A picture pops up on the social sharer. Three photos. One has a generous breakfast (eggs, beans, sausage, etc.). Signature: English breakfast. On the second, croissants, jam, butter. etc. Signature: French breakfast. On the third is an empty coffee cup and an ashtray full of articles. Signature? But they must have already figured it out. Hungarian breakfast.
Maybe the person who made this message intended it to be funny, good-natured, maybe. But maybe that's not why he worked. I am not happy about either of them, because it is part of the state of mind into which they very consciously push us, would push us. Instead of self-knowledge, there is self-mutilation, instead of self-irony, mockery, and instead of healthy self-confidence, petty compromise. However, it is difficult to live in the midst of constant self-mutilation, self-blame, self-destruction, and discrediting. I understand the intention of the specialized brigade. I certainly can't change those who gave their heads to it. But perhaps those who unconsciously adopt this mentality - out of fashion - can still be saved. I say "out of fashion", although behind this is not only fashion, but also a sneaky expectation:
In Hungary, there is that good-natured, that snobbish, that European, that independent, that sovereign individual who speaks contemptuously about being Hungarian, about Hungary.
Source: Facebook
This attitude is especially strengthened if the country has a government that strongly represents national – i.e. Hungarian – interests. Because the deep-rooted antipathy towards the current power (government) in such cases strengthens this aspiration many times over. I mean, the discredit. The discrediting of everything that is Hungarian or related to the government's aspirations. (The scale is very wide: from religious faith to sports.) I will give a simple example. The World Athletics Championships will be held in Budapest in August. Whether you like it or not, the biggest international events of our time are sports events. Olympics, football, swimming, athletics world championships, Formula 1. If Hungary organizes one of these well and successfully, it is directly, even more indirectly, beneficial to the country and its inhabitants. Because it sends a message to people living in two hundred countries around the world that Hungary is a well-functioning, successful country. Where it's good to come, but it's also worthwhile to invest, for example - sorry, sir! –, it is also worth paying attention to what its leaders say about major international problems.
Therefore, the denigrating "hard core" will do everything to undermine the event. The start is still far away, but they already know that the overpayment is high, the organization is poor, the stadium is unnecessary and so on.
This has already been tried in the case of the World Swimming Championship and even Formula 1. Fortunately, it didn't work. My favorite cheerleader is now writing: he really likes athletics, but he won't watch it on Hungarian TV, he'll watch it on Eurosport. It weeds out the Hungarian aspect. Oh well.
Of course, this discrediting has been going on for a long time. It was with us throughout the twentieth century. And it was and is present elsewhere. It is not so surprising that in Germany this is slowly leading to the collective suicide of the nation, it was more surprising that in the sixties and nineties it seemed that not only the German economy but also self-confidence was recovering. How artificial the national self-destruction is, clearly indicates that the German national identity was actually shaken by the unification of the two German states, German unity.
I have no doubt that it was basically swayed from the outside, afraid of the idea of a new "greater Germany" - twice derailed.
It is rather surprising that the other main field of national self-destruction is the United States of America itself. This is not understandable to everyone, because the United States is still fighting for world domination very strongly - it has conflicts of different kinds with Europe, Russia, China - while its internal national bonds and, with it, its democratic political system are also withering. That state is in a malleable state, almost at war with "Eurasia", while exposing the internal enemy in conceptual lawsuits. For the time being, we are at the point where he would push Europe under water economically and ideologically, try to contain China economically and militarily, and make Russia irrelevant with a so-called hybrid war. Internally, political trials are underway against the opposition presidential candidate and soon the president as well. (Oh, those checks and balances!) What will become of this, I will not say.
If I look at historical experience: there will be a harsh dictatorship in Germany and the United States as well. In fact: in Europe as well. And with it wilting.
This withering is closely related to the decline of faith, patriotism, national feeling, and loyalty to the church. The need for culture is waning. Gentle love is running out. It's running out, but it's not running out. And no process is ever irreversible. You just have to want it. To see the guiding spirit. To create, if possible. Say no gently and yes firmly.
No to nihilism. Yes to our culture. No to artificial, violent new worlds, yes to immortality and freedom. Saying no is hard. It's hard because it's dangerous. This is what history shows. It is especially difficult alone, lonely.
Man is prey at this time. Therefore, a huge responsibility falls on those who can speak on behalf of the nation, the country. They have to say yes and no on our behalf. The situation has been good for thirty-three years now, because we can trust our leaders to speak on our behalf. If they don't say what we think, we can replace them. It wasn't always like that. And what's worse, many people want it not to be like that. Driven by some violent spirit - "new world" - they proclaim that they and only them. They will tell you. I mean, instead of us. And if we say no, then against us.
The essence of the entire "Hungarian breakfast" can be found here. That's why we have so many problems. Because we don't follow them blindly. We are not ashamed because we are still. On the contrary. We are proud of our culture, language and history.
Hearing this, choking with rage, they chant the long-bored phrases: our culture is nothing (bógatya), our language is nothing (creation), our history is nothing (defeats, evil deeds). To be proud of this?! They will tell you what to be proud of. In the past, for "achievements", now?! Hey, what achievements there are today! In fact, devilish horizons. Deep-seated virtues and ideals.
Stand there! I'm not standing, he says. Sign it! I don't write. Leave the property. I will not let. Shoot! I don't shoot. Deny it! I don't deny it. Get down on your knees! I don't kneel. March with pride and selflessness! I'm not leaving. Say: counter-revolution, say: liberation, say: freedom. I do not say. My God! But it was hard!
And they got in line. And they signed. And they set off for Hortobágy. And they shot, praying, the boys stiffened into bayonets. And they denied their mother, their father. And they knelt before the idol. And they marched with flying flags, loudly. And they said: freedom. But it is still difficult in Transcarpathia and elsewhere. Only because we are not inclined to the will-numbing word. National and international socialism, communism, all kinds of "new world", genderism, benderism, false liberalism, globalism, erasure of the past, wilkommen, rainbow maze, green and yellow war, we are not inclined to destruction and withering. Behind the mask, we see the withering lie, the blasphemous intent, and rascality. We don't want to go blind, we want to protect the light of our eyes, the future.
Defamation can reach faith, country, nation, and it can also reach a person. But we can resist destruction and withering, and rebirth is also possible if a renewing spiritual current comes. And Life comes, the new heartbeat.
Serenity is coming, the cheerfulness of life, the whisper. The caressing, the hope, the silks and the fairy tales are coming. And the children keep coming. They have ancient genes, play, knights, song. "Creatures beat, shine, / grow. / Faces turned towards autumn / they blush in ignorant fever, / it is still summer.” (László Nagy)
The target of the discrediting is therefore the child. That is, life. There's no way this is going to work!
Károly Szerencsés / Magyar Hírlap
