The lofty idea that Ukraine is fighting for its freedom and that Hungary is its enemy has never been true. Ukraine has its own interests, but it’s clear that others are using it to fight for much larger and more nefarious reasons. If there’s one mistake a journalist can make, it’s adopting the goals and ideologies of another country, simply believing in its propaganda. Yes, this is a real thing—state programs are launched to serve this end when a country is at war. Ukraine paints itself as a victim that every well-meaning person is obligated to support, while Kyiv loudly proclaims that weapons are tools of peace, which is also echoed by the entire liberal elite press worldwide. Aligning with this narrative either reveals severe ignorance or the glint of mercenary pay behind it. And from here, it’s not much of a leap to depict Viktor Orban as an enemy representing Russian interests in Europe—we’ve certainly read and heard enough about this from the same authors.
Hungary is a direct neighbor of a country at war and proceeds with extreme caution because wars are rarely contained within borders. These borders must be defended both physically and intellectually. In Hungary, there is no wartime censorship, journalists are not targeted for their opinions, and criticizing the government is not an act of treason. But conducting a campaign against the Hungarian government with Ukrainian money is undoubtedly an act of betrayal, and that mercenary pay amounts to exactly thirty pieces of silver, no matter how i is converted.
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