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You can look and Google for many polls conducted on the topic, 2014 was the first year more Poles had a negative than a positive opinion on the PRL (46 vs 44%) and that's because a…

You are right this is a disease of modernity, not much about Polish transition from PRL.

Yeah, January 2021 says no.

/r/thathappened

Yes.

No, they were not, why would you assume so? Communist party was very unpopular in Poland, even though registering was free and had benefits no more than 2.5% of poles ever signed t…

Nope, having lived here for a decade with a polish girlfriend doesn't make you an expert in polish society. Not having had generations and generations of Polish parents and grandpa…

That separation of powers exists and existed in all the modern democratic presidential and semi presidential republics that failed to avoid the authoritarian turn. Winner-takes-all…

Of course, why would I, a Pole from as many generations as I can go back in time, know about it better that an expat? 1. Living in Poland does not mean knowing how Poles think abou…

I'm Polish and your statement is absolutely false. Things were simply different. My family had an absolutely happy life for all the generations that followed WW2.

Me too, Poland, but I don't share the sentiment a bit. I'm not denying things are better now, but they are also much more complex, people socialize way less, neighborhoods that wer…

At times I think about how democracies, especially those plagued by winner-takes-all mechanics like presidential and semi-presidential republics, can pretend to be democratic while…

That's speculation. Let alone the fact that you can weaken civilian resolve better by hitting logistical hubs and energy infrastructure.

Not really, interception success rate fell from 37% to 7% as Iskanders got upgraded.

I only buy phones if the current one starts showing signs of deterioration, mostly battery. I swear a midrange Chinese phone from 2017 would be enough for me in 2026 to read HN/Wha…

Not sure what does it have to do with Patriot stock piling or the effectiveness of asymmetric warfare.

Those are more likely to be misses than deliberate attacks. There's no value in striking apartment blocks void of military equipments. You don't spend money to do so if you can hit…

There is one major difference from previous technological advancements: AI is going to hit many if not most sectors at the same time. And it's not like hitting just one sector has …

God forbids your relatives ever touch computers!

Both this event as well as the Iranian campaign expose the low stock piles that most NATO countries are facing. But it's also exposing the effectiveness of asymmetric warfare. A si…

It's ironic since your comment was clearly written with AI. Apparently even an HN comment didn't deserve human writing.

Job numbers have always been reviewed down after being released every single time since 2022.

the current administration is the key word. In any case, you can't expect stable policies in a country with a winner-takes-all democracy.

US exports energy, China imports it. Not sure what is there to argue.