Down With the Oikophobic Ruling Class
30th April 2024
It is by now a common experience for us Budapesters to host visitors from Western Europe and to hear them utter a version of this sentiment: “I love this city—it feels like I’m living in Europe again.” What they mean is plain: because Hungary does not suffer from uncontrolled mass migration; its low-crime capital reminds them of what they have lost back home.