Life / Individualism in Polish culture...Is it almost Nonexistant? [170]

The Polish people have the freest society on Earth that I have experienced. They also enjoy the most individual liberty. And the society appears to be relatively "flat" rather than hierarchical like the Anglo and Germany societies. In Poland a bar may have people ages 16 to 50. This would NEVER happen in Anglo or Germanic societies for a variety of reasons.

Life / Individualism in Polish culture...Is it almost Nonexistant? [170]

I think much is overlooked when it comes to individual liberty. Things that seem small are actually quite significant when considered in aggregate. What I saw in Poland:

No leash laws for dogs
Low drinking age
Low age of consent
People seem to drive and park however they want
I'm told there's no property tax on residences
Very liberal society compared to the prudish West (girls handing out fliers to strip clubs around families and nobody minds)
Police were often unarmed and I saw little harassment of citizens (compare this to the automatic weapon touting cellar cad steroid fueled thugs of the West)

Oh, and I didn't even get molested or irradiated at Chopin international.

I don't know exactly what kind of "individualism" you're referring to, but I'll take real freedom over superficial expressions of choice any day.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Is it true that there is no annual property tax in Poland? I.E. you permanently own property used as a primary residence? In the Anglo world this is called alloidal title and is nearly unheard of. Property tax is government's big stick to motivate the peasants into generating economic activity.

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Yes of course because the citizens of Anglo nations are tax slaves. But i've been told such taxes do not exist in Poland.

Life / Individualism in Polish culture...Is it almost Nonexistant? [170]

Now I get the jist of the thread.

Let's just say that the core family structure (husband, wife, children) is the root of tribalism and that tribalism is itself the root of societies. The campaign to destroy the family is a campaign to destroy nations and cultural identity. Disconnected, isolated individuals are much easier for central government bureaucracries to dominate than tightly knit communities of like minded individuals that share a common culture.

One of the causes of massive divorce rates in the West is that government is always there to step in and play the role of Patriarch for a woman and her children. This undermines the male role in the core family and encourages woken to bail on a whim rather than tough it out through good times and bad.

But ultimately, if you read the Communist Manifesto and more modern works by the hard Left you can easily discern their disdain for the family and religion as obstacles to their totalitarian vision of how society should be managed. Luckily for them, in the "West" at least it has been enough to indoctrinate the youth via the compulsory pubic schools and mind destroying TV and film media.

So insofar as Poland may lack what you call "individualism ", I say good. At least Poland has a culture and identity whereas the people in the West are automatons within systems they neither chose nor understand, ultimately distrustful and paranoid of their neighbors to whom they rarely, if ever, speak.

Love / Your Thoughts about 20 Year Age Difference Between Men & Women in Poland? [74]

From what I saw Poland has a much more "flat" society than Anglo culture. I went into a bar/club in krakow and ages ranged from 17 to 50+. You never see this in the u.s.

And I saw plenty of older guys with super hot younger women. More like 35-40 year olds with 18-24 year olds though. I guess this is probably a "gold digger" situation but it sounds to me like you've got enough "gold" by Polish standards to not really even need to worry about it. All men pay their women one way or another. She might as well still have her looks.