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Questions:

1. How many Hungarian irredentists are there, and what is their real influence on Orban and his party?

2. More importantly, what realistic chances do Hungarian irredentists, open or otherwise, have of making their dreams reality? I'm not an expert on Hungary, but such people seem to me to be living in a fantasy world akin to Franco nostalgists or Sohrab Ahmari.

3. What kinds of religious communities were stripped of legal personality? You provide some examples, but what about the rest? Are we talking something like wannabe Branch Davidians, or more like Catholic Worker? Or all of the above?

Those are honest questions, FWIW. Also, FWIW, I am perfectly willing to believe that Orban is a cynic who cares not a fig for Christianity, except as it serves his aims.

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