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0 pointsfriendly_chap12y ago0 comments

In "democracies" similar to the Hungarian one you can chose who robs you, there is no good option.

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.

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twoodfin12y ago· 1 in thread

And yet 64% of Hungary's voters still voted in the supposedly meaningless 2010 elections. Are they all suffering under this illusion? That seems like your first problem to fix.

friendly_chapOP12y ago

(Not addressing the fact we have incredible amounts of cheating at elections)

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...

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