Hungary being the worst of all

  • jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    14 hours ago

    Perceived corruption is getting worse. This is not necessarily actual corrupt. Media narratives have more influence on this than actual reality.

    In fact, when a country’s justice system starts cleaning up corruption it will increase the perceived corruption because suddenly there’s a bunch of corruption that gets exposed.

    • idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      I can reassure you that in Hungary not just the perception increased. Also it’s a bit strange here, it’s a captured state, so on paper no corruption happens, everything is legal, they can just create a new laws overnight, Orbán rules by decree since 2016.

      Hungary First! Again! We won! Usually we win at this and the suicide statistics, nowadays our inflation is also world class again as after ww2.

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        3 hours ago

        I’m not saying the index is useless, just pointing out what it measures.

        I think of it as smoke detector, hopefully it will ring if there’s a fire but it will also ring if corrupt people are being roasted past well done.

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        13 hours ago

        Because that’s what the Corruption Perceptions Index tries to measure. It’s literally in the name.