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Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

It will be tougher for Poland to leave The EU than The UK

That's why we should disassemble it by supporting eurosceptics within the EU and by encouraging FREXIT.

EU can exist without Britain, maybe even without Italy but NOT without France. And I think that the collapse of the EU is better for Poland than regular POLEXIT for two reasons:

1: no messy post-exit negotiations. Those negotiations are basically an unequal fight of one member against the rest of the EU. And the eurocrats wants to teach them a lesson like we can observe in case of Brexit

2: It's better to make a separate political deals and connections with each individual country in the post-EU Europe that dealing with the whole EU federation run by eurocrats, and lead by Germany, which would be hostile to a sovereign state of Poland.

A federation, which on top of that, may even want to arm itself independently from NATO

It's simply better to destroy it from within than to leave it to bite us in the future.
Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

how should that "minimizing" actually work in reality? A wall?

There are more subtle and more effective ways to do so :-)

I would start with repolonization of German-owned media in Poland by writing a legislation similar to that which was passed in Germany.

And then all the political NGO's active in Poland should be named as foreign agent d'influence so there would be no doubt who is paying them for press releases, articles and public polls and which point of view they represent.

Those two simple steps would improve situation dramatically. I believe that the government has already written a project for repolonization of media and waiting for after-elections.

And then we can have a pint with bratwurst
Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

When when when. (...) Get on the plane, start business.(...)

We're not family nor business partners to discuss those matters.

You are anti-German first and foremost!

I simply perceive Germany as the biggest political threat to Poland in Europe.
Not only because Germany would like to dominate in Central Europe but also because you're, as a society, infected with a set of anti-values [multi-kulti, neo-marxism] which you are very eager to export to Poland.

In my opinion Poland should minimize all the political impact of its Western neighbour in order to flourish. Economic exchange is not a problem.

So nothing personal. I even think that you, an Ossi from DDR, are a better kind of Germans. We share one common, half-century long, experience which hardened our societies.

And I naively thought that the EU is there to create equal opportunities for the member states and their citizens

Sure it is. A heaven on earth.

A secular heaven that is.

Or simply stating: an Orwellian 'heaven' with Marx's frosting on top :-)

Trier, Germany. Anno Domini 2018


Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
Language / Polish words that sound funny? [224]

weird puppet show

Nothing will beat grotesque creatures from Kleks :-)

youtu.be/UwW34IteSTk
Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Not at all. Poland rightfully insists that its' cultural treasures are returned to them.

Many of those unique pieces of Polish art were destroyed by German nazis during war. Many of them very destroyed deliberately. A huge chunk of Berlinka collection would have to compensate for it in the event of such a hypothetical exchange.

There's no hurry though. I think Poland should wait until we get a better political position for such negotiations and also making an international alliance against Germany would be very helpful. That shouldn't be hard since you looted and stole from half of Europe. I believe that Italians have similar, yet smaller, claims against Germany.

cnbc.com/2019/01/02/italian-art-museum-demands-return-of-painting-looted-by-nazi-soldiers.html

So why would you support anything that supports Russia? That doesn't sound particularly pro-Polish to me.

And in which part have I supported Russia against interest of Poland? Quote that fragment to us.

Anyway, if you were really pro-Polish, you'd pay taxes in Poland.

I will once I'll start my own business when I'm back.

Also, you have to remember that the country is rich not by the amount of taxes it collects, but by a cumulative wealth of its citizens.

I believe in the minimal state which means greatly reduced bureaucratic apparatus and making all non-critical state functions run by private, preferably Polish, capital.

The only area, due to our geopolitics, where I think the state should increase their spending is an army.
Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Isn't it so strange that you keep pushing the same anti-German attitude on here while praising pro-Putin parties in Europe.

I'm pro-Polish first and foremost.

Obviously, by defending point of view of Polish politico-economic interests I will become anti-something by default. By also pro-something with doesn't collide with Polish interest. Putin is not one of those latter things :-)

To understand that, my friend, you have to open your mind and use a skill of logical thinking.

It would be nice if Poland did the same. We would like the Berlinka treasure back.

Are you trying to compare a massive looting done in Poland by German Nazis during WWII to a collection of German art that they've left behind in Lower Silesia when they were running away from the approaching Soviets?
Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

but people are realistic and can clearly see that Germany has changed a lot since 1945

I'll believe it when I see actions backing up that claim. Returning Polish works of art robbed by Germans during WWII would be a good start.

"the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage founded the Database of War Losses, as of 2013 containing over 63,000 entries"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_looting_of_Poland
lootedart.gov.pl/en/

For Germany it is an excellent trade. We get Hungary's young, highly skilled nurses and doctors

I thought that you've already got 2 millions of young "engineers and doctors" from North Africa and Middle East? :-)
Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
Language / Polish words that sound funny? [224]

Yet, when it comes to fun factor Czechs are a world champions among Slavs :-)

Cult Hollywood movie scenes with Czech dubbing: demotywatory.pl/4885757
Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

"Germany is facing a spike in migrant crime, including an epidemic of rapes and sexual assaults. Mass migration is also accelerating the Islamization of Germany. Many Germans appear to be losing hope about the future direction of their country."

it seems a majority of Poles (in Poland mind you) likes Germany

Shame on them. Unconditionally loving Germans and Germany should be mandatory, regardless of facts and political situation. I'm honestly surprised and even shocked that this statement wasn't clearly written in Lisbon Treaty.
Spike31   
9 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Well, that was a joke to point out that there are more important things in life to be ashamed of than living in an oasis of normality in countries which are based on anti-values :-) Trust me on this; Poles went to Germany simply to make money and not for 'values', which modern Germany simply lacks. The only thing they can teach us now is what not to do.

If you pride yourself to be a Roman Catholic and have conservative-capitalist views there's little room for you to flourish in an overly socialistic and plainly neo-marxist Western Europe societies. Britain is like a faint blip of normality here but it also has its fair share of a nutters :-)
Spike31   
8 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Which are those districts? I very much doubt there are specifically "Polish" districts in Berlin.

I don't know about Berlin since so far I only passed by Germany in order to visit more interesting places in Europe. That's why I asked him to take a closer look next time when he's out.

I can speak for the UK though. And in London plenty of Polish houses in areas such as Greenford have those "Cyfrowy Polsat" dishes attached to them. Understandably they want to have a connection with Polish culture.

Anyway, more interesting news:

New anti-EU league? Italian Minister Salvini to visit Polish conservative leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

Presently, Salvini has already spoken to French and Dutch right-wing parties, France's National Rally and the Netherland's Party for Freedom, convincing them to join.

voiceofeurope.com/2019/01/new-anti-eu-league-italian-minister-salvini-to-visit-polish-conservative-leader-jaroslaw-kaczynski/
Spike31   
8 Jan 2019
History / Why is Poland weaker than Russia? [390]

There's a difference between fanatical anti-semitism and discussing historical facts which involve a group of Jewish people and their [documented] actions.

Not every single instance of criticizing them is "anti-semitism". Abusing this term will only lead to its inflation.

We are allowed to criticize Germans, Poles, Russians, Jews as long as they do wrong things. And we can also freely discuss their past actions.
Spike31   
7 Jan 2019
History / Why is Poland weaker than Russia? [390]

It was the Jews and the Poles willingly and happily oppressing their own, not the Soviets.

I'm not saying that the communist elites in Poland were Soviet per se, at least not after 1953. They were made of local communist Poles, and many of them were indeed Jewish like you said, who were scared of possible repercussions and punishment from common Poles in case of a collapse of the system.

Some of them should be named as traitors since they even wanted the Soviet intervention, and even encouraged it, just to save their position and their skin. The biggest mistake after 1989 was to treat them so lightly but that was a fruit fo a rotten political compromise.

And to be clear, Soviet forces - 66 000 soldiers strong at that time - were always present in Poland.
Spike31   
7 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

PS: Most of the post was not directed at you Rich but at Spike :)

Such an honour...

And still...you want Poland to leave because of German dominance.....the Brexiters want Britain to leave because of german dominance.

The problem is more complicated than that. The whole EU, and eurocurrency in specific [which Poland luckily didn't accept so far], was built that way to favor Germany. And I don't know about you but I don't like playing games which are fixed from the start.

Germany would also like to keep central Europe as a 'backup' for their economical expansion.

That's why there so much hate and anger in German press (and German owned press in Poland) aimed at Hungary and Poland which are slowly emancipating itself from caring hands of mother Reich.

And that's why Poland have to Polonize German press in Poland same way Germany restricted their domestic press market for foreign investors. No more double standards.

How many American movies are shown in Poland and how many are from Germany?

That's a good question. When I was younger and more interested in cinema I watched many american and polish films, bit less but still many british and italian films [hell, I even remember watching a vietnamese film about rickshaw rider :-D) but I don't remember watching any single german film (I don't count Michael Haneke since he's Austrian). And it's not even that I chose not to watch them but there was simply no offer on TV and in cinemas. German culture was, and is still is, virtually non existent in Poland.

I guess if you would ask random Poles on the street "what is your favourite German film" they would reply "I don't remember watching ANY German film".
Spike31   
7 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

We can guide Poland towards becoming a peaceful, fully mature democratic society.

You're joking right? Germans teaching Poles, or any other Europeans for that matter, about democracy and upkeeping peace. You're so full of yourself that it's just simply amusing.

Germany has a great deal of soft power in Central Europe (...)Germany dominates several fields

See, that's exactly what soft power is not. Soft power is when societies absorb ideas without being forced to do so.

Germany provides certain goods and invest in certain industries but that doesn't have nothing to do with "soft-power". When it comes to German culture it has minimal impact on thinking of a regular Poles and also a Polish elites. And when it comes to German politics it even has a negative impact.

Examples? When Germany tried to force Poland to take refugees, Poles swiftly voted for germano-sceptic PiS and gave it a majority in parliament. Germany has never had any soft power. They only have a baseball bat wrapped in a bubble wrap so it seems soft at first glance...
Spike31   
7 Jan 2019
History / Why is Poland weaker than Russia? [390]

The same thing that would have happened to Hungary in 1956 or Czechoslovakia in 1968

True, but in Sep 1980 when Solidarity [10 million people strong] movement was formed Soviets were worried yet hesitant to react. They were still recovering from Soviet "Vietnam" that is war with Afganistan [1979] and they didn't want to get involved in central Europe. And they were also worried that Poles, unlike Czechs, will fight back.

They've also received a warning from Ronald Reagan that the US won't tolerate the Soviet aggression in Europe.

The commies in PZPR party has wasted a chance to end this because they were to scared of what will happen when the system collapses. Communists were genuinely scared that Poles will prosecute all of them so they declared a martial law [Dec 1981] to protect themselves from citizens and prepare a soft landing in post-communist Poland.
Spike31   
7 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Well, that's already alot...and quite important. I wouldn't downtalk it.

I'm not downtalking it. That suits me well and that's how I would see the future of the European cooperation. Cause somehow I don't see us sharing the similar worldview any time soon.

Poland doesn't need any "cultural enrichment" not from Germany nor middle east since Polish culture is strong and self-sustainable. What we need in Poland is money, investments for further development of Polish infrastructure and economy. As I see it, the modern Western Europe has nothing of value to offer Poland but money. Western EU is a slowly decaying society that is only consuming and digesting what the previous generations of Europeans has produced...

Germany has recently produced several artists who became very successful internationally (Jörg Immendorff, Gerhard Richter et al.).

That could be but they are anonymous in Poland, especially the former one since Richer is more or less known to those interested in art. I think the only German school of art that I like and is Bauhaus. It was banned by nazis and then fully developed in the US under Josef Albers and Laszlo Moholy Nagy.
Spike31   
6 Jan 2019
History / Why is Poland weaker than Russia? [390]

If you consider that without soviet union support for Hitler's German war plans the war could be avoided.

And that's where Viktor Suvorov's theory of The Icebreaker sounds very probable.

"Stalin used Nazi Germany as an "icebreaker" to start a war in Europe which would allow for the Soviet Union to come in, clean up, and take control of all of Europe"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icebreaker_(Suvorov)

So according to this theory Stalin was ready for war but not for defensive war. He was ready for a military aggression on Europe. That a completely different military strategy which would explain huge initial red army losses when desperate Hitler mad a preemptive strike.
Spike31   
6 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

To see how it works, just look at the once proud American Indians and what happened to them.

I can imagine Germans living in reservations and running casinos. But I think islam forbids gambling so instead they'll live in reservations and pay Jizya tax for non-believers :-)

Seriously though, if Germans in general didn't have such a totalitarian minds it would be much easier to cooperate with them. Our visions of the future of Europe are completely different. Furthermore Germans are hostile to Polish traditionally conservative customs and are constantly trying to influence Polish politics.

There's no platform for understanding between our nations. Only a mutual economical benefits unite us.
Spike31   
6 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Nope, it's definitely the "german Hanse"

I see, you're specifically speaking about "German Hansa" which was one of a few hanseatic leagues, albeit the biggest one. And also Gdansk belonged to Poland since 1454 (after 150 years of Teuton occupation) while still being a part of Hansa league.

But lets not forget that the very first Hansa group originated in Netherlands and was founded in Flanders in order to trade wool with England.
Spike31   
6 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Hanseatic_League

Hanza was an economic union which benefited all of its members that's why it lasted. Thanks to Hanza Gdansk became the biggest and the richest port on Baltic Sea.

And also I wouldn't call it a "German Hanse" since it originated in Netherlands (Holland). See, that's another example why Germans are so annoying :-)

I told them (our German friends on PF) what they lack but they don't believe me.

They don't believe you because

the world is jealous and unfair and conspire against them

:-)
Spike31   
6 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

And Great Britain before the Brexit, back in it's day as an world spanning Empire, got the same kind of world wide resentment.

That's not true cause the UK was successful at building and maintaining a world empire for a few centuries. Poland has also had a 1 million square kilometres commonwealth for a few centuries.

That's something that Germany was never capable of.
Spike31   
6 Jan 2019
History / Why is Poland weaker than Russia? [390]

Poland is being compensated as we speak. The EU funds are financed in big parts with german money with Poland the biggest beneficiary..

The EU funds are only a compensation for unconditional opening the less developed and less competitive Polish market for the EU and German competition and export goods.
Spike31   
6 Jan 2019
News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

According to stats Poland [in 2016] was an 8th global export partner and 6th import partner of Germany.

Furthermore, Visegrad 4 combined is a bigger trading partner of Germany than France. And France is a 2nd export and 3rd import partner of Germany.

This only increased in the last 2 years and will increase in the future.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_Germany
Spike31   
6 Jan 2019
History / Why is Poland weaker than Russia? [390]

Western Germany (which was larger part of entire Germany) hardly paid any reparations and you have to regard as good luck.

According to international law, crimes against humanity don't have expiration dates. They didn't pay before but there's some ways to press Germany to compensate for it now.

All in all by starting WWII they took a gamble: in case they won they would become masters of the whole Europe, its land, people and resources (I bet @BratwurstBoy is reading this sentence with a dreamy facial expression). Yet, they've lost and they have to suffer the consequences.

That said, Soviets have made a similar gamble with communist world revolution and also failed.

Vlad are you a Russian or a Soviet man?

Yeah...well...war is impossible now! :)

Since Germany is a traditional war initiator and judging by the state of Bundeswehr it truly is not possible now.