Viktor Orbon is not a democrat, but he's certainly not an authoritarian either. He appointed every single judge and the judges make the laws in his country. How things work in hungary is that you don't get on if you're not a part of the ruling party. You'll never get into the right side ifyou're not a member of the rulingParty. This is, in a way, the same kind of way that the commonest hungary worked. U you're allowed this or you're not allowed this. And it damages families. It becomes totally impossible to run a proper democratic societyIf you're an opposition person, but your family are scared that you might
The same man who helped usher in democracy in Hungary is the one who’s chipping away at it now. American conservatives want to know how Prime Minister Viktor Orban did it.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers and Matt Collette, fact-checked by Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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