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southern   
5 Mar 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

Yet God Forgive we not appreciating Stalins return, what were we thinking,.

In my opinion it is unlikely that he returns.
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

Exactly because according to the marxist mathematical relation,the communists sacrificed the production of consumer goods to achieve boost in the production of industrial means for mass production.And arms as well.

They could save their regime by keeping living standards through borrowing money from the West but this had as result to accumulate huge debts.
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Fall of Communism in Poland [33]

southern:
Like Jaruzelski.
He's doing pretty well I'd say. Still getting some awards in Russia..

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Is he still alive and kicking?
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Fall of Communism in Poland [33]

Many are listening to radio maryja now with a rosary in their hands.

Like Jaruzelski.
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Fall of Communism in Poland [33]

southern:
What happened to the millions of communist party members?
they became the tycoons.

Millions of tycoons?This system worked after all.
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Fall of Communism in Poland [33]

don't think anyone would buy it. Probably

A Jaruzelski tatoo on the arm.What can be better?
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

you definitely need to get out more then.

Believe me,I have talked to people from Poland,Czech Republic,Russia,Ukraine and Romania and nobody even the Romanians who had Causesku described me communism as bad.Everyone said the same:That life under communism was easier and better.And eastern german girl saying the same though adding this was not good because there was lot of oppresion.
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Fall of Communism in Poland [33]

But many members of communist party became a members only because being a member was a requirement for many well paid jobs

I suppose this is the case till now?
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Fall of Communism in Poland [33]

Stasi members are still proud.I doubt about the old communict members ho changed direction after 1989.
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Fall of Communism in Poland [33]

Many of them do not want to hear anything about their communist past being obedient supporters of the government party.
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

Actually which polish products were of interest for the West?The Czechs produced the Skodas,the Plzner Urquell,they had the tourism,so they could be better adjusted.The Soviets had the oil and the natural gas.So they might have thought:Why support the failed economies?Better keep and sell our gas for ourselves.

I suspect this is exactly what the wetsern capitalists promised to the soviet buearocrats.
southern   
2 Mar 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

I think communism worked better in Czech Republic.A visit can convince you.There was too much reaction in Poland.
And why all middle aged and old people like communism and think it was better at that time?
In fact I never met anyone to describe me a shitty life under communism.
southern   
1 Mar 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

, unlike others, the Polanders didn’t seek nor willfully embrace Communism.
This is why it failed in Poland.

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So you think,it had better results in Czech Republic where people voted for communist party in 1948.
southern   
28 Feb 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

What is it?

That probably Soviet Union subsidized all eastern block countries with profits from oil.
southern   
28 Feb 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

Do you really think that communists are adept at doing that??

It was the ultimate goal to achieve rise of the living standards.It would determine if the system survived or not.
southern   
28 Feb 2009
History / Was there a polish Stasi? [13]

We often heard about Stasi,KGB and Securitate in former eastern Block countries.Was there a polish equivalent?Or was it rather soft and of no importance?
southern   
28 Feb 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

Poland provided exactly what it was to provide - a huge amount of food products, steel, coal, ships, etc. for the Soviets.

The point is that after the collapse the products which Poland provided were of no demand in the West,while the soviet raw materials which SU provided to Poland became highly popular in the West.