"Hungary serves as a warning about the pathway America is treading, but it also can serve as a beacon of hope that damage can be undone."
My latest @FDRLST article discusses the frighteningly obvious similarities between communist and liberal iconoclasm.
https://t.co/p2KezsC3Aw
🤝 We met again with @Tsinghua_Uni, this time in Budapest.
After our Leadership Academy visited Beijing last year, students from @CISSTsinghua came to Hungary for a study visit.
From transatlantic relations to migration, technology, and ageing societies, one key takeaway stands out: international academic dialogue matters.
In May 2023 Emmanuel Macron noted a "process of decivilization" in France, & there is a fine old English word for the collective west's defining task in the coming decades: "recivilization". The OED puts the first English use of 'recivilization' in the hot revolutionary 1790s.
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I had a great time on the @DCEKGpodcast being interviewed by @RealJoeGrogan, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Trump. We discussed the magnificent new classical National World War I Memorial by @SabinHoward, what to do about Brutalism in D.C., and my time as chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, including why President Biden removed me and other commissioners in violation of 110 years of precedent.
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Today, Hungary commemorates the 1956 Revolution, a defining moment in our history. Starting on October 23, it marked the most significant challenge to Soviet control in the Eastern Bloc until the fall of communism.
A short thread🧵on the Revolution.
Speaking at “Transatlantic Partnership in a New Era,” a conference in Berlin organized by @MCC_Budapest and allies.
Deindustrialization is a fate Europe must avoid. It’s bad for workers, bad for culture/society, and bad for our mutual defense in the Atlantic zone.
You may have noticed Hungarian accounts celebrating August 20th, but what exactly is Hungary commemorating?
This holiday is a unique celebration of national survival and endurance, intertwining religious, political, and historical elements.
A short🧵:
#MCCFeszt is now the #4 trending hashtag in Hungary! 🎉
Imane may have taken the win, but Hungary's spirit is unstoppable!🇭🇺💪Congrats to Luca for a well-fought fight!🥊
🗣️"I always try to think before I act because I represent my entire family."
Words of wisdom from @EduardHabsburg at #MCCFeszt in a thrilling discussion with @bkalnoky, Zsolna Ugron, and Mihály Nánay on family anecdotes and the pros and cons of noble heritage.
.@JDVance1 on the importance of beautiful public buildings. Vance is a co-sponsor of @SenMarcoRubio's pending bill promoting classical and traditional architecture for federal buildings and U.S. courthouses.
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🇭🇺SKIN IN THE GAME: While not a necessity, having a local developer and/or architect certainly help when one wish for beautiful new architecture. The love for the place combined with social pressure will at least stop the worst modernist atrocities (thread)