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Political Propaganda

Power Thrown Up Against the Wall: Decline of Hungarian Political Poster Culture
Politics
Power Thrown Up Against the Wall: Decline of Hungarian Political Poster Culture
Over the past decades, political poster culture in Hungary has undergone a radical transformation, reflecting a broader erosion of democratic norms and a decline in civil discourse. Formerly a medium of political creativity and pluralistic expression, public spaces in Hungary have increasingly become a battleground for government propaganda, dominated by crude, repetitive imagery and simplistic, emotive slogans.