Why does the NY Slimes, the EU and President Obama hate Viktor Orban?
Because Orban protected unborn life in the Hungarian Constitution.
Because Orban is shining the light on these NGOs, who are funded by outside groups with the intent of influencing Hungarian politics.
Because Orban does not support big banks (especially the European banks that held nearly 90% of all mortgages in Hungary at interest rates between 20% and 50%)
Because Orban wants Hungarians to chart Hungary’s destiny, not the EU, not Soros money, not Russia.
Because Orban does not endorse the welfare state.
Because Orban does not endorse open borders.
Well, yes. I don't agree with everything in Orban's speech, but I think he correctly identified the conservative roadmap to success:
- Christian identity
- Economic nationalism
- Individual rights
- The government's obligation to preserve national and religious institutions as a part of its obligation to protect property rights in general
For myself, I can say that I became conservative when I realized that the institutions under attack from the Left: churches, community organizations, marriage, cultural norms, -- are a form of property that the government must protect just as vigorously as it must protect bank accounts and real estate, that is private property. Certainly the proper government should protect, for example, traditional marriage far more than the rights of some international wheeler-dealer to move his manufacturing operations to China.