like 80 percent of GDP, in nominal terms at least www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Americans are weirdly cavalier about this, but Hungary would seem to prove stupendous corruption is eventually unpopular. and world-historical theft is what happens when you elect right-wing authoritarians, every single time
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Thinking how one of the biggest names in Hungarian music, Péter "Majka" Majoros*, eventually became totally politicized, leading to this last year. *Perhaps far from THE biggest, but a quick glance at their historical top 40 suggests he or his frequent collaborator Curtis are on there often.
I repeat - one of the most influential musicians in Hungary did not just (consistently) endorse Orban's opponents but made a whole song where Orban stand-up has his water spiked with truth serum during an interview and raps about corruption in "Kleptistan" on live TV. Where's that energy in the US?!
(2nd video is from Nov. 2022, in the aftermath of Orban winning that year's election, so it follows an opposition rally as they claim "word on the street" suggests things will change now only for the riot police to crush them all. Shows how long Majka's been at it.) P.S. Bonus Birdman-style clip!