In contrast to the European left-wing media's coverage of the riots, I can only say about the party demonstrations taking place in connection with the KATA reform that there are more ticket inspectors in the Deák tér metro half an hour before closing time than the number of people who showed up to listen to Péter Márki-Zay on one of the bridge occupants.
Márki-Zay got on the podium to speak, whether someone invited him for some incomprehensible reason, or if none of those present knew who he was, so they said to themselves: let the anonymous man from the street speak as well. In any case, his speech was almost immediately forgotten by speeches reaching such a level of obscenity, in many cases shouting, that spontaneously only the surreal infernal figures of the pictures presented at the highly successful Hieronymus Bosch exhibition came to mind. One wants to be generous with the characters who are pushed to the edge of the political palette and beaten with little expressiveness, but here one could only be horrified by observing some manifestations of vulgarity and unarticulated hatred.
What has escaped the attention of many commentators regarding the KATA protests, or the lack of them, is that since April 3rd, the opposition parties have not yet suffered such a defeat. In most cases, the crowd gathered at their rallying cry could not be seen not only from the moon, but also from the neighboring street. The last few days can undoubtedly be described as a devastating vote of no confidence for the opposition parties.
And yet, on the one hand, they behaved as if they had at least invented this proven economic stimulus tool, let alone voted against it. On the other hand, any sane opposition party would have used a change of this scale, which is not at all free of political risks, like the KATA reform, to increase its own popularity, and at least one of the hundreds of thousands of affected taxpayers would have run to a larger demonstration.
Undoubtedly, there are many people for whom it is now a serious challenge to build an alternative form of business instead of KATA. But even they knew, they very soberly assessed that joining this opposition call would not only not bring a solution to their difficulties, but would rather be used as a tool by political movements that have not yet demonstrated the signs of true solidarity neither in words nor in practice . towards entrepreneurs.
Obviously, the government did not make this serious decision to strengthen its own popularity, but because it was necessary. I am always amazed when abroad Hungarian government policy is characterized as populist, i.e. power guided by the prevailing public mood and social emotions. Yet here is a concrete example of how, if necessary, this government is ready to make unpopular decisions in the eyes of many, because it does not think about the newspaper articles that will appear the next morning , as was Angela Merkel's policy, but about the long term.
There is therefore a palpable lack of trust in today's opposition groups, even those who want to vote for an incompetent, frivolous political entity out of defiance do not respond to their calls. Most of the people, including the disaffected and those who did not support the government, understood that this group was not only frivolous and incompetent, but also dangerous. The white gypsy mob is not even suitable for a protest vote, a sane person will not join such a thing.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
Author: Dániel Deme
Image: MTI
