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@Ironside
I've just read your post, Iron, and I see what you're saying. Seriously. I really get that point of view.
Also, I know that you are a Polish patriot and that you want only the best for Poland, and I respect you for that (you know it).
But (there's always a "but", isn't there?) I also think that you should have a little bit more trust in Germany (yes, I know it may be difficult taking the history into account and all that). I mean, for the last over 30 years our relations have been mutually beneficial. Sure, there were controversies (e.g. shipyards or mass immigration), as there are always bound to be, but all in all isn't it the time we finally stopped viewing them as our enemies? They are our allies in both economic and military terms. I have family in the countryside, and their level of life has seriously increased after our EU accession. For farmers it was a civilisational jump. Even before joining the EU, especially in the West, there were hundreds of thousands of people earning their living from trade with Germany or getting cheap farming machines there, throngs of German tourists in Świnoujście, Jelenia Góra, Gdańsk, Wrocław etc. So, both on state-level and ordinary-people level there has been co-operation to mutual benefit.
I really don't get all that Germany-EU enmity on the right side of Polish politics. WTF? Without Germany's support we wouldn't have joined the EU. Do you think it would have been better for us? Ask Serbia, Georgia or Ukraine what they think and why are they are waiting in line to join. Look, I read
Gazeta Warszawska too (I have this annoying habit of reading a lot from far left to far right) but a lot of what they say is pure paranoia.
Maybe it's not a matter of positivism vs romanticism (though I think it is), maybe it's a matter of a different outlook on reality or some sort of psychological issue with trust (which, again, is to some extent understandable). I mean, what's the worst that could happen if we stay in the EU under Tusk and integrate more strongly with the Union? If we observe that it's not beneficial, then we can always opt out (remember Brexit?). However, at the moment the benefits largely outweigh the negative cost.
why are you so obtuse?
I am not obtuse. I simply want to believe that Poland finally has true allies. That we are not again surrounded by hostile powers but that there are countries with which we can cooperate to common benefit, and that one of those countries is,
yes, Germany.
I promise you one thing, Iron. If it turns out that I was wrong, and if they f*ck us over, Tusk sells us down the river, there's another Yalta or something etc., then I will never again trust any foreigner and I will listen to you always.
You will be my master Yoda for the rest of my life. Until then however...