Why other people’s autocrat is still your problem
Your values are your interests. And autocracies don’t have values
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The myth of Orbán’s talent
Now that Orbán’s myth of invincibility is broken, people are suddenly starting to see his shortcomings as a politician. Continue reading
Antony Blinken could have been a historic opportunity for US-Hungarian relations
It will be missed because of Orbán. Continue reading
Deutsche Welle starts Hungarian language service
After the US has restarted Radio Free Europe’s Hungarian language edition, the German Deutsche Welle also announced to launch Hungarian news services, quoting concerns about media pluralism in the country. Continue reading
Damage: 28% pandemic, 72% Orbán
The local authority of Terézváros, a Budapest district, shared data about the pandemic economic damage. 28% of the losses come from the disappearance of tourism and hospitality – 72% come from Orbán’s punishment of opposition cities. Continue reading
10 degrees Celsius in hospital – “but only when it’s cold outside”
Doctors are working in coats, patients are freezing as one hospital building gives in to the cold. Ministry reassures everyone that it only happens when it’s really cold, once a year. Continue reading
A monument to past subservience is somehow the perfect way to celebrate present day submission
Nothing says self respect like erecting a statue to the feudal owner of your ancestors on the last dime of your village. Maybe perhaps erecting the statue on debt. Continue reading
The last non-Orbánist radio channel is shut down
Klubrádió has been the last radio that did not belong to the Orbánist media stable. It has been shut down. Continue reading
MPs got 786% richer under Orbán
One of the sickest things in Hungary is that people regard it as normal that politicians get rich, that they are rich, and that they become politicians exactly because they want to get rich. Continue reading
Cults as authoritarian high control groups
They are just the spectacular tip of the authoritarian control iceberg Continue reading
Brexit is the perfect moment to adopt English as the official language of the EU
There’s nothing like nationalism to squander real resources for imaginary gains – and this case is no different. Continue reading
Behold the Hungarian Facebook
Butthurt politicians realize that being silenced is bad. But only when private companies do it. Continue reading
As below – So above
Steal a country and you get to preach about sovereignty and claim the moral high ground.
Steal a pen and you get busted. Continue reading
