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Hungary: Thousands protest demanding end to state media propaganda
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Given the brutal soviet oppression they endured for decades that’s understandable
The stupid thing is it wasn't even that, the Hungarian Socialist Party got elected multiple times even this century. It's just that the party leader of the socialists had this awful leaked speech to his party members, basically admitting they are doing fuck all but steal what they could.
Orbán was elected with a supermajority as a protest vote against the socialists, and immediately changed the constitution and voting laws, and that's how this mess got started. Unlimited EU funds to steal, and the migrant crisis in 2015 cemented that.
The reason there has been no credible opposition is that this ex-prime minister has stayed in politics and tainted all opposition attempts since, since he still has some support from a small but stable base, nobody could form an opposition block with or without him.