Re:Crypto Wars: Hungarian Presidency continues fight against...
by Maro on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @06:27AM
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> From what I can see out there on the internet, it's more than just the media - Orban's cronies seem to have captured the judiciary as well, which helps shield them from investigation. He also seems to be trying various tactics to suppress political opposition.
Yes, this is true unfortunately. On the other hand, most of our political opposition [1] was so lame that Orban's baseline tactic was pretty much to just let them do their thing, and that repeatedly led to these parties to self-destruct.
To be clear, the situation in Hungary is shit, but it's not a dictatorship..
[1] between 2010 to 2023, before the new 2024 wave with Peter Magyar and his new Tisza party
From what I can see out there on the internet, it's more than just the media - Orban's cronies seem to have captured the judiciary as well, which helps shield them from investigation. He also seems to be trying various tactics to suppress political opposition - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/23/orban-accused-...
I think I'm going to stick by my evaluation of 'nascent dictatorship', though perhaps 'nascent autocracy' is more accurate if it's not all about the one man. And it does seem to be widely acknowledged that democracy has been undermined there, to the point it doesn't function.
> I can tell you that Orban and his cronies run a variety of misinformation campaigns [in Hungary], but nothing related to cryptography.
Yeah fair enough, it seems that a lot of other governments are all in on this sort of thing, and the headline is particularly misleading.