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Category Archives: Corruption is a feature, not a bug

Is that a tiny little purge I’m seeing?
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

Is that a tiny little purge I’m seeing?

Posted on January, 2020 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Some low level cronies get busted. Is it a message? And if so, to whom? Continue reading →

Demographers don’t get the point of buying 7-seated cars for families.
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

Demographers don’t get the point of buying 7-seated cars for families.

Posted on December, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

That’s because they don’t understand that the point of policy is corruption, not demography Continue reading →

The unbearable tackiness of Orbán’s kleptocracy
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

The unbearable tackiness of Orbán’s kleptocracy

Posted on October, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

The cronies near the honey pot of EU funds are not very sophisticated yet. Maybe the next generation will pick up some manners Continue reading →

What’s the point of resisting freedom of information requests if they can just release false data?
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

What’s the point of resisting freedom of information requests if they can just release false data?

Posted on August, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

They may be even bad at falsifying data Continue reading →

The Baby Loan That Wasn’t
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

The Baby Loan That Wasn’t

Posted on August, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Orbán pulled a nasty trick on gullible couples who applied for the loan-for-babies state program Continue reading →

Heads are rolling at Microsoft for what passes in Hungary, and the SEC just took a cut for its silence
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

Heads are rolling at Microsoft for what passes in Hungary, and the SEC just took a cut for its silence

Posted on July, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Microsoft paid the SEC to keep its secrets and stop the investigation. It was still a good deal. Continue reading →

The difference between helpless Kremlinology and functioning institutions
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

The difference between helpless Kremlinology and functioning institutions

Posted on June, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Something is clearly wrong with your political system when the person wielding power becomes of utmost relevance. Continue reading →

Corruption Brought Back Rats in Budapest
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

Corruption Brought Back Rats in Budapest

Posted on April, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

Budapest has been rat-free for 47 years – until cronies set eyes on the pest control money Continue reading →

Naive Conservatives Who Thought This Is About Conservatism
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

Naive Conservatives Who Thought This Is About Conservatism

Posted on February, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

As Hungarians say: “What show have they been watching until now?” Continue reading →

Can the Drying Up of EU Funds Rein in Orbán?
Corruption is a feature, not a bug

Can the Drying Up of EU Funds Rein in Orbán?

Posted on January, 2019 by MwBp • Leave a comment

It can go both ways. Help the rule of law or push the country into Russian (Chinese, Azeri, etc.) hands Continue reading →

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