I was looking at the famous picture of the little excavator pecking away at the base of a city-sized vessel and couldn’t help but wonder how the scene would have looked like if the accident took place in the US. Continue reading
Author Archives: MwBp
Can the militarization of the regime really not happen?
R. Daniel Kelemen from Rutgers has given an interview to Népszava and in it he mentioned that the benefit of an EU-membership might be that Orbán will not resort to Lukashenko-like violence because an EU member state can not sink as deeply into autocracy as a non-member could. Continue reading
Micromanagement and acting important
The insane micromanaging rules of the square meter-based reopening plan visualized. Continue reading
He just can’t shut up
Orbán called young doctors servants, children “public goods” and Katalin Karikó, the inventor of the mRNA vaccines “a Hungarian housewife”. And that’s just last week. Continue reading
Europe’s most expensive bureaucracy
The Hungarian state does take care of itself, that’s for sure. To the tune of 8.2% of GDP, to be precise. Continue reading
With emergency power comes absolute responsibility
This was supposed to be the moment when Orbán could shine and demonstrate how superior his unlimited power is in tackling a crisis. Continue reading
Defining a cult: I know it when I see it
Arguably, every effort to define something starts with “I know it when I see it”. Then we proceed to draft a definition that includes what we want included but excludes what we don’t. Continue reading
Holding Orbán accountable
Observe submissive authoritarian minds in action. Continue reading
Pettiness Galore
The crackdown on independent media has reached the stage of gleeful micromanagement and the final stab. Continue reading
Why I would rather have an incompetent than a malevolent government
First of all, a competent government is an oxymoron – but you wouldn’t believe me anyway. Continue reading
