Okay, thanks! I hadn’t thought of it that way before. I understand that Hungary served as a testing ground for the New Right to establish an illegitimate democracy and thus attempt to consolidate power in the long term, while still appearing democratic to the outside world (edit: But wouldn't Putins Russia be the original blue print for this regime?). However, I’m not sure to what extent, for example, the former Soviet republic of Hungary can be compared to an empire like the U.S. Aside from the dominant political current, I think there are far too many differences to equate the two… which is also generally why comparing countries based on a single aspect (and then, in the worst case, claiming that causal relationships can be inferred) is a fallacy I’d rather leave to the right.