Exciting times to live in, hopefully the people will be able to get rid of the corrupt ruling class.
In democracies, the people typically do this by voting for someone else. Why isn't that an option in Hungary?
In democracies, the people typically do this by voting for someone else. Why isn't that an option in Hungary?
No, the people think they do this, in reality the new boss is pretty much the same as the old boss.
If you're young, Western-minded and willing to work, it's much, much easier to emigrate and leave the hoi paloi to rot under their perennial red overlords, than to stay and fight the system. So people emigrate, and the shit for the rest becomes deeper.
They are all the same, maybe one party called A the other B but the same people are behind all parties, and they form a strong inner circle.
They just give you an illusion of democracy, really.
People can get really dumb when 98% of their time is spent trying to survive on 200-300 USD a month.
Add these facts to that 200-300 USD:
- Food is generally more expensive than in the UK
- A litre of gasoline costs 2 USD
- Electricity and gas prices are more expensive then in the UK
- The VAT is 27%
etc...