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  The origin of the term "Tankies", if I'm not mistaken.
context: Anyone from Hungary want to give us the goss?
  Article says opposition is saying they're pro-NATO officers.
  Source seems a bit dodge. >
  
  Not Hungarian but “pro-NATO supporters” in this context used by Orban’s government, could possibly just mean they were seen as possible dissidents or people who were openly opposed to further collaboration with Russia. Orban - who aligns himself with the likes of Putin, Bolsanaro, Trump, and Netanyahu - is a lowlife nationalist authoritarian and is generally on global Team Fascist. >
  
  Hungary out of the EU may help to resize the ambition of the person, without money they can't compete >
  
  listen, i don't want Hungary out of the EU. no one does. 
  what we want is orban to fuck off. and we ought not to punish 100% of Hungarians in and out of Hungary for a deeply flawed system that has been gerrymandered to hell itself. >
  
  Elections there are truly a joke, they even gave Ukrainian refugees Hungarian passports and let them vote for Orban. 
  Well let them vote in told them so or them being grateful so they just did (Which i find weird at least if it has been done by free will, of i would to flee to a new country or even move there, i would want to invest a few years to asses the political climate and everything and then start voting) >
  
  Orban's government expenditure is effectively campaigning and giving away stuff to the most vulnerable or malleable of voters. >
  
  This one of the bigger steps in becoming a true autocratic dictatorship. You need key allies you can trust to run the military and keep you in power when the people revolt. >
  
  And, in the nearer term, eliminating “military coup” from the list of things the dictator needs to worry about.  Military can’t be a check on your power if the only commanders left are those who support you being in power. >
  
  Purging the military is only something happening in authoritarian places or if military coups are imminent, both cases not being reassuring about Hungary. >
  
  I would like to add that in general, our military has way too many officers for its size, and also it is highly inept, I do not think they would be capable of carrying out a coul, especially that there would be minimal popular support for that. >
  
  That leaves the only remaining motive to be "purge opposition from the military so that whoever is left won't have problems shooting dissidents." >
  
  There is another, they made a pledge to NATO on modernising the army, and it is easier to steal money from investments then salaries. >
  
  Seems to be typical of authoritarian rulers. Before eliminating many freedoms, it is necessary to get rid of a military that has the ability to stab you in the back and replace it with a force that is loyal to you.
  The issue is whether or not that is actually the case. It is certainly cause for concern, in my opinion. >
  
  congratulations on your new insurgency >
  
  Well that's not worrying and is completely normal....
  Like do people in Hungary just not care or what? Like this is a pretty worrying sign and I doubt there's going to be many protest and stuff against it. >
  
  Of course people care, but what do you want people to do, there have been massive protests against a laundry list of shit the govt has done and it hasn't helped anything, and when elections are rigged and a fair percentage of the population is either uneducated or apathetic, what is there to do? >
  
  Easier said than done, but… revolt! >
  
  Google "Hungary 1956" for context regarding 
  the last time the West told Hungarians to "just revolt".