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12 Dec 2017
Life / Why do so many Polish strive to be accepted by the West? [78]
@cms Thats what happens when you have to live like Russians
No, that's what happens when you face the consequences of total destruction caused by war. Hitler spared Western Europe and treated Western captive soldiers much better than Polish captives, so you don't know what destruction means and war devastation, consequences of which we Polish still feel today and rip the "benefits"of every f..... day. Capitalism would only favour Polish people economically if it was enacted on Polish terms with Polish businesses, Polish fabrics, Polish media, Polish banks, Polish infrastructure. Anyways, this is deviating from the topic. Do not make the the discussion between Eastern and Western cultures only as a battle between communism and capitalism, because this way it is simplifying it. For instance, one of the symbols of Eastern culture is its spirituality which has nothing to do with communism.
@cms Thats what happens when you have to live like Russians
No, that's what happens when you face the consequences of total destruction caused by war. Hitler spared Western Europe and treated Western captive soldiers much better than Polish captives, so you don't know what destruction means and war devastation, consequences of which we Polish still feel today and rip the "benefits"of every f..... day. Capitalism would only favour Polish people economically if it was enacted on Polish terms with Polish businesses, Polish fabrics, Polish media, Polish banks, Polish infrastructure. Anyways, this is deviating from the topic. Do not make the the discussion between Eastern and Western cultures only as a battle between communism and capitalism, because this way it is simplifying it. For instance, one of the symbols of Eastern culture is its spirituality which has nothing to do with communism.