Anne Applebaum

Es gab das Trump-Derangement-Syndrom und sie reagierten überreaktiv zu Dingen, die Trump gemacht hatte. I never knew quite whether that was right or not. It's true that if you speak at a very high pitch the whole time, then people stop listening to you. So there's something right about that. On the other hand, it certainly looks in retrospect like we underreacted.

Es gab das Trump-Derangement-Syndrom und sie reagierten überreaktiv zu Dingen, die Trump gemacht hatte. I never knew quite whether that was right or not. It's true that if you speak at a very high pitch the whole time, then people stop listening to you. So there's something right about that. On the other hand, it certainly looks in retrospect like we underreacted.

We underreacted to the corruption. We underreacted to the beginnings of oligarchy. We certainly underreacted to January the 6th and a whole series of violations after that. And that people are only beginning to see that now, you know, years later. ist tragisch. Ich meine, jetzt ist es ein bisschen zu spät.

We underreacted to the corruption. We underreacted to the beginnings of oligarchy. We certainly underreacted to January the 6th and a whole series of violations after that. And that people are only beginning to see that now, you know, years later. ist tragisch. Ich meine, jetzt ist es ein bisschen zu spät.

We underreacted to the corruption. We underreacted to the beginnings of oligarchy. We certainly underreacted to January the 6th and a whole series of violations after that. And that people are only beginning to see that now, you know, years later. ist tragisch. Ich meine, jetzt ist es ein bisschen zu spät.

Ich meine, jetzt ist das Pferd aus dem Garten, weißt du, was auch immer Metapher du benutzen willst.

Ich meine, jetzt ist das Pferd aus dem Garten, weißt du, was auch immer Metapher du benutzen willst.

Ich meine, jetzt ist das Pferd aus dem Garten, weißt du, was auch immer Metapher du benutzen willst.

So actually, what happened in Hungary is a little different from what's happening here. What happened in Hungary was a very slow attack on institutions. I mean, it was over a long period of time and it's more the boiling the frog theory. You keep turning up the heat a little bit and the frog doesn't notice and doesn't notice until finally it's dead. So it was hard to pinpoint the moment when

So actually, what happened in Hungary is a little different from what's happening here. What happened in Hungary was a very slow attack on institutions. I mean, it was over a long period of time and it's more the boiling the frog theory. You keep turning up the heat a little bit and the frog doesn't notice and doesn't notice until finally it's dead. So it was hard to pinpoint the moment when

So actually, what happened in Hungary is a little different from what's happening here. What happened in Hungary was a very slow attack on institutions. I mean, it was over a long period of time and it's more the boiling the frog theory. You keep turning up the heat a little bit and the frog doesn't notice and doesn't notice until finally it's dead. So it was hard to pinpoint the moment when

Stopped being a democracy. You know, it was, it was a small, lots and lots of small changes over a long period of time. Orban was able to change the constitution. He kept manipulating it. He undermined the judiciary. There was a slow process of taking over the media, which he mostly did through business groups who were close to him. I mean, it's not like he, there was censorship instead.

Stopped being a democracy. You know, it was, it was a small, lots and lots of small changes over a long period of time. Orban was able to change the constitution. He kept manipulating it. He undermined the judiciary. There was a slow process of taking over the media, which he mostly did through business groups who were close to him. I mean, it's not like he, there was censorship instead.

Stopped being a democracy. You know, it was, it was a small, lots and lots of small changes over a long period of time. Orban was able to change the constitution. He kept manipulating it. He undermined the judiciary. There was a slow process of taking over the media, which he mostly did through business groups who were close to him. I mean, it's not like he, there was censorship instead.

There were the media, you know, companies would begin to have a lot of financial trouble and then somebody would take them over and shut them down. You know, that was the, it was rather that system. And until we got to a point where it was suddenly almost impossible to unseat him, he controlled all the media in the country. He controlled 95% of the public conversation.

There were the media, you know, companies would begin to have a lot of financial trouble and then somebody would take them over and shut them down. You know, that was the, it was rather that system. And until we got to a point where it was suddenly almost impossible to unseat him, he controlled all the media in the country. He controlled 95% of the public conversation.

There were the media, you know, companies would begin to have a lot of financial trouble and then somebody would take them over and shut them down. You know, that was the, it was rather that system. And until we got to a point where it was suddenly almost impossible to unseat him, he controlled all the media in the country. He controlled 95% of the public conversation.

You know, he took over the universities. He took over all the cultural institutions. And all that stuff happened one by one. I mean, actually what's happening here in the United States is much faster. It's going much faster. The Doge...

You know, he took over the universities. He took over all the cultural institutions. And all that stuff happened one by one. I mean, actually what's happening here in the United States is much faster. It's going much faster. The Doge...

You know, he took over the universities. He took over all the cultural institutions. And all that stuff happened one by one. I mean, actually what's happening here in the United States is much faster. It's going much faster. The Doge...