Reflecting on the Hungarian experience and Viktor Orbán’s devolution, Kati Marton recalls Voltaire’s warning, “He who can persuade you to believe absurdities can persuade you to commit atrocities.” “Neither individuals nor nations escape history for long,” Marton continues, “and with Mr. Trump’s election, history threatens to barge into our American democratic sanctuary with a vengeance.”
Opinion | Why I’m Not Giving Up on American Democracy
The free and decent country that saved my family from Soviet-dominated Hungary is now under threat.
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