Everything was forever, until it was no more.
— Alexei Yurchak, Soviet anthropologist, on the collapse of the U.S.S.R.
I took the title of this post from a paper Professor Kim Scheppele wrote on the rapid demise of Victor Orbán entitled, “Things That Are Solid Can Melt Into Air: Lessons from the 2026 Hungarian Election.” Professor Scheppele walked us thr…
