Is Poland Becoming a Major European Superpower?

[@guerreiro943]

Portuguese here. I did my Erasmus in Poland. It's a beautiful country with great cities and amazing people. You deserve all the success you can get, especially after the last century. Greetings from your European neighbours!

[@davidstrelec2000]

Poland still sucks when people make only 500$ per month and rent can be more than that 😆

[@alexvelara6104]

Bueno, eso depende de quien eres y como seas, mis amigos se fueron de erasmus a Cracovia y fueron agredidos por la calle, por ser una pareja gay e ir cogidos de la mano por la calle, y cuando fueron a denunciar a la policía, en Polonia la agresión por motivos de odios hacía la orientación sexual no es un delito, no hubo un caso de investigación ni nada. Polonia no es un lugar seguro para la comunidad LGBT, ni para los suyos ni para los turistas.

[@JimmyC-lx2hx]

@@davidstrelec2000 minimum wage in PL is 746 EUR/Month

[@taavi948]

@@JimmyC-lx2hx and there are the same issues in every country

[@guerreiro943]

@@alexvelara6104 Yo voy a responder en portugues porque mi español no es muy bueno. Lamento ouvir o que aconteceu. Infelizmente a Polónia ainda é um país bastante conversador e de mentalidade retrógada. Mas todos os país o foram no passado. Eventualmente a sociedade polaca irá evoluir assim como as sociedades da Europa ocidental evoluíram.

[@boristihon4896]

Well Done, Poland❤. Love from Romania 🇷🇴

[@maxstanko]

🇵🇱❤🇷🇴

[@MaximDL1410]

I am romanian, and i love our Polish neighbors and Poland 🇵🇱😊👋. Respect and well done Poland 🇵🇱!✊👏❤️🙌

[@arektrip9727]

I fell in love with Romania a couple of years ago. I'm going to Romania again next week. Greets from Poznań.

[@HermanWillems]

Hope Romania will also be the success story like Poland !!!

[@grandziasz]

Well done Romania. After all, we started together and we have a similar balance.

[@Heikkinen0301]

Respect Poland from Finland The sheild of Freedom 💪🇫🇮🇵🇱

[@robertlbn7610]

🇵🇱🇫🇮💪🏻

[@vaqism]

Welcome in NATO!

[@Adam6t]

is this Finland the country which first go extinct because of record low fertality?>

[@yukimann2000]

You've done good step by joining to NATO . Great decision ! Greetings for you Suomi people !

[@pansebacheckmark]

Finland still has better Education system than Polish... saying this as a Born Polish citizen

[@S4ngheli05]

When I worked in construction for an electrician I met many guys from Poland, all honest, smart , extremely hard working guys with a great sense of humour. They absolutely desverve where they are getting. Love from Bavaria! :)

[@taavi948]

Polish people honest? That’s rare

[@S4ngheli05]

@@taavi948 Not in my experience

[@Archmagos_Faber]

@@taavi948 you can't make a judgement of a people based on the actions of a few, i haven't met much polish people but i am sure you exaggerate when you say its rare.

[@taavi948]

@@Archmagos_Faber You can't make a judgement based of the actions of a few nazis. Okay, I got it.

[@taavi948]

@@S4ngheli05 Idk, come and live in Poland and you see how honest they really are. Unfortunately Polish people I've met have been some of the most dishonest, backstabbing people I've ever met. I've only met 3 good Poles whom I can trust. Polish people are very far from being honest and the current generation isn't even hard-working.

[@quiteinterestingstuff5615]

I love how in intro all the cars drive backwards, you truly captured the Polish driver spirit.

[@TILR]

Very impressive, only a super power is able to do that 👀

[@krej1243]

Lmao

[@DennisTheInternationalMenace]

😂😂😂😂 ☠️

[@rafakrzentowski9549]

As a Pole, I can say, that this is just typical day in Poland

[@MegaPierzak]

🤣

[@alexbardelli1]

As an Italian working in IT in Poland i can already state that the average salary in IT here is about 15/20% higher than back in Italy… with a cost of life in cities around 30/40% lower. Kudos to the Polish people!

[@piterjacksonpl0776]

Im a native Pole and its sad beckose our own citizen think they are better living in germany or france and are constantly angry abaut the prices and low salaries . They are like comparing Poland to the USA when Poland is like a normal country and USA is a fucking global superpower and they are saying " look we are not as rich as the americans our country sucks " Our own people are cosnantly finding downsites to living in here instead of being happy. To be honest only foreigners like you see the good sides of living here im glad you came working with us.

[@steffenjensen422]

Just wait until real estate firms start to realize the potential, buy up all the housing and jack up rents. It's bound to happen...

[@tadeuszmarin5704]

​@@steffenjensen422 Isn't it happening already? Nowadays on any bigger Polish city, a small studio will cost you around 600€ + utilities. That's on the level of a middle sized city in Germany while the salaries are 60-70% The overall cost of living is lower, but accomodation is precisely the worst bang for buck.

[@IhaveBigFeet]

@@tadeuszmarin5704 what a lie, so you think an appartment in Poland is almost 3000 zloty? 😂 a decent appartment is max 1500 zloty or around 300 euro. you must be getting scammed.

[@szymonsopata1338]

@@steffenjensen422 it's happening

[@SB-ok3xc]

I love Poland and poles, I wish them all the best! Greetings from Italy!

[@rinodb83]

Been there multiple times, fantastic country and best black metal scene in the world

[@jjs8426]

@@rinodb83 Yes

[@2MinuteHockey]

Germany needs to pay its reparation. EU funds run both ways. The Polish market directly profits EU controlling countries like Germany far more than they pay. It's a sham of a "union"

[@swagkachu3784]

​@@2MinuteHockeybeggars

[@2MinuteHockey]

@@swagkachu3784 German barbarians

[@Osc1llateW1ldly]

good on you Poland 👍🏻from the Czech rep. 🇵🇱 🇪🇺 🇨🇿

[@KaiserOfAryas]

Isn't it just Czechia now?

[@waffle5422]

It can go by both names

[@Kloszi_OG]

Yes greetings to you too. I love Czech bear and knedliczki

[@Sednas]

​@@KaiserOfAryas it's both

[@fahadahaf]

@@KaiserOfAryas Czech Republic is the full name, Czechia is the short version afaik; analogous to "Federal Republic of Germany" vs "Germany"

[@alejandraduque4061]

6 years living in Poland and I can confirm. They are goal oriented, perfectionist (not easy to grow in such environment) and resilient. Education is extremely strict, People with university deegreee speak minimum 2 languages fluently and are lesrning 3rd and 4rd. And one "annoying" thing that has taking Poland to where it is "They are the most stubborn people on earth"

[@Aggoenix]

No.

[@j.t2548]

​@@Aggoenix yes, as the results go to show. They also never robbed other countries and civilizations on British or French or German or Spanish or Russian scale.

[@HelerifiKtion]

If you think Polish people are stubborn, you're yet to visit the Balkan. 🤣🤣 I'd rather call Poland persistent. Stubbornness doesn't necessarily yield good enough results.

[@Aggoenix]

@@j.t2548 nope.

[@lolpl0000]

@@Aggoenix uh, yes. cope, and mald even.

[@ramochai]

I worked with a bunch of Polish people in the UK at different times and locations. Their work ethic always fascinated me.

[@pawelbolek7419]

We really have an unusual work ethic that is so different to the anglosaxon one

[@ProMinecraftSprite]

this is just the immigrant work ethic, same here but different nations

[@MrTheBober]

Work hard, get money, come back to your country. Popular mindset

[@mypointofview1111]

Bunch? People don't come in bunches. You can have a bunch of keys, a bunch of bananas, a bunch of grapes or tomatoes that's all. Try to expand your range of vocabulary rather than using childish Americanisms

[@aw2584]

​@@mypointofview1111 okay dude nobody cares that you're a virgin, no need to announce it all over the KZbin comment section

[@static2223]

Happy to hear poland is recovering and wish the best in the future. 👍greetings from Latvia.

[@VVojtas10]

Our new army will be here to also help you in case you will need it :)

[@Foreman66]

I am a Romanian engineer and I have the opportunity to work for and with a Polish company that is now developing in Romania. I didn't know much about how developed is Poland before working for them, but after 18 months of collaborating and after 4 visits in Poland, I can say that it's no coincidence that Poland developed so quickly and became one of the richest countries in Europe. They, as people, are serious, respectful, hard-working, and kind. And there is also a drive inside them and a pride in being Polish and not wanting to depend on no-one. More than that, the corruption is much lower than in the rest of EU that's how their big and small cities managed to get EU funds and the administration really developed the standard of living and infrastructure. If you are from Poland, nowadays it's insane considering going to work in Spain, France, Italy.

[@maganzo]

Software developer from Poland here. I'd like to say that Romania has gone a long way too since the collapose of communism. It has done a good job with fighting corruption and has innovative population that gave us UiPath, the most improtant technology in the Robotic Process Automation sphere. Other than that, Romania is the second big NATO country on the frontier in Eastern Europe. It is in our common interest to ensure that we are prosperous and can provide security in the region. All the best to the Romanians!

[@Foreman66]

@@maganzo all the best you to too, brother

[@eskil6096]

Romania is awesome. Much of love from Poland

[@hopenrelaxation5390]

During the war Ukraina n Rusia i saw Poland 🙏🙏helping Ukraina🇺🇦 too much we must respectful to Polish Country🙏🇵🇱 history has written...👍👍👍.the world proud to the Polish Country.🇵🇱🇵🇱..from Indonesia🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨

[@iliepetcan1736]

Mdah Roumania,Hungary and republic of Moldova they didnt "nothing " for those people

[@wtyatays1748]

@@iliepetcan1736 of course they did something but poland and especially polish people did majority of the work

[@RafaelW8]

At 1:26 Jack made a mistake. Poland was never part of the Soviet Union, but it was a satellite state of the Soviet sphere of Influence. So were the other Eastern European countries. This is important because it's a huge difference. Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, Poland was not.

[@pgo9217]

True, it is similar to say Polish Death Camps (WW2) when we talk about Auschwitz-Birkenau, etc

[@pgo9217]

@@majy1735 I disagree!

[@n6rt9s]

Eastern European countries were part of the USSR. Central European countries, on the other hand, were only part of the Warsaw Pact.

[@majy1735]

@@n6rt9s You're every bit right but, when someone is unable to distinguish between being a Soviet republic and being a Soviet "satellite State", they're even less likely to understand the distinction between Central and Eastern Europe. Most Westerners obsessively confuse the two concepts and lump it under the name of "Eastern Europe" because, in their view, it's all "the Eastern block". So sad.

[@costintoma4319]

@@majy1735not necessarily Romania isn’t central but southeastern and it was a satellite state of the USSR.

[@Kytetiger]

Back in 2007, my geography teacher was already telling us that Poland would become one of the important countries in EU, and that we should expect shifting in politics and economy

[@am-vy1fb]

NO, stay away with your politics, everything woke go broke!

[@elstonkero]

where are you from?

[@uceee1]

Wow. Smart

[@RadicalizedRadical]

Be prepared to be filled with Muslims, sub Saharan Africans and far left woke ideologies that will eventually destroy your country slowly but surely just like the UK. And USA So enjoy it while it lasts

[@adamzaczek6342]

This is super cool, greetings to you and your teacher from Poland!

[@valx7586]

They deserve a win after the past few centuries

[@RafaMazurekRMZ]

Yea but every time poland wins someone will fuck us up

[@blazer9547]

Poland is never lost ❤

[@swiatlojest9136]

lived in Poland 13 years and seeing with my own eyes the development. Recently became polish citizen and cant wait to see polish passport in the top 5 soon

[@invisiblehandofadamsmith]

my gandfather worked with poles in battle of britan. he always like them a lot and even met with them in krakow in poland after 2 ww i did also go to krakow last month form London absolutely amazing city and truly very safe county not like in London

[@Ajgormy]

Good job Poland. Greetings from Slovakia. 🙂👍

[@Bakambol]

Pozdrawiam brata ze Słowacji😁

[@patrykc9050]

I was born in northeast Poland in the early 90’s but moved to the US in 2000. The Poland of today and is vastly different than the Poland I left when I emigrated. After hearing thousands of jokes how Polish people are dumb, it’s nice to see Poland slowly earn its respect on the global scale.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

I'm not surprised you would hear this in usa. There people will always talk about worst of countries instead of good

[@WJV9]

Poland has a history of producing exceptional mathematicians and therefore should lead in the fields of computer science and programming. I have worked with many Polish engineers and have found them to be very adept and intelligent people.

[@michaelwojcieszek6902]

We emigrated to the UK when I was 4 and I never heard "polish = dumb" until I heard it from Joan fucking Rivers - and then heard it when I visited america. which is HILARIOUS given that it was always so very very clear to me that the standard education level , level of public discourse, and level of general knowledge in Poland are so much higher than in the UK and the USA. It doesn't bother me that much since I know its not true, and frankly I can see how things are constantly getting better and better . Sometimes its good to be underated.

[@xwendy2151]

Pretty rich saying another country's people is dumb coming from americans lol

[@marco21274]

Don't feel bad about it. In some countries American is a code word for dumb. 😚

[@suevialania]

Yes, they Will! Greetings from Portugal!🇵🇹👍🏻🇵🇱

[@goat1176]

From the USA I just got to say I love Poland I hope your country continues to prosper.

[@kwestionowaniestatusuquo7644]

Thank you USA for buying our Inglot cosmetics, witcher games and Assecco IT services. That adds up a lot to economy.

[@diegoramirez7901]

Long live to Polska Greetings from Chile

[@alejandrosuarez8569]

bueno... si no miramos al hecho de que Polonia tuvo las llamadas "zonas sin lgbt" .... y de que es el país más homofobico de toda la unión europea, hasta el punto de que su presidente dijera que los gays no son personas, miles de jóvenes polacos están migrando a países de Europa occidental para vivir sus vidas en paz, siendo quien son, sin prejuicios o ataques

[@ThomasJ.StonewallJackson]

@@alejandrosuarez8569 you probably have no idea about Polish policy and society. I'm Polish, i hate our government (i support small liberal-capitalistic party, Law and Justice is conservative-socialist ), but 1. Polish president never said that. 2. In Poland is more tollerance for LGBT then in the majority countries in EU. The most of Poles want freedom as it's about same-sex partnerships, but opposes the adoption of children by same-sex couples.

[@slavictaco]

Saludos desde Polonia ♡

[@slavictaco]

​​@@alejandrosuarez8569 se ve q nunca visitaste Polonia. En EU hay más paises donde la gente es homofobica, racista etc . Además los jóvenes no emigran

[@recordofragnarokisapurehyp6660]

@@ThomasJ.StonewallJackson 2. Hmmm... I'm unsure if there's more tolerance. I don't really know. There are people who are tolerant and who are homophobic but the majority doesn't even give a damn fuck because we consider our sexual life personal.

[@TheRedSoulofDT]

I'm an American born of Polish decent (my grandparents emigrated to the US before WWII I believe) and I can't be anymore prouder of how much growth Poland is having, keep it up Poland!

[@rafasztuba7657]

Are you ever considered visiting Warsaw ? Its a beautiful capital

[@TheRedSoulofDT]

@@rafasztuba7657 to be honest I'm torn of wanting to visit Warsaw and Krakow lol

[@rafasztuba7657]

@@TheRedSoulofDT Kraków is much more historic. From Krakow you can also check out the Wieliczka salt mine and visit german death camp Auschwitz.

[@Thetequilashooter1]

I’m from the USA, and I’d love to see the Poles succeed. They’re good people, and they’ve gone through a lot. They need to do whatever it takes to make sure that Russia doesn’t invade them again.

[@finianlacy8827]

Germany invaded Poland...Russia helped liberate it.

[@Thetequilashooter1]

@@finianlacy8827 Russia invaded Poland on a second front, and it had plans to split up Poland with the Germans. The Soviets also raped more than 100,000 Polish women. It’s easy to understand why the Poles don’t trust the Russians.

[@rafalzbigniew9463]

@@finianlacy8827 bullshit. Partially. Yes, we were invaded by Germany, but the Soviets did not liberate us lol. They enslaved us to their fucked up economic system. And guess what? They sent a lot of Poles to their work camps in Syberia. So, no better than Nazis concentration camps. Nazis wanted to just kill all of us in Poland. Soviet Union wanted us to be enslaved to their economy and done it. We finally had partially democratic elections in 1989! So we suffered from socialism and totalitarianism from WWII until, 1989. So, how did Russia liberate us? Just ask Poles why we hate Russians so much. I already explained to you so you know why we hate Russia. What all Poles have in common is that we despise Russia. They backed stabbed us and enslaved us. They did not liberate Poland. What a joke. Don’t you learn history?

[@henrykary1236]

​@@finianlacy8827rusian spam

[@trojann1337]

​@@finianlacy8827 Russia was killing and harrasing Polish people for hundreds of years. What Russians did to Poland was 10x more worse than Germans did to Poland. Soviet mentality irreversibly changed and damaged Polish spirit and we will never forget about it.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

This is highly welcomed, when one grows stronger we all grow stronger in the EU greetings from Denmark to Poles in here 😊

[@__Aurora__]

I agree. European Union is unbeatable when we all share our wealth. Greetings from Sweden.

[@krzysztofd9164]

Regards from Poland

[@noneofyourbusiness4830]

We need Europe to be good. We need the east side of EU to be better than any vassal of Russia.

[@minhtam-akaruikokoro1437]

@@__Aurora__ hm. Sounds communist to me

[@piotrlukas1543]

Thank You Hit. How times have changed. In the times of the USSR, Poland was, according to the USSR, oriented to occupying Denmark in the event of a heated conflict. You heard about it from time to time on state stations. However, none of the Poles imagined it and I don't think it ever happened even under that regime. The Poles simply wouldn't do it, because they saw clearly where the evil empire is and where the free nations that we peacefully joined.

[@mateuszpaszek8165]

I'm Pole and I'm very thankful to see all these positive comments from all of you, who normally live in other countries or have ever lived in Poland and have their own experience, how beautiful Poland is. I'm really proud to be Pole, and I know, that we are becoming a better land every year. You are welcome in our country. A lot of greetings from Poland 🇵🇱 ❤️

[@danmac0]

Never vote on the Left, you have one of the few countries that will succeed. Don't let immigration ruin your country.

[@adeemuff]

01:23 Рoland was part of the Soviet bloc (the Warsaw pact), not the Soviet Union

[@impact0r]

Expecting TLDR to know such things? You must be new here.

[@adeemuff]

@@impact0r lol "first time?" James Franco at the gallows meme

[@impact0r]

​@@przemos7816 Don't be a ciućmok. One is USSR, the other is countries influenced by USSR.

[@murmur4498]

@@przemos7816 nie wiedziałeś, że Polska nie była w związku sowieckim? no nie rób se jaj. chyba że o PRLu nie słyszałeś też.

[@LazyJack2003]

@@impact0r 😃

[@ernststag771]

Nice to see brothers succeeding 🇱🇹❤🇵🇱. We grow together and will lead EU to next decade.

[@willvangaal8412]

Yes we are all European brothers and sisters , from the Netherlands .

[@pawepawe6788]

Thank you brother. But countries like ours (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania etc.) need to fix our demographics. At this point im happy that we all are rising and developing, but dropping birth rates will make us weaker in the future.

[@vertox78]

​@@pawepawe6788 It depends if we'll prepare for that. Canada have smaller population than Poland and their country is way bigger and they're doing well.

[@MJ-qk8nr]

@@pawepawe6788 I'd argue that we're developing right now. Newest political history of poland is just poor. I really doubt future has still much to offer for our country.

[@perun196]

Thank You. hope peace and prosperity welcomes all eastern Europe .

[@ivanstrydom8417]

TAK! Dobre Polska!! I love Poland and its wonderful people.

[@Bakambol]

Dobry język polski bro😄

[@cosmedelustrac5842]

Great Job Poland, you deserve to be happy after your History. Marie Curie, John-Paul II and Copernic would be proud to see what you have become. Love from France. 🇫🇷❤️🇵🇱

[@hofimastah]

Thank you France for giving Poland a helpful hand so many times in the history! Vive la France!

[@impact0r]

I think you meant Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Also, missed another great pole - Fryderyk Chopin. Meanwhile, inclusion of the world's largest ped0phile ring protector - John Paul II - was unnecessary.

[@elliot4013]

We fought side by side with your emperor and the French. Us Poles love and respect France and Napoleon deeply. At Somosierra the emperor Napoleon said his Polish cavalry was “The bravest”. Poniatowski, Dąbrowski. Just as we fought against the nazi and fascist to liberate yours and our country during WW2, and we Poles did that with every single drop of blood in our bodies. However, you did not give us many thanks for that, quite frankly you, the British and the Americans sold us to Russia and communism and they raped all of eastern Europe. But Poland love France! Hurrah!

[@sakarael_rex]

Copernicus was German not Polish, but fair enough

[@kekefan6984]

Dont forget about Chopin!!

[@SuperTommox]

Love the polish people from 🇮🇹.

[@andrzejpuchelski2682]

🇮🇹♥️🇵🇱Gli italiani sono persone meravigliose Amo questo bellissimo paese e le persone, è un peccato che l'Italia non sia vicina ai polacchi Gli italiani sono un amore speciale che voglio cercare in Italia 😊❤❤

[@marianacabrera3311]

Well done Poland! You didn't need a Marshall plan to grow. You did it on your own!

[@fan2hd277]

Lol total deny of reality. The EU and the free market is a major contributor to Poland growth.

[@drdf7500]

@@fan2hd277 Other EU countries are also profiting from Poland joining it. EU is not a charity

[@IhaveBigFeet]

@@fan2hd277 Want to know how EU “aid” works in Poland? The EU funds infrastructure in Poland, a French company gets the contract and constructs it using German machines and engineers, hiring Poles for the manual labour to keep the costs low.

[@ecnalms851]

They didn't do it on their own though. EU was a big factor for their growth.

[@randomgamer3964]

2000: Polish people moving to the UK for a better life 2030: UK people moving to Poland for a better life

[@anonanon4631]

Zapraszam ich do zbioru jabłek lub ziemniaków.

[@Jehudiel123]

@@anonanon4631 jak sie do tego nadawales to je zbierales, ja jezdzilem w kazde wakacje na studiach i prace mialem zawsze ciekawe, od prowadzenia zmian na magazynach, po typowe przekladanie papierow, nie oceniaj wszystkich swoja miara kolego.

[@anonanon4631]

@@Jehudiel123 o jak wspaniale człowieku sukcesu. Jestes kimś. Tak trzymaj. Sam tym czasem będę chętny do nadzorowania zbioru jabłek i ziemniaków przez angoli .

[@Jehudiel123]

@@anonanon4631 proba wykpienia prawdy jest smieszna i zalosna jednoczesnie, nie chodzi o balwochwalstwo, chodzi o to, ze latwiej jest zbierac jablka niz sie postarac o cos wiecej i to ze zbierales jablka nie mialo zrodla w tym, ze byles gorszy bo byles polakiem, a zrodlem byles ty, bo w zyciu zawsze mozna inaczej, ale trza chciec pozdrawiam.

[@cokurde]

Not first and not last time. This is how world works

[@edgardebruin5539]

getting a better GDP then the UK isn't difficult these days

[@EllieD.Violet]

Probably the state of Bavaria soon will surpass the UK's annual GDP in terms of economy 😁

[@ThePawcios]

Ahahhahah, I'm sorry that was a lot of damage XD

[@EllieD.Violet]

@Zaydan Alfariz I know the Indians rank #5 now. I wonder how long it will take the UK to drop out of the G10.

[@me0101001000]

@@EllieD.Violet per capita, you already. Hell, the UK's GDP per capita is the almost same as Lower Saxony, where I live.

[@EllieD.Violet]

@@me0101001000 Gruss nach Niedersachsen vom Chiemsee 😁😊

[@xdlol59]

I'm a Pole and my mom is a doctor and my dad works in IT. In the 90's we were so poor my sister played with stick and sleeped on matters (I'm not even kidding), but my parents were also young. Now we are "upper middle class" and we have trip/vacation every 3 months and we go skiing to Switzerland/Austria This is amazing watching at this change with my own eyes.

[@martakostulska1118]

Skiing in Australia is really impressive. Do you ski down Mt Kościuszko?

[@xdlol59]

@@martakostulska1118 O matko autokorekta XD Miałam na myśli Austrię 🤣 Ale chciałbym ☺️, może w przyszłości

[@maxdetrickster6524]

Just because your family's income is above the national median income, doesn't make you "the upper-middle class". In fact, trying to corroborate that claim by way of boasting you can afford now some trendy vacation spot, indicates you're not. Being part of the "upper-middle class" is not only (perhaps, above all) about naive consumption.

[@ragnargrabson1287]

80's were the worst times in Poland. I was a little kid when my Mom used to send me with a coupon to keep a place in line to get bread in one store and meat in another. I just remember I was so cold waiting at 5:00am in a line full of people to get food with my coupon and money that were almost worthless due to inflation. Because of that, I have a huge despise of communists or modern woke generation that reminds me of communists in Poland when I was growing up.

[@baassiia]

I was born in 87 and I remember how buying a shoes for winter was a financial struggle for my parents... They both work full time... We all worked hard and earn very little. I remember working in supermarket for 1 eur/h 12 years ago, now I earn like 11eur/h working in finance. Still lower than EU average but decent money as per living costs in PL.

[@ColorPandora]

I feel blessed to have been born in this country in this particular time. Life used to suck here so much, but nowadays everyone I talk to can’t imagine living anywhere else. Greetings from Warsaw.

[@jakubgasior5194]

who are you talking to then

[@RyakkiBaka]

I only wish Poland was more accepting of LGBTQ+, then everyone could be happy.

[@alejandrosuarez8569]

Poland is the most homophobic country and the most hostile towards the LGBT community in the entire European Union, Poland is hell for people who want to live in peace, being who they are without being attacked or dehumanized by their president.

[@sranmirkov4458]

@@RyakkiBaka No

[@MissAdalia1991]

Lol where do you live? For sure not Poland

[@kosmicheskiprah]

Sława Polska! Wishing you a further prosper nation and rigid reputation. Well deserved.

[@vattghern257]

Thank you. However in Poland we have different saying instead of Sława/Slava like in Ukraine. We have "Niech Żyje Polska" - Long Live Poland, fits better. Belarus also have saying Long Live Belarus instead of Slava Belarus

[@MrTekeshi]

@@vattghern257 kogo to obchodzi?

[@pansebacheckmark]

​@@MrTekeshitego kogo może

[@mistewiczjakub2275]

@@MrTekeshizamkleksiony imbecylu trafiłeś na zły filmik. Na nim przedstawione są fakty które są oszałamiające. Idź na materiał tvnu albo onetu

[@kam1lwlodarczyk]

I'm from Poland and for me it's heart-warming to read all these positive comments about my country. I hope we will keep progressing that way in the future :) cheers

[@Andrew-mp9hu]

Poland is adopting a similar foreign policy to that of Israel. Like Israel, Poland cannot afford to lose a single war, and therefore all economic, military, government, and societal posture should be for rapid response and gaining initiative. I can see Poland challenging for strong man of Europe, this decade. Despite some ideological differences in their ruling government, I support Poland, and know that millions of other Americans do as well. 🇺🇸 🇵🇱

[@fan2hd277]

You wish. A growing gdp doesn’t mean you are relevant. Especially because France and Germany are also benefiting from Poland workforce. They all grow together. The only thing that can boost more Poland is being USA new darling in Europe because they constantly undermine EU policies.

[@alh6255]

@@fan2hd277 Only during the 6,5 years (being in EU for 19 years). It is not "constantly" undermining. And not in the last year... Anyway, there is a great chance, that ruling party will not win the parliament elections this year.

[@ak5659]

​@@fan2hd277 If you're referring to the party currently in power, the PiS, please remember they're Polands equivalent of trumpistas. That aside, Poland's (and the Baltics' and Ukraine's) top priority for the past 800 years or so has been being able to resist Russia's innumerable attempts to control them. Western Europe has tended to label these attempts as overreactions. IIRC, one Polish gov't official was publicly called hysterical about the Nazi threat. That was in the summer of '39, I think. We all know how that turned out.

[@nopenope460]

I understand some polit differences and the fact that some puppets of Germany from the western "Recovered Territories" may feel indignant that Poland is governed by a Polish party(PiS) elected by Poles and not by the pushers of Germany (PO, it's a German CDU's sponsored bitch and a equivalent to American most leftist pseudo Librats) and Russia (Confederation and the Left). Poland will grow and win the next elections. No amount of red propaganda, whether from the leftist parts of the USA, Germany, France or from Jewish-occupied Palestine, will change that. The way the predecessors ruled was a joke, PiS fixed it all and since they won twice already or actually four times, because they also won the presidential elections two times, makes it very clear what Polish people want and as you can see in the current war and inflation crisis, Poland is doing very well in comparison to other EU members, regardless of what the trolls of hostile countries spreading in here. We are respected for what we do now and if i think 8 years back i can't even imagine how fucking bad it actually was in comparison to what it is now... Holy tits. We respect freedom, we help others and we keep on growing step by step. We actually don't need anything else as to stay on the path we are now. How it was and how it is now in Poland: Our army was disarmed by PO/Konfederacja/Lewica(German and Russian puppets), a defense line ''strategy'' was created in the center of the country on the Vistula river, which would have led the enemy straight into our territory and have ended up like in Ukrainian Bucha or Mariupol. Military units were transferred to the west of the country to defend Germany at our own expense of population and loss of territories is openly a sabotage. Most of polish voters come from the Central-Eastern part of Poland(Polish pre-WW II territories and now and the line of voting for PO coincides perfectly with the line of former German territories ''Recovered WesternTerritories''), losing it to Russia would leave only PO-German and former Volksdeutsche supporters in the West giving them and Germany full power over the remaining ''Polish'' country in the west which i bet would become Germany very soon and the business as usual with Russia would be back without a doubt(like it was no reaction on Crimea anx.). The polish industry was about being sold out by Tusk(PO), knowing that he would lose the position of prime minister and his PO-German Party also, tried to sell our shipyards, ordered his political militia/Police to shoot at striking miners(XXI c. In Europe), yea guess what? He wanted to sell all of our mines too, and finally escaped to Brussels, he was called by Putin ''Our men in Warsaw''. They-PO (today's pseudo opposition, which basically consists of saboteurs and people paid by Berlin and the Kremlin) will do everything to bring Poland to ruin again. During their rule, they ordered people to collect roadside fruits and sorrel to survive. They are not who they present themselves to be in the west, they are strongly anti-state people who waited for weeks for a official German speaking out on the war in Ukraine so as not to come into conflict with their sponsors(imagine this lol), and when one of the German politicians visits Poland, they invite their mongrels to the German embassy so that nothing of their joint plotting against Poland escapes the public opinion. PO, Konfederacja, Lewica and its cuckold parties are a bunch of oligarchs and corrupt people, entangled in the plunder of pensions (over PLN 300 billion, about USD 70 billion), various corruption scandals, including "Amber Gold"(a financial pyramide for another hundreds of Billions) in which the son of the former prime minister Tusk made profits and admitted it (''my father knew it was swindling''). Poland does not have a normal opposition party, only the Soviet-Nazi element that has remained here and usurps the right to come to power. And if you think that Poland would help Ukraine to the extent that it is doing now, then look at the political line of Germany and what Ive typed earlier, Ukraine would be gone long ago if they were in power, because any help would be reduced to a minimum or no help at all, because the predecessors of the currently ruling party are a slimy extension of the hands of Germans and Russia, openly anti-Ukrainian and anti-Polish. Living with such individuals as these traitors in the service of foreigners in one country is almost an art of survival. If you didn't grow up in a post-communist country, you may not understand the realities that prevail here and why weve have chosen PiS(Law and Justice). Nothing is easy in here after years of soviet/german influence. And btw. The West called as ''rusophobic'' as Poland/PiS-Party(The ruling and only Polish party) warned you that Putin will attack Ukraine or the Baltic states in the near future... Look at it now and think twice before you make our gov a bad PR, because all this what Poland has become now is their hard work and it was a damn long road to that point. Hope I helped a bit. That's it, b-regards.

[@kwestionowaniestatusuquo7644]

Poland has great cosmetic, IT, and computer games industry, very modern and profitable.

[@lucagandossi7069]

Very happy for Poland and the Poles (smart & hard working people). The country is definitely becoming a leader in Europe, first of all in common sense!

[@alejandrosuarez8569]

Poland does not respect human rights, Poland created the "lgbt-free zones", the same Polish president Andrej Duda has said that gays are not people, just ideology. there is no legal protection for lgbt people from discrimination, besides that dozens of children have committed suicide due to the words of high political officials and the harsh environment that has been created towards the most vulnerable minorities.

[@xenofonkarykis8417]

Poland is the new "Germany" in Europe. I feel it's part of a long term plan for a new architecture the US are interested in implementing in Europe with Poland being a bolder and more military oriented US partner in Europe than Germany or France could ever be while the UK has its own issues as well. Lots of industrial and infrastructure investment in Poland and to be fair an excellent workforce to invest on, so well done to them.

[@uceee1]

I think the same. We will see.

[@Bakambol]

Zgadzam się ze Polska będzie potężna ale nie porównuj nas do Niemiec bo to nas obraza😡Nie lubimy niemieckich świń i bardzo się od nich różnimy😎

[@ChrisGrump]

Lol.

[@Cyril_Sneer]

😅They just talk BS all day long, and do nothing. And can't do nothing by itself, because they have nothing to offer, and can't exist by its own! But, if we can see, the constantly talking is enough for many People to believe and praise them! And on the other hand we lough about the naiv Brits... 🤣

[@mariotato8345]

Ja jaaa, Germany is very consolidate democracy , poland is just a catholic fascist regime fighting human rights, thats It , they can make Up in front Europe saying they are a democracy but they just have change comunism in fascism

[@tim_d_jong]

As a Dutchman, I'm very happy for Poland ! It's good to see that they're finally able to get wealthy after such a difficult history. I think that their assession to the EU really helped their economy a lot. That's why we're stronger together, on a European level. And Poland has shown some great leadership regarding the war in Ukraine 👏 If only Western politicians listened more to countries such as the Baltics and Poland, if only Western politicians were as brave as Eastern European leaders, the war would have already be won by Ukraine. Great job, Poland ! Keep up the good work ! 🇵🇱🇳🇱🇪🇺

[@RafaelW8]

Is it true that people in The Netherlands dislike Polish immigrants? I hear that a lot.

[@tim_d_jong]

@@user-be1jx7ty7n Broer ik zei alleen maar dat ik blij ben voor Polen. Ze hebben niet echt de makkelijkste geschiedenis en het is wel eens fijn dat het eindelijk eens een keertje goed gaat qua economie enzo

[@tim_d_jong]

@Rafael White it's not that they dislike Polish immigrants. They do a lot of jobs that most Dutch people don't want to do, such as cleaning, for example. But I think that the main reason that some people don't like them is the language barrier. A lot of Polish immigrants don't speak Dutch and not a lot of English either. Dutch people like to talk and like have a little conversation, but since most of the Polish immigrant workers don't speak Dutch, they are often perceived as rude or distant. I know a few workers and some of them do speak Dutch very well, and they have a lot fewer problems. They have Dutch friends, whereas some of the Polish workers who don't speak Dutch mostly only have Polish friends. I think that that's the main reason

[@krzysiekskowronski6624]

Thank you for this comment. It's nice to read these words from a Dutchman

[@krzysiekskowronski6624]

@@RafaelW8 Those who are not able to develop in Poland go to the Netherlands to work. They are suitable only for the simplest tasks, e.g. cleaning. In Poland, these people are replaced by Emigrants from the East. So these simple, uneducated people unfortunately often spoil the opinion of us Poles abroad.

[@Dzoseff]

If you want to compare Poland to oyher countries you should pick Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. We have very similar economies, we were in Warsaw Pact but not part of Soviet Union, we joined NATO and EU at the same time (Slovakia joined NATO later). When you look at any statistic we are very similar so Id say Central Europe is becoming more important where Poland is of course the biggest country but not the only one. When you look at the fastiest growing countries in the world between 1990-2020 Poland is the second (after China), but we still have smaller GDP per capita then our sounthern nightbours. Romania had worse start then our region but Im pretty sure they are new Europe's Tiger.

[@aanacron]

Well, as you said, Poland is the biggest (so it's being talked about the most) and only country that joined the EU after 2004, with enough political power to counter the biggest players in the EU. Romania is obviously the next candidate, but it is still only half the size of Poland. In 1990, Poland was far less developed and had a significantly smaller GDP per capita than Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary. That being said, we shouldn't overlook the achievements of those countries.

[@jeanneknight4791]

I agree wholeheately. These central european countries would have surpassed many of the western neighbors lonmg ago if they hadn't been handed off to the russians after world war two so they could have and the same advantages that Germany did of Marshall funds and wouldn't have to deal with the old guard hangover until they die off. Of course if Germany hadn't been the agressor, there is no saying how far they could have sky rocketed in the twentieth century.

[@gabsch1]

I agree with it if you talk about eastern Europe (even though Poland belongs to central Europe) and include everything on the eastern side of Germany in it (which is even a bigger part). But if you talk about central Europa, Poland can't be the biggest one right now - that's Germany. It's still impressive and i hope the rise of our polish neighbors will continue (even though i dislike the current polish government).

[@abodabalo]

It would have been great to have Ukraine in that team.

[@Dzoseff]

@@gabsch1 well geographical center of Europe is in... Belarus :) Huge part of Russia belongs to Europe so when you look at it from this perspective you can say Germany belong to Western Europe. From polish perspective we always refer to Germany as part of Western Europe but more in political/social than geographical sense.

[@rtasvadam1776]

Maximum respect to Poland and her people.

[@tomaszjabonski4942]

As a polish citizen I thank you so much for this episode, showing great development of our country!! We in Poland tend not to appreaciate our country, as polish proverb says: "You praise the others, and you don't know yours" Though I wouldn't call us superpower or even close to it, I am proud of my country that it developed from communist country to democratic one!! Love from Poland!!🇵🇱

[@krisdaschwab912]

@@doubtingthomas136 PiS is hot garbage.

[@LazyJack2003]

Yes, indeed. And my congrats on that! - Just try and keep it that way and tell your government not to interfere with an independent judiciary. Otherwise you might soon lose some of that "democracy" (along with some EU´s subsidies...).

[@tomaszjabonski4942]

@@LazyJack2003 Thank you! Though I would argue with your statement that our ongoing judiciary problem is a problem to polish democracy, though I don't agree with my goverment on this topic.

[@LazyJack2003]

@@tomaszjabonski4942 Just to avoid misunderstandings:I did not mean this as in "a typically polish" problem. Certainly not. I meant it as in "a judiciary that needs to follow the orders of the ruling party is a clear danger to any democracy." So, I keep my fingers crossed for the next elections. (And I will still visit your beautiful country in summer...)

[@chrislouis7913]

@DoubtingThomas well definitely better than Germany, which has destroyed itself with immigration and gas reliance on Russia

[@FeooTubee]

Damn, move deep dives into countries like this, great video! I had no idea poland was becoming so big

[@bohdan7653]

No i dobrze myślałeś. Polska jest najsłabszą od 40lat. Polskie firmy zdychają. Wszystko kupują korporację.

[@Barney1051]

Obligatory comment to boost interaction and play de KZbin algorithm

[@Jehudiel123]

@@Barney1051 Obligatory comment to boost interaction and play de KZbin algorithm

[@gombao348]

As a Pole I can only say that we want to develop and live properly like the western countries! We have to cooperate as Central European with Czechia and Slovakia because we like them so much and we get well together. 🇨🇿🇵🇱🇸🇰 ❤❤

[@gregbalamut3352]

A oni maja nas gleboko w dupie i tylko patrza jak nas wydymac.

[@Bakambol]

@@gregbalamut3352pierdolenie.Oni nas bardzo lubią i jesteśmy do siebie bardzo podobni.

[@pawelrk]

1:25 Poland was regarded as a satellite state, but was never a part of Soviet Union

[@damian4926]

It's common for TLDR news to have low quality, unchecked information.

[@hkonhelgesen]

It still was a russian colony.

[@deusmachinima1189]

तो पोलैंड यूएसएसआर से कैसा आजाद हुआ?

[@pawelrk]

@@hkonhelgesen you're missing the point

[@clemocan6128]

exactly, I was looking for that comment!

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

I think you missed a real key factor for Poland's ascension : they have motivation and ambition. The older powers such as France, UK, Germany are in this sort of decline of effort where we just have no belief anymore and no one wants to try hard. As much as Poland is a success story of modern economics, I think that its main virtue is this.

[@Anonimowany1]

Polish kids are being taught to study by their parents just the way the Asian ones in China, Japan, Korea, etc. do. Interesting to see that Poland is in the last few PISA-results just behind these Asian countries, but way above all in Europe with exception of Finland and Estonia, which all are way above US, UK, France, Germany, etc.

[@gosialehmann]

The whole nation has worked their hardest for last 30 years to achieve this.

[@buoazej]

Except communist descendants still hold all of the power here. PL is a totalitarian state. Most Poles think they’ve failed, especially anti-communist activists from the 1970-80s. They say it wasn’t worth their sacrifice.

[@ch36799]

​@@buoazejThe PO party is authoritarian communist. The PIS is democratic and pro western, patriotic.

[@gregwochlik9233]

I need to correct you: Poland was not part of the USSR. It was a sattelite state. I am proud to be Polish: I emigrated back to Poland in Jan 2020, 2 months before the first lock-down, after 30 years in South Africa. I am skilled, (B-degree) and work in the Electronics industry.

[@krisitak]

I fucking hate this and I see it all the time. The name "Soviet UNION" is so confusing for westeners. Most of think that the Eastern Block is the same as the USSR.

[@chrislouis7913]

@@krisitak yeah it was Warsaw Pact. Big difference between say Belarus which was ussr

[@henrybn14ar]

It's the usual sloppy TLDR.

[@tomekdarda]

@@krisitak same with equalling Soviet Union with Russia. Yes, Moscow was a dominant seat of power, but Russia was only just over 50% of the USSR's population.

[@SpiderQueen888]

Even in satelite states our elites and politicians were apointed by Moscow. All countries in eastern block were kinda "used". My grandpa told me stories how most things produced in Poland was exported to Russia with marginal profit. This shows on a graph how poor we were - just lile most countries from soviet block. And this is why we oppose Russia today so much. We do not want to bw used again.

[@ciaranryan7303]

The incentives and shock absorbers of being an EU member cannot be over stated. Congratulations to Poland from Ireland 🇮🇪 🇵🇱 👏

[@Flannel_girly]

Thanks mate! I live in Canada but I visited Ireland during my layover last summer. Absolutely stunning country, I was really impressed

[@mariok-t3198]

I absolutely loved Ireland when I worked there 2006-2008 ...worked for DELL in Limerick

[@eclecticaro]

Poland was growing steadily before we joined the EU. Now It is estimated that for every €1 Poland receives, €0.75 goes back to EU. When we joined the EU thousands of businesses have been smothered by larger Western companies that had 60 more years to develop, while Poland had been exploited by Russia (who also executed most of Polish intelligence from the 2nd day of WWII attack on Poland) so we needed decades to educate new generation to replace patriots, teachers, doctors, scientists, lawyers who had been killed and could have made a massive difference and propel the country forward 60 years earlier. Going back to EU. To give example how EU funds work. Now we build park benches that cost €60-80k, half of it is funded by EU and Poland constituencies need to borrow the remaining €30-40k. This bench can then only be build by usually German business as they are the only ons who would meet the spec criteria (because they made the criteria). Before the EU this same park bench could have been built before the EU funds for €2k.. that's essentially how EU funds work in a nurse. Not to mention dismantling agricultural business like sugar and majority of brewery had been bought and literally dismantled and copper beer tanks sent to Germany..

[@Flannel_girly]

@@eclecticaro Man who asked

[@Flannel_girly]

@@eclecticaro Go bullshitting somewhere else

[@sagbon98]

Poland is rapidly growing, Warsaw is super modern, 10 years ahead of other places in Europe and with a skyline that rivals New York or Doha. Poland is the place people in Europe will want to move to.

[@slawischenwolf4387]

Poland is the most homophobic and authoritarian country in Europe, young poles leaves to western countries, because there are no freedom in Poland

[@sagbon98]

@@slawischenwolf4387 young Poles leave because there are still higher salaries elsewhere and more opportunities. Polish people are also more serious and colder whereas the friendly Polish people often want equally friendly people they'll only find abroad. Poland is not authoritarian, it is a free country. But some areas outside the major cities may come accross as homophobic because the people there have never met anyone who's not a white Roman-Catholic Pole.

[@mmm7528]

@@sagbon98 or maybe they come off as homophobic because they have literally "LGBTQ-free zones."

[@sagbon98]

@@mmm7528 LGBTQ-free zones are unofficial and unenforced

[@dawid87pl]

​@@alejandrosuarez8569super! Może dzięki temu się rozwija. Ile Ci Ruski płaci za te komentarze? Bo widzę ,że wszędzie piszesz to samo bocie ;)

[@angelzavala2254]

Love Polska 🇺🇸💖🇵🇱

[@3blackbar340]

ta kurwa a jajka po 14 zl dzieki polskim wyborcom glosujacym na zlodzieji z rzadu, ale co ty mozesz wiedziec jak mama kupuje

[@__Aurora__]

Poland is a great country with proud and courageous people. From a Slavic perspective, Russia is the greatest ev*l on earth. GER paid for what Na*is did, but RU never paid for the enormous enslavement and horrible treatment of their neighbours (and its own dissident citizens) throughout its entire history span.

[@krzysztofd9164]

Niemcy nie zapłacili Polsce za zniszczenia bo dogadali się z zainstalowanym przez Stalina rządem komunistycznym. Ile za Polskę otrzymał Stalin od Niemców? Niemcy używają argumentu że otrzymaliśmy niemieckie ziemie na zachodzie Polski. Nie my to ustalaliśmy a Stalin, Roosevelt i Churchill.

[@Archmagos_Faber]

well Poland and Russia obliterated Prussia out of existence, Poland too is not innocent and people seem to forget what Poland was like before its decline and eventual partition and annexation.

[@janlehmann8307]

lol, what a bunch of BS. According to your logic Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, France and Britain should also apologise. So you have either never opened a history book in your life or you are just a bigot

[@krzysztofd9164]

@@Archmagos_Faber Poland and Russia wiped out Prussia??? Do you know anything about Yalta, Tehran, Potsdam?

[@krzysztofd9164]

@@Archmagos_Faber Poland won against the Ottoman empire, and Europe rewarded us for it

[@vladimirLen]

It's so heartwarming to finally hear about a country improving 🥰

[@Mr_Onion_Youtube]

ironic

[@Blanquefort]

how ironic

[@godlaydying]

This 'common market' thing sounds great. I bet people in the UK wish they could be part of it.

[@RafaelW8]

Shot fired

[@Axeiaa]

Ironically a decent chunk of those that voted for Brexit are because they wanted to prevent Polish people from moving to it. Yeah... that didn't work out like they thought it would.

[@katem6562]

Oh the Brits regret it! It’s taken 7 years, a pandemic, a war in Europe and a cost of living crisis for the brexiters to admit that it was an epic mistake! Yet the Brexit continues to Britons shame

[@putra4101]

🤣

[@Lakshay70]

"GiVe SoMe TiMe FoR bReXiT tO sHoW rEsUlTs"

[@braveheartaussie82]

Also, it’s hard to ignore economic culture. Pols - both in the country and the global diaspora - are hard workers. This cultural factor acts as a multiplier effect on the education, FDI and intra Euro trade

[@Mipeal]

As a Portuguese who have lived in Poland: Yes, they will definitelly surpass Portugal and Spain. But dont relly much on education though. Many other economical factors are important. Portugal has plenty of educated people (young people, not the old generation though) - more than other western developed countries - and we are still relatively poor

[@Morcin00]

Your warm climate is not the best enviroment to build productivity, I think thats one of the factors

[@hotman_pt_]

@@Morcin00 the biggest factor is the distance to the economic centers of europe. Poland is in a relativelly good position in europe that allows it to take advantage of the industrial capacity and some of the economic wealth of germany and the nordics to some extent. On the other side, it sits between trade routes that come in and out of europe. Portugal doesn't have that advantage, it's relativelly peripherical, which makes trade inherently more expensive and less atractive to companies. Although we did take advantage of our position once in our past and forged our empire out of it, so I guess we have to be content with it, not blame geography and just adapt to the ages.

[@Hollywood2021]

Go Poland 👍🏼

[@Ifraneljadida]

As an American, a strong/growing/military capable Poland is absolutely awesome. I'm of fully European descent and still have a lot of love for my distant past home

[@artursmalta8833]

Respect to Poland !🇵🇱🇪🇺

[@pep-qew]

Please delete second flag

[@artursmalta8833]

@@pep-qew are you alright?🤔

[@pep-qew]

@@artursmalta8833 yes

[@blazer9547]

​@@pep-qewit's the European flag , why you mad

[@pep-qew]

@@blazer9547flag of EU - racist pro western europe organisation.

[@twa9342]

Poland is truly an astonishingly resilient country. Respect to the Polish people. From occupation to occupation to occupation, and finally becoming an independent state, the Polish people have suffered immeasurably under their different overlords. Respect to Poland.

[@Aliballer]

Yah the poles aren't cuddley and nice either. They got a pretty bloody history too

[@tomaszjabonski4942]

@DoubtingThomas Can you tell me about far right politics in 20th century? As far as I know we had the biggest population of Jews in the World back then and I think Jews wouldn't live in Poland if they would be persecuted XD

[@tomaszjabonski4942]

@@Aliballer Can you tell some concrete facts?

[@tomaszjabonski4942]

Thank you so much!!! Greetings from Poland!!!

[@tomaszjabonski4942]

@lazarus921 Yeah it's said we don't talk about Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth more often :(

[@gengarboi8745]

There are still things Poland can improve on, but after learning even a bit of Poland's history, seeing Poland rise and become powerful can make anyone proud of Poland.

[@zahariachirica5466]

Any dictatorship wants power, power and more power. Democracy is the real power that benefit the people. I see in Poland an anti democratic and anti EU attitude! True that now Poland is essential in fighting Russia but when the war is over the EU should deal with Poland and Hungary. We have in NATO a dictator like Erdogan, isn't it enough!?

[@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus]

@@zahariachirica5466 1. Nobody cares what you think, especially if you're utterly wrong 2. Poland isn't anti-democratic. We were democratic in the XVIth century, and ooenly elected our kings, and have fought for democracy for the past 100 years since we regained our independence. If you think Poland is a dictatorship, you need to check your facts, and look at Russia, Belarus (especially) and China. Poland has a democratic government freely elected, twice in a row, conservative, because the alternative is a party that would halt Poland's growth and enslave it to the EU and Germany. We, the Poles, say fvck no to that. We are a major nation, have always been and will grow to our rightful place at the top of European importance podium.

[@marcintalaga2376]

@@zahariachirica5466 How is Poland anti democratic? The only thing is judiciary reform which all other post communist countries did and countries like Germany are still doing yet in Poland case it's called anti democratic because they just don't like the current government it's just hypocritical

[@christianschulz1443]

I wish the eu would stop overpaying poland

[@pep-qew]

@@christianschulz1443 what do you mean?

[@j.ms.2285]

Bravo Poland !

[@florwyler]

There are some strange inaccuracies in this video, (I believe): - 0:08 Poland did not gain independence in the late nineties, but when the Soviet union fell apart. - 1:20 Poland was not fully subsumed into the Soviet union. It was kind of puppet state and part of the Warsaw pact, but that's not quite the same thing. - 2:55 Greece is not a western european country. - 3:30 You mention that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Poland had "similar" GDPs, but during the part of the graph you highlight (1992), Poland's GDP was 73% higher than that of Ukraine (roughly 2450USD vs 1420USD). I stopped watching there, but I thought it odd given the usual quality of content on the channel.

[@Barney1051]

Obligatory comment to boost interaction and play de KZbin algorithm

[@Barney1051]

​@David Greg stfu about god dude, enjoy your religion in private

[@iwannadance3070]

Another inaccuracy was the lost percentage of GDP growth during the Corona crisis. Poland lost just as much as the other countries shown in the graph, bit as Poland has the highest GDP growth of all the countries shown in the graph, the part where it went negative was logically the smallest. But Poland still lost as much as the other states.

[@maxdetrickster6524]

Yes, the "analysis" is naive, to say the least. I have written up a comment focusing solely on patent applications filed to the the European Patent Office in Munich, and the data shows beyond any reasonable doubt that the video's title, suggesting that Poland may become a European super-power, is completely delusional.

[@arturms4159]

Two mistakes: 1. 6 million Polish citizens died during WW II. 2. Poland did not developed because of EU funds - it was only the compensation for many small and medium local firms being 'starved' or bought by western big corporations.

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I'm so happy to see Eastern Europe finally enjoying the fruits of their immense labor! I often don't hear much about Poland, but when I was in the Army I had several buddies train with the Polish Army and they said it was almost weird how quickly they were getting rich.

[@andrzejmichalczak9185]

Poland in progress for the future... Greetings from Poland

[@garretttkolodziej3256]

My grandparents emigrated to Canada & the US from Poland back in WW2 and always kept close tabs on what was going on back at home. I was always impressed by what Poland was doing post-Soviet times and when I visited back in 2018, it was amazing to see how much progress the Poles made in becoming an important shipping and manufacturing giant amongst the EU. Not to mention the cost of living is significantly less than the Western Europe counterparts and have significant investment from high-cost countries. Well done!

[@rekaroob2589]

That would be soo cool😍 Greetings from Hungary I Hope Poland's rise continues🇭🇺🇵🇱

[@bobjohnson3940]

Again especially as a WW2 buff and a USSR buff it's one of the greater pleasures seeing Poland come and take their seat

[@gregbalamut3352]

Its a long march Bob, do u think our western and eastern brothers are not watching?

[@tmbe_official]

7:00 Agreed! For sure! They have good skilled peoples in many levels like : Architects, Artist, Strong mans,Mechanics,Chefs, Soldiers, Teachers, Nurse , Doctors and Welders, Buldiers, ect, etc... Great people! Well done Polish People!

[@PawelFilip7777]

As an architect, I can only confirm ;))))

[@alh6255]

You did not mention one extremely important factor of the strength and resilience of the Polish economy, which appeared long before its accession to the EU: a very entrepreneurial and strong middle class (specialists, small and medium-sized businesses).

[@kodymeyers9126]

Polska jest zajebista nikt tak szybko się nie rozwija

[@Kam7777]

Czech, Słowenia, Chiny lista jest naprawdę długa…

[@gregsweet9552]

@@Kam7777 według OECD Polska 2 po Chinach jeśli chodzi o rozwój od lat 90 (wśród krajów OECD oczywiście)

[@prkp7248]

Nikt "tak szybko" się nie rozwija, ale co z tego - 1% wzrostu PKB dla Niemiec to jest więcej jak 4% wzrostu dla Polski. Jak masz 100 zł i zarobisz dychę, to masz wzrost o 10%. Jak Twój kolega ma 10 000 i zarobi 100 zł to ma wzrost 1% - ale mimo tego jest to 10 razy więcej niż ty zarobiłeś. Polska nigdy nie "dogoni" zachodnich krajów, chyba ze te zachodnie kraje popadną w kłopoty gospodarcze. Różnica między gospodarką Polski, a np. Francji istnieje od ponad 2000 lat - nieprędko się to zmieni.

[@yearlyesctops2633]

hahaha dobre

[@milanutekal5083]

Jakoś mieszkam w rejonie, gdzie coraz większy syf. Drogi zarastają krzaczorami, że strach jeździć bo coraz więcej pijaków na drogach i jeżdżą środkiem. W polińskim państwie nawet nie ma osoby która by pozwoliła na wybijanie srok które zjadają małe ptaki, a te łapały muchy i komary. Nawet tak prostą rzecz jak wybicie srok to państwo nie jest w stanie zrobić. Siemianowice to upadek miasta, zresztą jak wielu innych. Pustostany wszędzie. U mnie na wiosce rzucili światłowód na słupy, ale już taka bieda w kasie, że barany nie mają pieniędzy na wycinanie drzew a te zarasają rowy przy drodze i już widzę, że przy większej wichurze światłowody im pozrywa. Może gdyby w Polsce pojawił się rząd jak w Tajlanii wpuszczający do kraju ludzi którzy mają na koncie >100.000$ to może by było coraz lepiej, ale mamy miliony biedackich sąsiadów którzy zwalili się na nasze głowy i żerują a za chwilę o nożownikach będzie jeszcze głośniej.

[@graceosullivan1367]

Go Poland! I will only be sad that emigration stops to 🇮🇪. So good to see ❤️ love the poles.

[@MaximusAugustusOrthodox]

Well done Poland 🤝 Greetings from an ethnically Russian guy from Germany 💀 God bless my polish Brothers and Sisters in Christ ☦️🇩🇪❤️🇵🇱✝️

[@Czaroslaw]

As someone who lived in Poland for most of his life, it is weird to see someone from the outside praise our country, while I am in here and directly feel the effects of certain government policies which are not mentioned in the video. EDIT: I mean the economic policies, I don't really care about the social policies. What matters for me is where my hard earned money goes.

[@hortatorindorilnerevar31]

Same. They're seemingly unaware of things like raging inflation, government's constant attempts to dismantle what remains of democracy and seizing more and more of our rights. It's a joke.

[@CountingStars333]

🏳️‍🌈👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩👬 policies.

[@PASBGR]

I will assume you are talking about trans right and all that. Last time I heard those dont put bread on your table.

[@eliasstenman3710]

@@PASBGR If you’re trans they kinda do make that damage.

[@__Aurora__]

Slavic people tend to over-criticise everything. I don’t say that Poland can’t become better in many ways, but from a Slavic perspective, Poland has come long way since Gdańsk and Solidarnošć back in 1980.

[@waldred3537]

Behind Poland success stand: great education, safety, ambition, creativity and competition. We compete and compere ourself with everyone around.

[@kingace6186]

The accurate word you are looking for is Great Power. And, yes, I believe Poland is becoming a major European Great Power. It'd be great for 'power' to be spread more evenly across Europe. It would be even greater if it was used to build cooperation, instead of creating tension (looking at you, Hungary).

[@Archmagos_Faber]

Poland isn't innocent if you want to criticise Hungary for its behaviour then it would only be fair to look at what the Polish government has been doing for the last few years, they are run by a socially backwards party and share many conservative ideals as Hungary.

[@TheHungarianOak]

speak in your name you warmonger. Europe is going down the drain and well deservedly so. As far as hungary, you have no business in judging us. Keep your uneducated opinions to yourself

[@erykmocko2072]

I’m glad to be Polish. I never feel as good and safe as I do in Poland surrounded by flat farmland. I’m happy with the way poland is growing, but I’m sure we are capable of much more:)

[@Duck-wc9de]

I think that polish people may feel like we, the portuguese in the 90's... Hope for the future, economic prosperity... And then... 2 decades of Socialist party rule, and here we are. Soon to be poorer in purchasing power than Romania.

[@kingdomofbird8174]

Think Poland will face the problems of Japan, Polish population still younger than European average because above fertility rates during communist era, but Poland *needs* to increase it's fertility rate if wants to grow, immigration is not exactly the best choice, as immigrants take time to integrate And getting immigrants from other Europeans countries will only worsen it's neighbors economic situation

[@bohdan7653]

Ludzie obudźcie sie!!! Kto w to wierzy musi być głupi 🤣.

[@tomorrowneverdies567]

@@Duck-wc9de Sweden, Denmark and Norway have all been ruled by their respective socialist parties and are wealthier than the UK, and have lower public debts, so lower taxation in order to repay debt, than both the UK and the US. It is not the socialist party of your country the reason why Portugal is as wealthy as it is, but because all your elite, including your politicians want it this way, for reasons simple people do not straightforwardly understand. I am from Greece, and here no matter which of the parties you vote for, if you are old enough, you will soon notice that the elite, the politicians and other powerful or influential people try to keep the economy not growing, for example by putting obstacles deliberately, such as overborrowing to give this borrowed money to public sector wage increases, and never trying to reduce the public debt. I believe that Portugal, Spain and Italy face similar situations. My point is that there is no democracy.

[@covfefe1787]

@@tomorrowneverdies567 Sweden is Iraq now almost 100 years of Socialist rule and they were finally kicked out by the right wing pro capitalist Sweden Democrats. Sweden has high crime poverty and distrust of Government thanks to leftism. Denmarks socialist party woke up to anti immigration sentiment and immediately restricted non EU immigration to Denmark and started tearing down ghettos. thats why they won the last election the listens to the peoples Anti immigrant sentiment and acted on it and thats why they are still in power.

[@marek-7607]

Poland is very beautiful country with well educated and qualified people. Country of Copernicus (born in Torun Poland), Chopin (born in Poland), Madam Curie - Sklodowska (born in Warsaw-Poland)

[@henningbartels6245]

Copernicus was born in Thorn, Prussia.

[@marek-7607]

@@henningbartels6245 Copernicus was born in 1473 and Torun was part of Poland. Poland was very huge country with the capital of Cracow. He was son of Polish Merchants, when Copernicus was 11 years old, his father passed away, and he was raised after that by bishop Lucas Watzenrode. He was spoken Polish, German, Latin and Italian languages. He studied in Krakow, Padva. He work in Krakow (Cracow) and the Jagiellonian University of Krakow. Torun never belong to Prusia. Leter on after III partition of Poland 1795 between Rusia, Prusia and Austrio-Hungary, Poland was not on the mam and Torun was under Prusia till first war war.

[@henningbartels6245]

@@marek-7607 well, this is your view. But when Copernicus was born in Thorn, the town was part of the Prussian confederation, a number of selfgovern cities which switch from the Teutonic Order to the Polish Crown in 1466, but with vast autonomy. This doesn't make these cities automatically "Polish". The King of England is also officially the head of Canada - this doesn't make Montreal automatically English or part of England. People in Thorn, especially in Copernicus' social class of wealthy merchants, spoke merely German. Copernicus was not only a scientist, but later had clerical and administrative functions and tasks in these cities in Prussia and Warmia were he must have used German on daily basis. To paint him all "Polish" might be a popular myth in Poland, but is only a onesided view and at best only a part of the truth.

[@theinvincibleone0136]

Even more interesting is PPP. While understandably Polish earnings are nowhere near that of German, in PPP Polish wages and GDP per capita are far closer to countries like Spain and Italy which were passed Portugal a couple of years ago. When Ukraine and Belarus become free democracies away from the Russian threat, Poland can further boost it's economy similarly to how Germany did after 2004 when Post-Soviet countries started joining the EU and it's single market.

[@michaelotieno6524]

Italy is a net contributor to the EU budget while Spain receives and sends to the EU budget an equivalent amount. Poland on the other hand is the biggest drag on the EU budget has received over 100 billion Euros in the last 10 years.

[@rupert2019]

@@michaelotieno6524 Poland did not have a Marshall Plan after World War II like Germany, thanks to the help of the USA. Poland did not have overseas colonies on which some Western countries were getting rich (thanks to this, at least Poland has a clear conscience). Poland, on the other hand, had 44 years of inefficient communism that blocked its development. EU money is only part of GDP. I would like to remind you that Poland will also give back this money, becoming a net payer for some time.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

but then you have Iran above you.

[@marcinwitkowski217]

​@@rupert2019 Well actually we did had some history with it but it was very different from "standard colonialism", In fact i would recommend reading about Jacob Kettler.

[@rupert2019]

@@marcinwitkowski217 I'm Polish, and I remember from history that Madagascar was proposed in Poland, but the Polish (I think the king?) refused. And all in all very good. And overseas colonies had countries located on the Atlantic Ocean.

[@SittingOnEdgeman]

For perspective: Poland right now has about 1/3rd the economy of Italy and 1/7th the economy of Germany. It has a long way to go until it's even a regional power. It's made great strides but it needs to continue making them if it's going to have any chance at being an economic or military power in the region.

[@elah1023]

But we have one advantage when compared to Italy: they have euro, we don`t have it. Since Italy has euro italian economy is in stagnation. If nothing changes we can be equal within half of century.

[@QuantumWaveMaster]

@@elah1023 What are you on that you think that the development of the economy has to do with the euro or, to such a great extent? Why should you join the euro at all? hahahha The only reason why Italy is growing slower is because they are richer and their economy is much more developed. Italy built cars when Poland didn't even know what a light bulb was.

[@elah1023]

@@QuantumWaveMaster Italian economy started to slow after euro. Before that they were doing quite well and chasing Germany. Since euro Italy is basically in stagnation. Euro is good currency for Germany, Benelux and Austria perhaps.

[@willc1294]

@Wilhelm Eley Germanys population is decreasing rather than declining due to the government there opening the floodgates to hordes of illiterate 3rd world rabble. Such migratory moves of the great unwashed into european lands hasn't been seen on this scale since the fall of the Roman empire.

[@MK-lm6hb]

@Wilhelm Eley Germany is a giant in economic terms but a midget in politics. Germans fed the Russian monster for decades despite warnings from Poland about Russia's true nature. Europe must rely on the USA for its security mainly because of Germany's inability to recognise correctly what is happening now in the world. Germans are good at doing stuff but not so good in thinking.

[@aleksk318]

Actually looking at the latest data from the World Population review, Poland has already overtaken Portugal when it comes to GDP per capita and Human Development Index. Good video regardless👍🏻

[@Lithuanian_NAFO_lad]

Having a powerful ally at our border will help imeasurably.

[@Emixam9090]

I love Poland. ❤ from French Canada 🍁⚜️🇨🇦

[@jevgenisved1419]

Go Poland!!! 🇲🇨🇵🇱🇲🇨🇵🇱🇲🇨🇵🇱

[@Ginjitzu]

I like these economic success stories. They're a welcome distraction from the usual disaster stories. I also generally like Polish people as a whole. They tend to be fairly sound. I hope these economic successes are translating into real quality of life improvements though, and aren't just numbers on a spreadsheet.

[@MrAwg77]

You are right, it's not the same. The quality of life is lagging behind, but it's alsao slowly increasing.

[@pingvinai_irgi_zmones]

Do you find LGBT-free zones and ban on abortion to be sound?? Are you from Utah?

[@Ginjitzu]

@@pingvinai_irgi_zmones What are you talking about?

[@pingvinai_irgi_zmones]

@@Ginjitzu I am talking about Poland, my guy

[@Ginjitzu]

@@pingvinai_irgi_zmones And that has exactly what to do with all of the Polish people I know and work with and have framed my opinion of them being sound?

[@milesmanske8120]

As an American with polish blood, I’m starting to wonder if I should move back, definitely visit! I’m told my ancestors came from Gdańsk.

[@Dominik-dp7ww]

Well done mate, very good educational stuff. God bless from Poland ;)

[@stw4006]

Great video!!! Well done Poland!!!

[@cryostratos5359]

I wouldn't overglorify our country like this. Our achievement is in not squandering the gibs that we received from the west. This makes it sound and worth investment which is why business done in Poland by the west is paying off. This is good. I CERTAINLY would not use strong language like "Superpower" like you did in the title.

[@kw2142]

u ever heard of clickbait?

[@DiskusGames]

I do feel like Poland and it’s progress has been getting a bit overhyped as of late. I mean, it‘s a very commendable development, but still. It‘s almost like people are only now starting to pay attention to central and eastern Europe, after Ukraine got attacked.

[@cryostratos5359]

@@DiskusGames Yeah, this will lead to exaggeration of our achievements and overreactions of the critics as well. Happy to hear that the Western world noticed that our region exists, but I'd hate to disappoint.

[@rrr19741208]

Poland was so underestimated for decades, even before the Ukrainian war, that talking about Real Polish achievements looks a little overhyped now. Everything told in the podcast is true

[@LazyJack2003]

A very wise comment! Maybe this polish General who commented on MSNBC that the European gravitational center was moving more to Poland could learn from you. Looking forward to visit your beautiful country in coming summer by motorbike. I heard so many good things about its natural beauty as well as Krakow...

[@oqo3310]

I'm french, and don't know much about Poland, but I really hope the best to Poland and rest of eastern europe.

[@Wowwhut]

I didn't know Poland was going this well, good for them!

[@elah1023]

Second greatest development (all over the world) during last 30 years. Only China did it better.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

@@elah1023And we all know to look at that with skepticism lol, I think alot of us can agree that overall Poland did infinetively better than China

[@bohdan7653]

😂 nie myślałem ze na zachodzie ludzie są tak głupi żebym wierzyć w kłamstwo. Jest tak dobrze ze polacy uciekają z kraju 😂.

[@dispen275]

@@bohdan7653 Polacy emigrują do krajów gdzie zarabia się lepiej - czyli dalej szeroko pojęty zachód a nie byle gdzie - ludzie zawsze będą to robić tak długo jak będzie przynajmniej jeden kraj na świecie z większymi poborami w danej dziedzinie, to nie jest typowo Polskie zjawisko i nie świadczy o złym stanie gospodarki a różnicy płac. Emigracja nie znaczy że sytuacja ekonomiczna kraju i ludności się przez lata (i to niezależnie od rządów) nie poprawiła w sposób wręcz gigantyczny. Wszystkie statystyki pokazują że z kraju emigracji Polska stała się w ostatnich latach krajem imigracji - dla ludzi dawnego Sowieta czy większości krajów Azji i Afryki to nowoczesne, spokojne, bogate zachodnie państwo dające szansę zarobić dobre pieniądze i żyć na światowym poziomie. Chłoporozumowe polaczkowe narzekanie tego nie zmieni, to nie ludzie na zachodzie są głupi tylko cebulaki oczadzone nienawiścią do własnego kraju

[@mariotato8345]

Not so good , lot of polish have to exile because are gays or dont agree with the catholic fascist regime they have

[@arminask]

Brits will be travelling to Poland to pick strawberries if the current economic trends continue

[@kaithompson3074]

After being invaded over 200 times, forcefully incorporated into the Third Reich, and the Soviet Union, no country deserve to be world power more than Poland. To quote a famous band WARSAW RISE!

[@naturelove6220]

Great 🇵🇱 Poland

[@Ginjitzu]

A series on the economic development of every country in the EU since 1945 would be really cool.