News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Yes, but back then it was still very limited to those who could afford very expensive equipment and a team of engineers to put it together and to maintain it. And if he wanted to broadcast had to apply for permissions, a license (it was more strictly controlled by bureaucrats) and so on.

Nowadays, the access to creation of information (not only consumtion) by common folks is much wider than ever before.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Each separate channel and platform of interaction engages a small dedicated minority.

Mainstream media manage to reach most but fails to engage the masses at the same level. Mainsteam media can enforce their narrative as the only "valid" narrative only when they've got a total monopoly on news. The internet has changed everything.

One simple example: Konfederacja would stand a slim chance to get to parliament without the internet, with all the mainstream media being hostile/ignoring it.

And I know how dedicated are those supporters since I've been actively engaged in it and I could take a peek behind the curtain as a co-creator of one of them. Those niche news portals which you downplayed and contributed to Konfederacja's results in parliamentary elections.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


That depends on how we would count it:

polandin.com/41763576/is-poland-a-net-contributor-to-the-eu-already

But even if we would take it strictly as direct money transfers between two organizations, judging by the GBP growth Poland will become a net payer by the end of this decade.


No, not in the mainstream media. However, just because it is not shown on 3 most popular tv channels and 2 mainstream internet portals doesn't mean it doesn't exist. There are other media which are more closely connected with the audience. And they are more interactive: niche internet portals, youtube channels, discussion forums, popular twitter accounts, that's where the opinions are being forged for the young generation.

And there are also [at least] 11 MEPs from Konfederacja in the Parliament which are openly EUsceptic.

PiS wants to "reform" the EU to become , which is like trying to convince a hiena to stop eating carcass. The whole project was planned as a ne-marxist ever-tighter union leading to federation. What happens now in the EU is not a 'mistake' which can be/should be corrected but an execution of the plan. Plain and simple

That said, those spats between the EU coe and PiS are also very beneficial for our Polish cause. It may feel like a very mundane and ungrateful task but the main goal is to convince enough people that the EU membership has more negatives than positives for Poland to turn the tide and then nothing will stop the changes. Exactly like in the case of Brexit.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Or maybe they need some more time and more persuasion to learn about it just like the Brits did?

I'm counting on the EU and its neo-Marxist methods to make such a decision much easier for Poles to say adieu.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

The problem is that the majority of Poles haven't learned yet that the benefits of the EU are far outweighed by cons of our membership by now.

And also that the current state of the EU is not something we agreed on in 2004.
That view is connected with the communist the past when most couldn't travel outside of Communist Block and leftist politicians have used that fear and connected freedom of travel with the EU.

Fortunately the EU does its best (enforced Muslim "refugees", militant LGBT indoctrination) to convince more and more people to change their minds.
And the young generation is more eusceptical than older Poles, who still perceive Western Europe as "something special".

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

There's this notion in mass media that the situation in Belarus was inspired by the West.

I think it's the other way around. Russia has more to gain in this case.

I'll explain why. Since the beginning of the year Lukaszenko was trying to emancipate Belarus from Russia even further than before.

First he tried to negotiate lower prices on gas and oil from Russia and in order to do so he imported it from Arab countries, Norway and even from the US to put a pressure on Putin.

His second move was to introduce a dumping prices on chemical fertilizers which Belarus produce on export in order to push out Russia from a large Chinese market.

He became too much of a hassle for Russia.
I think kremlin wants to swap him or at least to weaken his political position in order to control him better in the future.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Poland should do nothing about it. If Belarusians are strong enough to change it, they will do it themselves. Stability on the eastern border is the only thing Poland should care about. And Lukaszenko was good at playing both: Russia and the West and kept Belarus relatively independent because it was in his best interest.

Anyway, what has the West to offer to Belarus? Influx of "refugees" from Africa and Middle East, parades of pederasts under the rainbow banner? Incorporation into the 3rd Reich, I mean "ever tighter EU socialist union"? Well, maybe the last would be tempting for them cause it would remind them of a similar socialist political organism: the USRR

Poland should mind its own business first and foremost.

There are bigger problems right now, like #plandemic. First Poles need to send a clear message to the ruling party that we won't tolerate idiotic measures which serve no other purpose but to limit our civil liberties and it is crippling the economy at the same time.

History / Poland rightwingers` bonds with PRL communist regime [191]

Instead of "right-wingers" you should have used the name of political party "PiS" in the title. You are misleading the readers

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [251]


Not solely, but yes Jews took a big part in forming and upholding the communist regime. Let's forget about bias and focus on the numbers.

In Stalinist Poland (1948-53), around 37% of communist Ministry of Public Security (UB) were Jewish, 50% were Polish and the rest were Soviet.

But there's a catch: we are talking about post-war Poland where Jews stood for ~1% of the total population. That's a huge overrepresentation of Jews in the UB don't you think?

Those are facts, not antisemitism. Unless we define "antisemitism" as: discussing historical facts which modern Jewish organizations would not like to hear about.

Jews in Poland were both: the victims of the German army during WWII and the oppressors of Polish population after WWII. And then again the victims of a repression within the communist party after the end of the Stalinist era, like Zygmunt Bauman* or Stefan Michnik*. That doesn't make them good people, thought.

You don't have to reach to "conspiracy thereories" to check some of those facts nad numbers. Because of the nature of the subject there are not many English sources but even a generally left-leaning Wikipedia articles share some of those figures.

Wiki has provided its own, more politically correct, narrative but some numbers are solid.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BBydokomuna#Stalinist_abuses

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Michnik

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygmunt_Bauman

History / Heritage of partitions still present in Poland [107]

@pawian, this map is oversimplified. It would be much more insighful when we take smaller territorial units - like powiats - into account.

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News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

The priority is to bring back Poles from former Eastern Borderlands of Poland and also those Poles who were sent to Siberia by Russian/Soviets. Obviously I'm taking only about those with Karta Polaka, that is proven Polish roots.

#1 because they are Poles like us and that's their natural right
#2 they are conservative and nationalist

And then perhaps Poland should open the borders for Boers who are being repressed on base of black racism by a black majority in South Africa. They are capable farmers with high work ethics. Much better than lazy muslim "refugees" with two left hands...

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


It is not my business if Germany wants to replace their population with Africans and Middle-Easterners. But Merkel is not going to dictate Poles who we should or shouldn't take in to our country.

Poland, and V4, has made a stand against enforced multikulti. Normal Europeans will appreciate this and leftists can do nothing about it. As simple as that.


Since when German foreign politics is based on hopes? Old Fritz would be dissapointed...

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


Right now sanctions against Russia are backed by both: the US and the EU. Which doesn't stop Merkel from proceeding with NS2 which will feed the Russian state and the army with European money.


It will be no easy for Merkel to let it go and to save her face at the same time.

When the whole NS2 project started, Germany has dismissed all the opossition coming from Poland, Baltic states (EU members) and Ukraine. One thing wasn't predicted thought: the fact that the United States will get involved. It was far more easy to ignore the opposition of Poles and Balts than to dismiss the pressure of the upcoming US sanctions.

So right now I'm pretty amused when reading news in which German officials state that this is an inacceptable interference into European matters by the United States.

And Merkel also wants to set the whole of the European Union against the US in order to protect German and Russian economic interests which are against the best interest of some of the EU members in the first place! What a hypocrisy on her side. And it also shows that she treats the EU as her own private farm.

"European energy policy is decided in Europe, not the US," said Heiko Maas, German foreign minister

(small correction by @Spike31: "European energy policy is decided in Europe by Germany and Russia against the will of CEE and other less powerful states who will get directly hit by it")

ft.com/content/cfeb60f6-219e-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b


It was an incredibly long-sighted policy on Poland's side to refuse them. And also, it was a Germany who has antagonized the whole Central Europe by inviting millions of "refugees" without asking everyone else.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


To invest in modern nuclear energy right now and in fusion power in the future that would be the best solution for Poland. That's the way I see it. The first step was made already

thefirstnews.com/article/duda-trump-announce-nuclear-energy-deal-13601

I've mentioned earlier that a modern German cultural impact on Poland is almost non-existent. My younger cousin has sent me this music video. So there is one Polish band inspired by German happy hardcore

youtube.com/watch?v=wiJKvhc6-90&ab_channel=LemonRecords

Travel / Architecture style in Poland [24]


is a pearl of a pre-war modernist architecture. Basically the whole city was carefully planned and built between 1919 and 1939. White elevations, green spaces, functionality and modern esthetics

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News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

Kudos to her. Merkel can do something right from time to time. The sanctions were imposed by both: the US and the EU as a whole. She wouldn't do it without the US backing. That was the year 2014, a pre-Trump, pre-"refugees" crisis, pre-PiS, and Duda times. Ancient times by now.

How Europe and the world have changed over the last 5 years is simply unbelievable.
Especially since the most of those changes have benefited Poland in one way or another:

> refugees crisis which was a disaster for Western Europe has paved the way for right-wing politics in Poland and consolidated the V4
> Russo-Ukrainian war ostracized Russia both politically and economically and strenghten the bond between Poland and the US and gave a second life to a 3 Seas Innitiative

> North Stream II initiated Baltic Pipe project which will make Poland independent from Russian gas, or a German gas from Russian sources. It has also made Poland and the US act as one against it.

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [219]


And they call me one of the biggest EU-sceptics on forums ;-)

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


Poland have a realistic stance towards Russia. It may seem as "hostile" to Western Europe (except Britain) since those countries traditionally have a very naive perception of Russia.


Not really. Putin plays Merkel and sets her against the other EU members since it is very convenient for Russia to talk to, and to make a deal with, just one person instead of having to make a deal with all of the CEE leaders involved.

It's the same case with NS2 which was a bilateral deal between Russian and Germany against the best interest of Poland and Baltic states.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

My source points to the US as #1
worldstopexports.com/germanys-top-import-partners/
And Poland is #7 (2.5 times as much economic exchange as with Russia)

And still, Germany is constantly making political deals with Russia over Poland's head and against the best interest of Poland (North stream I and II, exclusion from Minsk format) .

That just had to end like it ended by creating a deep division. And it's only just the beginning.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

Germany's biggest export partner is the US which has indroduced a second batch of North Stream sanctions. Merkel wants to answer with counter- sanctions against the US. I think I don't have to explain that Germany is holding a losing hand against the US

History / "Poland Syndrome" should be renamed [45]


I've repeated your post. Time to have a coffee

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exports_of_Germany


Will COVID-19 turn Germany's export-oriented economy into a weakness?

euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/will-covid-19-turn-germanys-export-oriented-economy-into-a-weakness/

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History / "Poland Syndrome" should be renamed [45]

I've never heard about this disease ever before so I checked it. It was named after a British surgeon Alfred Poland

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

A structure of German export. Blue squares on the left are branches of automotive industry

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News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


I do. German industrial sector is much bigger than Polish industry but it is mostly based on, and built around, automotive industry.

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]

Not at all. Germany has some substantial financial reserves but their economy will shrink greatly this year.
The German GDP will shrink by 6.5% this year that is by ~ 250 billion $. That's an $ equivalent of a whole economy of Finland.

uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-economy/german-economy-to-shrink-by-6-5-this-year-due-to-coronavirus-economic-advisers-idUKKBN23U1FC

News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1158]


Because most of the UE countries needed those emergency funds much more than Poland does. Chinese flu crisis had much less impact on Polish economy with healthy banking system (no toxic debts) and a more diversified industrial sector than, let's say, Italian, Spanish or even German economy.

Travel / Architecture style in Poland [24]

One of the most interesting cities in Poland is Zamosc.
It is a city that was built in XVI century by a nobleman Jan Zamoyski and planned to become a perfect town and an example of Renaissance architecture.

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News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]



Both statements are right. Abolishing celibacy and letting priests have wives would also stop attracting so many homosexuals to priesthood. They have even formed an informal homo-lobby in the institution of Church*. They are responsible for most cases of child molestation* and count on the power of the institution to protect them from punishment.

Celibacy is not a religious dogma and can be revoked. It was introduced in medieval ages in order to keep Church's material possessions and lands intact.

churchmilitant.com/news/article/fr.-dariusz-oko-homolobby-the-dark-side-of-the-church

afa.net/the-stand/culture/2019/01/the-inescapable-link-between-homosexuality-and-pedophilia/

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


It is a real thing. He was involved in corruption cases in Poland and in Ukraine.