There are times when the world is rearranging itself,” says a character in Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, “and at times like that, the right words can change the world.” Who has the right words?
Politicians such as Emmanuel Macron who once lectured us about open borders are closing them, but one man who has been consistent is Hungary’s Viktor Orban. When he closed the country’s borders, he closed the universities. “There are lots of foreigners there,” he said. “Our experience is that primarily foreigners brought in the disease, and that it is spreading among foreigners.”
Many people are using war rhetoric. President Trump said he is a “wartime president.” President Macron said France is at “war.” An Italian doctor said the situation is “like a war.” Viktor Orban calls it a “two-front war.” “One front is called migration,” he said, “and the other one belongs to the coronavirus, there is a logical connection between the two, as both spread with movement.”
He’s right. His swift action has probably saved many Hungarian lives. ...
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