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This piece is a condensed record of Hungary in 2024.
It does not focus on a single scandal, but on how absurdity, cynicism, and the absence of consequences became normalized.
Trains that no longer function.
Institutions that visibly fail.
Pardons without accountability.
Propaganda, character assassination, and public humiliation in prime time.
Political aggression expressed through words, images, and gestures.
And throughout it all, the constant relativization of reality:
“it’s a misunderstanding,” “it’s just dust,” “it’s not what it looks like.”
This is not an opinion.
Not an analysis.
Not hindsight commentary.
It is a compressed record of events as they unfolded — as they were experienced.
This was 2024.
That is why it must not be forgotten.