I appreciate the honesty and clarity if nothing else
Orban himself describes his system as “illiberal democrqacy” which Wikipedia defines as:
An illiberal democracy describes a governing system in which, although elections take place, citizens are cut off from knowledge about the activities of those who exercise real power because of the lack of civil liberties; thus it does not constitute an open society.
The rulers of an illiberal democracy may ignore or bypass constitutional limits on their power. They also tend to ignore the will of the minority which is what makes the democracy illiberal. Elections in an illiberal democracy are often manipulated or rigged, being used to legitimize and consolidate the incumbent rather than to choose the country’s leaders and policies.
Some theorists say that illiberal democracy is fundamentally undemocratic and therefore prefer terms such as electoral authoritarianism, competitive authoritarianism, or soft authoritarianism.
That’s what they’re talking about.The main difference is that in America it’s actually a project of the minority which is enabled by flukes in our democratic system.