It’s The Corruption, Stupid – With Orban And Trump

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The humiliating demise of Viktor Orban’s authoritarian regime is bracing news for endangered democracies, including our own, but America isn’t Hungary. Of the parallels that can be drawn between their despot and ours, the most salient may have been commented on the least – the overwhelming and unprecedented Mafia-style corruption that enriched the ruling family and entrenched their power. It was the corruption that motivated Peter Magyar, a lifelong loyal appartchik until two years ago, […]

Joe Conason
Joe Conason
Joe Conason is an American journalist, author and liberal political commentator. He writes a column for Salon.com and has written a number of books, including Big Lies, which addresses what he says are myths spread about liberals by conservatives.