Posts by GefreiterKania

GefreiterKania

3 Feb 2023

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

This would have amazing potential, if it wasn't for this damn war.

Most people, myself included, are increasingly in their hawk-mode, so I don't predict much activity in this thread.

Pity. :(

GefreiterKania

28 Jan 2023

News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

@Lernende

Dmowski was talking about the times of Polish-Lithuanian Union (Middle Ages).

I know that Germany has no territorial claims on Poland today.

GefreiterKania

28 Jan 2023

News / Polish-German Close Cooperation Plan [31]

As Milo says, SPOT ON!

Hey, I'm still all for better relations with Germany (as BB can attest). However, I do not shrink from gently and lovingly criticising our western friends and neighbours if such need ever arises in these difficult times.

Excellent! We will cross our fingers!

Notice the use of the modal verb "may" in the sentence you quoted above. This verb is used by our English-speaking partners to say that something is possible but not certain. :)

PiS

Huge disappointment. And to think that at some point I had such high hopes for them. Oh, well... życie.

GefreiterKania

26 Jan 2023

News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

Sure, politician's words can be misinterpreted and very often are. It doesn't change the fact that the idea floated around, was debated and some nationwide newspapers and weeklies printed articles about it (GW and Najwyższy Czas, as far as I can remember, possibly others too).

GefreiterKania

26 Jan 2023

News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

When did Zelensky talked about creating Polish-Ukrainian Union?

I read about it some time ago but I'm not quite sure if it was said directly or was only inferred from his words. One way or another, such idea floated around and that's what Warzecha referred to.

GefreiterKania

26 Jan 2023

News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

That link from PAP doesn't work

Hmm... strange, it works for me (try adding "www" in front of the link)...

pap.pl/mediaroom/1157095%2Copowiadamy-sie-za-unia-polsko-ukrainska-wspolna-deklaracja-polskich-elit

... maybe Gowin, Przybylski, Gdula or Bielecki are not first-league politicians but serious enough, and that proves that the idea "floated" in the political sphere and collective consciousness, so to speak. Is it likely to happen? I don't think so. But is it possible? Never say never.

GefreiterKania

26 Jan 2023

News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

You mean that tweet by Konfederacja?

Not only Konfederacja but also serious politicians and journalists...

pap.pl/mediaroom/1157095%2Copowiadamy-sie-za-unia-polsko-ukrainska-wspolna-deklaracja-polskich-elit

wpolityce.pl/polityka/603460-proponuje-utworzenie-unii-polsko-ukrainskiej

youtube.com/watch?v=GC-IbE4BoMI

... the whole hype died down with time but, as I said, the idea might come back and stranger things happened. Just saying.

GefreiterKania

26 Jan 2023

News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

As far as I know Poland won't gain any form of direct/formal control over Ukraine so such worries are misplaced.

That's another thing Warzecha is wondering about - reminding us about Zelensky's and Duda's statements about there being no border between Ukraine and Poland, and about the plans of Polish-Ukrainian federation, expressed by some politicians and journalists, some time ago...

twitter.com/konfederacja_/status/1516323073594691587

dorzeczy.pl/opinie/310606/budzisz-chce-federacji-polsko-ukrainskiej-publicysta-w-ogniu-krytyki.html

... sure, it's all political fiction at the moment, but hey - stranger things happened in history.

GefreiterKania

26 Jan 2023

News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

*Giedroyc

@Paulina

Yes, I think Warzecha is wrong in his anti-Jagiellonian fixation, but it's good to have such voices heard as a contrast. Hopefully, Do Rzeczy will not share the fate of Myśl Polska.

GefreiterKania

26 Jan 2023

News / Jagiellonian Politics on Steroids [19]

Łukasz Warzecha is skating on thin ice again (skating in duet with the spirit of Roman Dmowski, to use a poetic expression).

In his latest article in "Do Rzeczy"* he gently pierces ever larger holes in the picture of Polish government's pro-Ukrainian policies. In the light of ever tightening Polish-Ukrainian ties, and plans of tightening them even more in the future, Warzecha starts with three questions:

- Does Poland have enough strength to take the burden of civilising Ukrainian corrupt public life?
- Wouldn't Ukraine joining NATO put the greatest strain of Poland?
- Are we able to support in even larger measure the ruined economy of our neighbour?

Not only does he criticise the Jagiellonian dream of Gieroyc but he seems to be even more critical towards the unconditional support for Zelensky's Ukraine. His other main points are that: Russia is far from being defeated, the war can last for a very long time and that closer Polish-Ukrainian ties can end up not in westernizing Ukraine but rather easternising Poland (I should probably use "occidentalising" and "orientalising" but I'm trying to use simpler language for the benefit of johnny_reb ;)).

Anyways, Warzecha is dancing with the spirit of Dmowski who always thought that Polish-Lithuanian union was the biggest mistake in our history, and that Poland should consolidate her gains in the West and stick to the West, instead of losing blood and resources on the eastern steppes. I don't agree with Dmowski, by the way; if history took the turn he would have preferred, Poland wouldn't be Poland today, but some sort of Northern Czechia.

I wonder how long will Warzecha be allowed to wage his little anti-Jagiellonian war. The example of "Myśl Polska" shows that sad gentlemen in black suits might pay him a courteous visit soon. ;)

* Łukasz Warzecha, Polityka jagiellońska na sterydach, Do Rzeczy 4/511, 23-29 January 2023, pp. 46-47

GefreiterKania

24 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

Diametrically better then slaving off to some corporation

I know, Grunni. You don't have to preach to the converted ;)

I find most women to be abhorantly capitalistic

Which is not a bad thing - they have to think about material stuff to create safe environment and good chances for their children. You remember the old Madonna's song...

youtu.be/6p-lDYPR2P8

... smart girls! :) *thumbs up*

GefreiterKania

24 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

Tradwives in Poland...

onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/tradwife-czyli-tradycyjna-zona-dlaczego-mlode-polki-wybieraja-prace-w-domu/bdl9kb9,452ad802

"- W dzisiejszych czasach kobiety pracują na trzy etaty. Nie mówię, że wszystkie nagle mają odejść z pracy, ale uważam, że powinno się zreformować nasz system podatkowy, tak aby te, które chcą, mogły zostać w domu. Gdyby przejęły funkcje żłobków czy przedszkoli, zostałoby w systemie mnóstwo pieniędzy."

Transl.: Today women work three full-time jobs. I'm not saying that they should all quit their jobs, but I think that our system should be reformed in a way that would allow those who would like to stay at home to do so. If they took over the role of nurseries and playschools, there would be a lot of money left in the system.

Ha! Looks like Tradwife movement reached Poland. :) Fair play to lovely Wiktoria, Kasia, Magdalena, Poliksena and others. Fingers crossed for more women to see the light of genuine Christianity in marriage. However, I still think the system should accommodate those women who cannot afford to quit their jobs and make it easier for them too.

Go Tradwives!!!

GefreiterKania

22 Jan 2023

News / Poland - Germany's 5th largest trade partner [33]

persuading them that PIS is the only factor which is able to remove the threat

That is no longer true about PiS. After bending over backwards to please the EU, in vain hope of receiving the reconstruction funds, they lost all their credibility. I already told you - that's the beginning of the end for PiS.

Solidarna Polska and, to some extent, Konfederacja are the only remaining patriotic forces in Polish politics. However, in the case of Konfederacja we would have to investigate the possbile Russian connection, so actually we are left with only Solidarna Polska (and maybe Prawica Rzeczypospolitej). Sad times for Poland. :(

GefreiterKania

20 Jan 2023

Work / English teachers in Poland - why are they so unhappy? [89]

dont' end sentences with prepositions

Of course! "Preposition is something you should never end a sentence with". :)

GefreiterKania

19 Jan 2023

News / War propaganda - are we really THAT retarded? [28]

Kania - it is possible to organize both

I am 99% sure you're joking.

EDIT: Make that 95%.

@amiga500

People deserve reliable information. The primitivism of propaganda on both sides starts to annoy me. :-/

GefreiterKania

19 Jan 2023

News / War propaganda - are we really THAT retarded? [28]

Perhaps we should hire Pan Warzecha to head our information warfare efforts

Warzecha is a good Polish patriot; he would rather have sexual intercourse with a hedgehog than work for Putin, but I suppose you meant it as a compliment. ;)

Yes, he's a good, objective journalist - a rarity these days.

GefreiterKania

19 Jan 2023

News / War propaganda - are we really THAT retarded? [28]

Thanks, Novi. :)

Anyways, propaganda has always been a useful tool but it shouldn't become too primitive and obvious, and access to different points of view should never be denied to people (as it, unfortunately, is the case in Poland).

GefreiterKania

19 Jan 2023

News / War propaganda - are we really THAT retarded? [28]

Łukasz Warzecha's makes a couple of good points in his article in the recent issue of "Do rzeczy"*. We all know how detached from reality is the Russian propaganda but what about our own - the Ukrainian/Western one. Why don't we demand higher standards of information coming from the war and why do we fall for the same bulls*it over and over again?

1. How many times did we hear that Vladimir Putin is on the brink of death (all the cancers and other deadly diseases)? On Polsat News Victor Suvorov made a prediction that Putin will be dead by Christmas (true, he didn't mention which Christmas - maybe he meant Christmas in 2047?).

2. How many times have Russians practically ran out of ammo (especially rockets - they ran out of them at least 20 times now)?

3. How many times the Russian conscripts rebelled and refused to fight? How many times the distant republics of Russia were on the verge of declaring independence and Russia was practically falling out into pieces?

4. How many times was Russian army totally disorganised and withdrawing in chaos?

5. How about general Ben Hodges' prediction (made in March) that Russians will run out of ammo and soldiers in 10 days?

6. In September "Die Welt" wrote that Russians only have ammo stock until the end of the year.

7. We keep getting information about exorbitant Russian losses but somehow we receive almost no info about Ukrainian losses.

I could go on, but you get Warzecha's point - we hear the same bullsh*t over and over again. When will our societies finally start to demand sensible, reliable information about the war? How come so many people who until February 2022 did the job of journalists have so suddenly transformed into primitive propagandists? Are we really THAT retarded to believe the same lies repeated over and over again?

Let's make a prediction about what will be happening in the front in the coming 3 months according to our media. I'll make an educated guess:

- Russians will be withdrawing chaotically, abandoning weapons to which they don't have any ammo left anyway;
- Vladimir Putin will contract three more cancers and will be dead by Easter;
- Thirty seven (possibly thirty eight) Russia republics will practically rebel and leave Russian Federation.

Any other predicitions of media news in coming months?

* Łukasz Warzecha, "Wojenni podżegacze", Do Rzeczy 3/150, 16-22 January 2023

GefreiterKania

18 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

draconian abortion laws, lack of affordable nurseries/childcare facilities, mass emigration of young people over a couple of decades, reliable contraception and job insecurity

You might be onto something here, Feniks. It is worth noticing that by and large godless Czechia has significantly higher birth rate per woman (1.71) than overwhelmingly Christian (at least in theory) Poland (1.38). Looks like social/job security, free nurseries and playschools, proper health care and much lower emigration rate worked better for Czechia than rosaries and holy water did for Poland. Go figure.

That's why we need a whole new system. But I repeat myself.

GefreiterKania

18 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

That's all sweet and dandy, but that's an utopia.

Well, at least it's worth trying. We don't know whether it will work or not if we don't try.

Wow... That's "romantic"... lol

Women aren't romantic. At all. There's not an ounce of romanticism in most women.

Men are, by and large, a romantic bunch.

If a man likes a girl, he doesn't care about her education or material status. If he falls in love with her, he will marry that girl no matter what - that's romantic.

Women, on the other hand, are very reluctant (to put it mildly) to date/marry men who are lower than they are on the social ladder, have worse education, lower social/material status. One very often sees men "marrying down"; women - not so much. That's why we have all those 30-40 year-old spinsters, still waiting for their Prince Charming to arrive on a white horse and take them to a fairy castle... lol But that's not romanticism, that's stupidity (easily confused).

GefreiterKania

18 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

At 37 the last one is in full time education. And the women receives 1,5 of a nice wage for the rest of her life...

Yip. That's the idea. The whole basis of the new system that I propose is to generously reward the women who bear and raise children, and to create a whole civilisation who appreciates their role of mothers (the most important role there is, way more important than any "career") and praises it. In other words a new matriarchate in which men work for their families and - through taxes and generous social system - also lonely mothers. Basically, it would be made easier for women in the new system to achieve material safety by bearing and raising children than by getting a job.

Of course, if there are still women who would like to pursue carrers or even remain minimum wage slaves in Biedronkas or factories, then by all means - let them knock themselves out (in more senses than one) but such life choices should be merely allowed and not rewarded by the society. As I said, it's a matter of survival of our civilisation - otherwise we will be replaced by Muslims and Africans in the not so distant future.

Down with the current patriarchate that turns the overwhelming majority of women into cheap workforce! Long live the new matriarchate!

I'm a genius. :)

GefreiterKania

17 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

@Paulina and Lenka

I gotta go, ladies. I'll answer your questions and explain the details of my brilliant new matriarchal system tomorrow.

GefreiterKania

17 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

Plus, would that be lifelong or just to the kids specific age? And would there be a chance for the men to go for it?

Lifelong and, of course, equal chances for men. As I said, a brand new system.

GefreiterKania

17 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

Would you just prefer to shove us back into the kitchen?

Yes, but only if that's what a woman wants and on much better economic conditions. Forget 500+ - it's not nearly enough to constitute a real incentive to have children.

A stay at home mum of two should get an average wage, so that it pays off more to have and raise two children than have a sh*tty, minimum wage (or slightly more) job instead. Mother of three - 1.25 average wage. Mother of four and more - 1.5 average wage (four children would be quite enough from the point of view of the society, also to "cover" for the women who would choose careers instead). All that regardless of whether she is a lonely mum or has a working husband (that way we would provide an economic incentive for a traditional family model, as a traditional family would obviously be able to have a higher standard of living).

The thing is you guys repeat the same mantra 'go back to how things were'.

Not me. I'm talking about a whole new system that appreciate mothers more than any other economic system in the history of mankind. It's the question of survival.

GefreiterKania

17 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

There are plenty of women who have both kids and careers.

What does "plenty" mean? We are talking about concrete numbers - hard statistical data which shows that we have negative population growth rates in native European populations (not immigrants). If there were enough women who could reconcile having careers/jobs with bearing and raising more children, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

GefreiterKania

17 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

you can look at Muslim countries and Africa to see where those traditional roles are getting them

But that's the point - with current birthrates the future world will be Muslim/African. Is that what we want? OK, then let's leave everything how it is now.

How about you?

I get, roughly, 2.5 times the average wage in Poland, working my arse off. If I could get the same money for staying at home with my kids, then of course I would!!! I would most likely did a much worse job at it than my wife, so it would make more sense for her to stay at home (which she almost does - working only part time, more for satisfaction than anything else, but unfortunately not every woman is blessed with a husband like me :)); but we aren't a good example - our income is well within what we would call middle-class, and we have no mortgage or loans of any kind to pay off. I was talking about the majority of people who are struggling to make ends meet and who get jobs merely to survive. If the system doesn't accommodate them better, there will be no children. It's about numbers.

that the only thing they're needed for is bearing children and taking care of them

Not the only thing, but by far the most important thing.

GefreiterKania

17 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

Women had your system

No, they didn't. The old system was better than the current one, because more children were born under it, but it was even more cruel to lonely mothers than the current one. As I said, we need a system that would appreciate and reward the role of mothers in society. The old one was overthrown and the new one doesn't work (as we can see from the population growth rates in Europe). Men can do the engineering, medicine, science etc. but there's one thing that they cannot do - bear children. That's why we need a new matriarchal system - designed especially for mothers. It is either that or extinction.

And yes - as I said, if a woman wants a career, let her have it. But if a woman chooses to bear children instead, the society should reward her for it much more than it does the one who chooses career, because what the mother does is way more important.

GefreiterKania

17 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

0.1% of the 4,000,000,000

Or docrors, headteachers, laborants, architechts, lawyers...

OK, 0.3%. But shouldn't we rather consider with more care the fate of the remaining 99.7% of women and create an economic system that would better accommodate them than the tiny minority of career-pursuers? If a woman wants a career - very well, let her have it, but if she wants to stay at home and raise children the system should make it as easy for her as possible and not condemn her, in overwhelming majority of cases, to financial hardship. Our civilisation as a whole needs to appreciate the role of mothers more, and then maybe - just maybe - Europeans can avoid extinction (because that's exactly what negative population growth rates mean).

GefreiterKania

17 Jan 2023

Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]

The problem is that in life, you cannot have everything.

Also, another problem is that the kind of "career" that most of the 4 billion women in the world have are menial physical jobs, sales assistants, hairdressers or office workers, teachers at best. Of course, there is maybe 0.1% of the 4,000,000,000 women who are high level managers, scientists, famous writers, artists or whatnot but it's a tiny minority. Most of the women I know would gladly leave their so-called careers, if only they could afford to stay at home with their children. Unfortunately the economic system we're in practically forces most of them to get jobs.

When you try to fix what has worked, you usually just fvck things up, and that applies to everything.

Exactly.

GefreiterKania

16 Jan 2023

Off-Topic / Germany to Destroy Village in order to build Coal Mine [3]

edition.cnn.com/2023/01/14/europe/lutzerath-germany-coal-protests-climate-intl/index.html

But, but... ecology... green power... Mother Earth... but, but... :(

Poor Lutzerath - and all that to go back to the most destructive form of energy in human history. That sort of undermines (pun intended) Germany's ecological agenda.