Orbn's Hungary drove a top university campus into exile. JD Vance said it should be a model for the U.S.

[orangecrush]

“The closest conservatives have ever gotten to successfully dealing with the left-wing domination of universities is Viktor Orbán’s approach in Hungary,” Vance said in 2024.

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — The Central European University in Hungary’s capital still looks the part.

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Founded by George Soros after the fall of communism, the university says the authoritarian government of Viktor Orbán forced 90% of its teaching operations out of the country in 2019, leaving behind a stark symbol of how far the nation has moved during the prime minister’s 16-year regime.

“This should be full of students but as you can see it is almost empty,” Márta Pardavi, one of Hungary’s most prominent human rights advocates, said while showing NBC News around the building this week.


https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/orban-hungary-university-exile-jd-vance-model-us-rcna267253

[Diamond_Dog]

1. So Hungary had this jewel of a university

And Orban’s biased, impossible-to-implement clampdown on colleges and universities drove a majority of the students and professors out of the country, so now the beautiful buildings sit mostly empty…..And they are proud of this??

[Irish_Dem]

2. Yes this is the Vance and MAGA dream.

Empty universities in the US.

[dalton99a]

3. If Orban wins again, Hungary should be kicked out of the EU and NATO.

[The Madcap]

5. 100% Agree...

And if they don't like it, they can declare war on the EU and NATO and promptly be gobbled up and partitioned.

Tough luck, Orban.

[themaguffin]

4. It's so gross who the right sucks up to this guy... though very on brand.