Viktor Orbán, once Hungarian democracy’s greatest champion, is now its greatest enemy, while Republicans in America cheer on his authoritarian regime. What happened, and why does the right love him?

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00:00 INTRO
01:41 I. THE YOUNG LIBERAL
03:29 II. A RIGHT TURN
05:47 III. RISING STAR
08:05 IV. TIME TO SHINE
10:04 V. THE MAN & THE PARTY

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In the late 1980s, as the Cold War was coming to a close, Viktor Orban was at the head of the anticommunist liberal resistance, leading the fight for democracy in Hungary. But over time, as he faced electoral difficulties, he drifted to the political right. In 2010, when his party, Fidesz, won a stunning legislative supermajority, he set to work making sure he’d never lose an election again. Today, Republicans like Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson are cheering him on as a model leader, as Ron DeSantis seeks to emulate some of his policies. But not long ago, John McCain dubbed Orbán “a neofascist dictator.” This is the story of Viktor Orban, and the story of just how dangerous the siren song of illiberalism can be.

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