Psychedelic Ideological Cocktail: Hate and Fear in Post-Communist Autocracy

Ingredients of a dangerous ideological cocktail are analyzed, showcasing the manipulation of hate and fear for political purposes in a post-communist patronal autocracy. Extremist actors, utilitarian cynicism, and stigmatization of groups are explored in the context of sustaining ruling power through divisive tactics and ideological control. The application of fear campaigns, recruitment strategies, and the role of stigmatized groups in the political landscape are detailed.

• Ideology
• Hate
• Fear
• Post-Communist
• Autocracy

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1. Hate and Fear Ingredients of a Psychedelic Ideological Cocktail B lint Magyar

2. Ideology in Post-Communist Patronal Autocracy Extremist political actors Ideology driven Ruling (dominant) party Ideology applying utilitarian cynic, rational functionality coherence ideologically inconsistent utilitarian determination protected group is stable, stigmatized group is variable fear campaigns legitimizing/genereting effect ensuring central political position believer fanatic, emotional value coherence ideologically consistent ideological determination both protected group and stigmatized group are stable hate actions and crimes relativizing effect ensuring recruitment buffer for the ruling party

3. Applied ideology: political functions of ideological panels used by the ruling party Slogan The phenomenon the slogan refers to Function Stigmatized groups Moral position (i) Depriving opponents of moral acceptability (ii) Making competing policies undisputable DISPUTE Atheists, liberals, etc. God Adopted political family (political-economicclan) (i) Excluding opposition from the nation (ii) Eliminating public accountability of the rulers SCOPE Opposition parties, civil society (NGOs, intellectuals etc.), international organizations, etc. Nation Patriarchal family (i) Stigmatizing alternative lifestyles (ii) Extending the cultural pattern of patriarchal domination to the nation DOMINATION Minorities (singles, LGBTQ, homeless, unemployed etc.) Family

4. Stigmatized groups criteria to meet the needs of ideology applying functionality Cleavage dimension (potential for distinguishing them and us ) Fear Capacity of voice Ideological instrument generating potential Ethnic Language Cultural tradition Religion Social status Health condition Unemployed X X XX Lack of solidarity Critical intellectuals X X XXX Anti-elitism Homeless X X XX XX Lack of solidarity Jews X X X XXX XXXX Anti-Semitism Roma X X X X XXXX XX Racism Migrants X X X X X X XXXXXX X Xenophobia Legend: : facilitating factor : hindering factor : ideological carrier

5. Conspiracy theories aliens immaterial establishment, international financial capital, Jews, IMF, EU, UN materialized anthropomorphized, personalized Soros, Juncker, Verhofstadt

6. Ingredients of a Psychedelic Ideological Cocktail Let s not let Soros have the last laugh!