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Brickbat: Red Star Over Budapest

Charles Oliver | 7.3.2017 4:00 AM


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The Hungarian government is threatening to ban Heineken's red star logo, saying it is a symbol of totalitarianism. But the move came after the company won a trademark dispute in Romania with a company that produces a beer popular with ethnic Hungarians.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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