Poland is now among the 20 largest economies

Post by inglor_cz » Fri, May 08, 2026, 4:06 PM UTC

memish wrote: post #388

DarkNova6 wrote: post #157

Investment, infrastructure, education. Same as China. Same as every other growing country. What the US and most other western countries do are: Let infrastructure rot, defund education, reroute money to large corporations. This is how you end up with failed state.

Education hasn't been defunded. I don't know why so many people keep posting that misinformation when the opposite is true. Inflation-adjusted funding per student rose from $14,969 to $20,322 over the past two decades. K-12 funding rose $1,610 per student in real terms between 2020 and 2023 alone. "Schools in the United States spend an average of $20,387 per pupil, which is the 3rd highest amount per pupil (after adj…

Post by inglor_cz » Fri, May 08, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC

foobarian wrote: post #177

mazurnification wrote: post #66

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"What are you going to do" was a phrase you could hear in Poland as well in 90ties and early 2000th. What differentiated PL w/ UA in my opinion is 2 things: 1. Lack of oligarchy - which in fact was not obvious outcome and little bit of luck on our part and little bit of cultural zeitgeist of 90ties and 00ths. 2. No east-west dithering - PL knew right away to which economic and cultural sphere wanted to belong

> 2. No east-west dithering - PL knew right away to which economic and cultural sphere wanted to belong I wonder how much the Catholic vs. Orthodox background affected things there

Post by s_dev » Fri, May 08, 2026, 4:07 PM UTC

brabel wrote: post #458

pegasus wrote: post #336

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They did a 180 on their relationship with the EU, which was the context GP was discussing. Maybe not 180 but definitely over 90, let's say, unlocking billions in funds. Funny that you picked the one major issue that didn't see a big adjustment, and completely out of context.

I think the comment was still correct. Very little will change in Hungary with the new government. I think it’s only a matter of time for them to pick a fight with the EU on some different matter given how the EU’s values (considering most of Western Europe) are still far from theirs.

Post by jandrewrogers » Fri, May 08, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC

_DeadFred_ wrote: post #437

11mariom wrote: post #220

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Not the same extent like it was before… Now most of the times is just slowed down traffic (quick glance who's in car and move on), and more than that I was maybe stopped two times for quick chit-chat (where/why I'm heading). And I crossed, multiple times, borders of DK (they had checks since 2018?), DE, A, IT, CH, CZ… Quick ID check happened once - when I was traveling with bus across border. Back in a days it was a…

Your current state is how Canada used to be from the US. Early 2000s we just showed drivers licenses. Went camping, up to Nelson. Then it got less friendly (US side) then passports required. To the point we stopped going. It sucks when politicians make our world smaller as in 'we have access to less' instead of smaller as in 'it's a small world after all'.

Post by a_humean » Fri, May 08, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC

logicchains wrote: post #330

pavlov wrote: post #101

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In the 1980s, EU money was flowing to Spain, Portugal and Greece. And people complained about that too. But the result is inarguably positive. Those countries had only recently become democracies after decades of military dictatorships or otherwise unstable third-world style governments. Today they're the most dynamic economies in the EU in many respects, and their democracies are well established and functioning. Th…

>Today they're the most dynamic economies in the EU in many respects In what sense are they "dynamic economies"? Their GDP per capita has barely increased at all over the past two decades, they're mired in debt, and haven't produced a single new company that's significant on the global stage.