzetiségeket, 20 évig egy magyart neveztünk ki horvát bánnak (Khuen-Héderváry Károly) és megágyaztunk Trianonnak.
GeoPerspective's assisting writer here, nice to see :D While through mine and GP's combined writing and my critique the quality has shot up, I can say I'm continuing to try improve from mistakes of earlier videos to make the next ones better
It must be horrifying for you to imagine living in a country with a high-trust society, no terrorist attacks, no mass shootings, and where the government won't arrest you for social media posts.
@@toromontana8290 But the EU won't do that. Sure, inflation is high (since there is a war right next door) but I think that's price worth paying so that Hungary can stay Hungarian.
The Balkan Bulgarians and Romanians would in a rare sight unite their hatred against you if you siggested that, I think :P Also you would anger Hungarian and Romanian nationalists who will to eternity dispute Transylvania
@@alehaim I have spent one month in Budapest, and it was a real pleasure to be there . People were so nice, the city is so beautiful, and I love the Danube cultures. I can't help being fascinated by the stereotypical notions of Hollywood's depiction of the region's superstitious beliefs. It's all in good fun.😊
Well Vlachs aka Romanians were first seen in 11th century, Vlad the impaler was Born in Hungary Transylvania , Romania as a country exists recently, Romanians aaaka Vlachs were invited to Live in Hungary because Hungary lost many lives in the First mongol invasion and the second Time they atacked Vlachs helped fight against them and were then invited to Live in Hungarian lands meaning Transylvania.
@@eelmohamed the Good doings of Hungarians caused our misery we accepted avars we accepted vlachs we accepted Germans wich they did the most good with what we gave the Germans they helped us fight against the austrians in the Hungarian revolution we accepted jews we accepted everyone and gave everyone a chance to Live better and we Have Been stabed in the Black.
8:30 - Hungary didn't lose lands or seek lands from Bulgaria. Maybe you're thinking of Yugoslavia or/and Czechoslovakia (Slovakia in particular). Good summary otherwise. Thanks.
