Italy now has the most right-wing government in Europe...

@CountScrofula time to boycott grappa and Chianti ...

@CountScrofula It's surprisingly easy. Promise to cut taxes and raise retirement incomes, control the media consumed by the 50+, scream louder than other political forces and paint yourself as the antisystem party that will defend our sovereignty against the [i]tyranny[/i] of the EU. Orbàn just like Meloni is the "good guy who's constantly thrown under the bus by the corrupt leftist media for standing against the EU and defending his country's sovereignty" 🥴

It's no different than U.S. conservatism, the target audience doesn't care about reality, they only want to be told what they want to hear. And it works. I know virtually zero people IRL who'd admit voting for Meloni, Salvini or Berlusconi and yet here we are, nearly one every two people who went to the polls voted for either of these parties.

@Elessar Oh yeah like, it's the same movement that's hitting nations all over the world. It's just quite a thing to look at Hungary and go "I can do better" in terms of batshit right wing maniacs.