Thread by @PatrickKingsley

Last month I wrote about Viktor #Orban's assault on the hardware of #Hungary's democracy — its constitution, electoral system and judiciary. Here's the follow-up piece on how he's also gone after its "software" — culture, civil society, and education nytimes.com/2018/03/27/wor…

You can see it in the little changes to the textbooks

And in the theaters

And in the people he's put in charge of funding for civil society

And in the changes to arts funding

And in the think tanks he has founded

And in the reforms to church funding

Close watchers of Viktor Orban might also be intrigued by this:

Last month I wrote about #Orban's assault on the hardware of #Hungary's democracy — its constitution, electoral system & judiciary. Here's a sequel on how he's also gone after its "software" — culture, civil society, & education. Reposting for US readers nytimes.com/2018/03/27/wor…

And here's the first in the series, from last month: nytimes.com/2018/02/10/wor…