One Thing I Love About Poland (and hate about Australia)

[@focus_fractured]

Im from sydney. I feel this with all my soul. Ive had enough of this benighted place. I love Poland. I will come again.

[@wojstube9359]

Yep. This is now our golden era in Poland. Cheers from Wejherowo.

[@piotrwojdelko1150]

correct,, but Poland has lost a chance to be top notch high developed country .Poland is following other western nations with excessive benefits and so on ...I live 9 month in the Uk and 3 monts in Poland .I think that Poland has developed because of the EU funds ,otherwise it could be like Argentina.For me Poland has developed too fast not adjusting mentality and economic equality .You can't compare English baby boomers to Polish becasue the is abyss between them

[@wieslawirzyniec4527]

ha! same :D i grew up in Nanice

[@ayqyan8597]

@@piotrwojdelko1150 Polska otrzymuje pieniądze z budżetu Unii Europejskiej. Od roku 2004 do roku 2024 Polska otrzymała (po odjęciu Polskich składek) 139 mld euro = 7 mld euro rocznie. W 2025 r. wydatki Polskiego budżetu państwa wyniosą ok. 920 mld zł = 214 mld euro. Unia Europejska finansuje rozwój gospodarczy Polski kosztem 7 mld euro rocznie co stanowi 3,3% budżetu Polski. Czy w Waszym budżecie domowym wzrost wpływów o 3,3 % bardzo podniesie poziom życia ? Od roku 2027 Polska będzie płatnikiem netto w Unii Europejskiej tj. będziemy więcej pieniędzy wpłacać niż otrzymywać. To dzięki ciężkiej pracy Polaków, Polityków - mądrej gospodarce ekonomicznej wszystkich kolejnych rządów, jesteśmy 21 największą gospodarką świata. W 2024 roku przeciętne wynagrodzenie w Polsce wynosi około 2000 euro. Mamy najniższą w UE stopę bezrobocia - 2,8%, Polska w 2022 r. zajęła drugie miejsce w rankingu krajów UE o najwyższej średniej satysfakcji z życia. Tak naprawdę najważniejszy czynnikiem dla rozwoju Polski nie były dotacje, ale dostęp do unijnego rynku i możliwość swobodnej wymiany handlowej z krajami UE. To właśnie otwarty rynek dał prywatnym firmom ogromne możliwości eksportu.

[@tomekjar]

I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment mate. In Poland we have to move forward simply because the past we remember is rather bleak and not particularly appealing. But that's only one of the reasons why we seem to be looking forward rather than looking back. Polish people have faced many adversities in the past, so overcoming difficulties and improving the situation we have found ourselves in comes to us naturally. I was very young when Poland became really independent after the fall of communism, but I do remember the queues for bread or toilet paper. I remember first time western goods appeared in department stores and in markets, and I remember the gradual but at the same time rapid changes: new buildings being raised, new businesses opening, new opportunities for young people. And this trend is simply continuing for now, albeit it has been slowing down lately. But not to end on a sour note: nice video man, I am really glad you seem to be enjoying staying in Poland. Best wishes from Łódź!

[@eduardfastovski]

Thank you for the comment. I think you summarized it better than I did.

[@polishpsych]

Poles welcome change, improvement, innovation, entrepreneurship. We are looking forward to it but at the same time we respect our elders, History and we find it important to document Historic events that are significant for the future generations.

[@alexfrost2276]

The real estate market in Australia, Canada and the US is something I barely understand. How is it possible that countries that have such a large territory cannot provide their citizens with affordable homes or apartments? It's a mystery to me.

[@JaJebie69]

In Australia the answer is simple. Australia doesn't exist outside of Melbourne and Sydney. Maybe Brisbane to some extent but it is a distant 3rd. The rest is a retirement village. Anyone who comes here only wants to move to these 2 cities and it constantly pushes the price of land anywhere near these 2 cities up. Also, up until recently, an apartment was seen as a failure. You need to have your own land with a house to be considered as having the "Australian Dream". Large migration from China and India is changing this outlook as there are more people used to the idea of apartments. Still, the wealthiest of these people always choose a free standing house with land.

[@eduardfastovski]

@@JaJebie69 This is the correct answer. It helps to think of Sydney and Melbourne as islands, and the rest of Australia as ocean. Of course, that's not the only reason. The other contributing factors are the cultural dislike of apartments, but also the attitude towards housing being an asset for investment rather than a place to live. Negative gearing and the capital gains discount are ridiculous policies that incentivize landlording. The result is a country of landlords and renters - modern feudalism.

[@JaJebie69]

@@eduardfastovski 30 years ago when my family migrated to Australia, none of us could've imagined that anyone would be moving in the opposite direction. It's good to see the changes that have taken place every time I visit Poland. Glad to see you're enjoying your life there.

[@bbh4651]

We signed up to globalisation (socialism) and have been going downhill ever since. We are doing what Poland did - we are making the same mistake everyone else made a long time ago.

[@meikala2114]

Well said. ​@@eduardfastovski

[@kubsonfilla]

Exactly, straight to the point and no matter what people say or how much they complain Poland has never been better than it is now. Cheers from Olsztyn.

[@Serena-Vanderwoodsen]

Aw, yay! Another walk n talk video haha. Keep up the videos man. I enjoy your comparison videos and I hope to take inspo from your videos as I would like to pursue my Masters in Poland!!!

[@vattghern257]

I'm from Poland and it's interesting perspective. In the past 250 years we've lived like.. 52 years in peace, not under occupation. We are free but only fully since 1991/94 and Poland never has been stronger economically or had stronger army in the past. I hate when people do a short-mind assumptions like it's because of Polish geography, but it isn't. Germany has the same geography as Poland and they additionally have Denmark in the North. It was all about economy and Germany's physical connection to western Europe that gave them edge. I hope we'll recreate sth similiar in Poland. housing rent prices doubled in the last 2 years in Poland, public healthcare is in miserable state but that's like that everywhere.

[@sylwiatime]

Back in the Communist era old people kept talking about how everything was better before the war, but once we had our country back we kept thinking of moving forward instead of looking back.

[@MultiKruczek]

Ciekawe spostrzeżenia. Ja sam jestem Polakiem. Uwielbiam mieszkać w Polsce, kocham polski język, kulturę i historię. Polska to świetne miejsce do życia. Pozdrawiam Interesting observations. I am a Pole. I love living in Poland, I love the Polish language, culture and history. Poland is a great place to live. Greets

[@PanWyderek]

well, it is interesting to see Poland from foreign perspective. Lately YT algorithms keeps feeding me with that content:) and ive noticed two things. First - it feels weirdly good to hear good things about the place, that iam constantly complaining about. Ok maybe not constantly, but still it is like You said - people are complaining about their living place. Mainly because they know it good, from all sides. But things have changed - and it is true that especially lately - Poland sociological "label" is changing from developing country to one that is (finally but in the end partially) developed. It is even mentioned more like "central europe country", not "eastearn europe". Second thing - we are so accustome to some things, that we do not even concider them as an advantage. For example - health care. I like it the most. There is no bigger issue to complain about here in Poland than this. People are extremely frustrated about waiting in lines, lack of speciallists etc. But still as a frequent user (mostly profilactic but not only) - i feel that it works really good. 75% of complaining about it is connected to serious health condition - it is abnormal to see things good when you are really sick. Our health care is public, it will help you no matter what, even if you are not insured. It provides with a lot of free things like prevention, free prescriptions, all kind of medical threatment and procedures that are free (of course not really, but for patient at the end it is). Another great example is addiction threatment - one of the best in the world - completely free for everyone - i was in that process for years, it helped me to stand on my feet again when i was down - completely free. Education - free. A lot of social services, NGO organisations etc. And we are still talking only about basic human needs. There are a lot opportunities here. Oh, and there are some people that still thinks, that back in the 70-80s life in Poland was better. Nostalgia is powerful. It is always the same - people think that when they were younger, life was better. Everyone misses their teen years, no matter how hard it was generally - like for their parents etc. I can see funny argues on FB in those so called "back in the days it was kinda better" nostalgia groups. They are posting old photos with notes like "simpler times", and in comments a lot of people are like "yeah simpler, no food, no money, no freedom, no jobs" :D So yeah. i also believe there were no better times here. I just hope that we can make something out of it:)

[@alh6255]

In 2017, Poland was officially recognized as a highly developed country, both by the World Bank and by all rating agencies. That's why no one is talking about gradually changing the label from a developing country to a developed one. At least when it comes to those who use such terms at work or on other occasions.

[@MaxQWERTY-d5x]

Bez przesady.Osobiscie szcerze nienawide lat swojej mlodosci spedzonej w postkomunistycznych blokach gdzie pomiedzy zamknieta kopalnia i megafabryka butow z czasow komuny miejsce nie oferowalo mi niczego poza perspektywa bezrobocia i alkocholizmu...W szkolach nauczyciele uczyli nas rzeczy zupelnie nieprzydatnych ktore tylko zabraly czas.Po kilku dekadach miejsce wyglada jak Mordor gdzie na dzialkach emeryci uprawiaja warzywa do swoich glodowych emerytur...Mlodzierz zaglosowala calkowicie logicznie za przyszloscia wyjezdzajac na zawsze tak jak w moim przypadku.Oczywiscie trawa zawsze wydaje sie bardziej zielona u sasiada lecz jakakolwiek perspektywa jest zawsze lepsza od zadnej...Nostalgia? Nie w moim przypadku.Co do Australii wypowiem sie na tyle jedynie jako turysta.Daleko.Goraco.Gigantyczne przestrzenie plus egzotyczne zwierzeta.O ekonomii australijskiej nie mam pojecia wiec nie wypowiadam sie.Z kolei wszyscy Australijczycy ktorych znam ktorzy odwiedzili Polske chwala na wszelkie sposoby.Ale to tez tylko sposob widzenia turysty. Kontrast do wlasnego podworka i egzotyka.Pisze z Francji.Tak tej ktora ''plonie,, czy ´´Francji juz nie ma,, jak to pisza dziennikarze czy mowia politycy nad Wisla nie majac pojecia ze zycie nad Sekwana jest bez porownania lepsze od przecietnego Kowalskiego z Polski czy Smitha z Australii... Tak. Mamy swoje problemy...ale gdzie ich nie ma? Roztrzasamy swoje zale nad filizanka espresso w tabacu z rana przed praca i po pracy... ale gwarantuje ze identyczne problemy mieli wszyscy przed nami i zapewnie beda i setki lat po nas... nie trzeba wymyslac kola na nowo. Juz dawno wymyslone... C'est la vié Pozdro z Francuskiej prowincji i excusé za brak polskiej czczionki....

[@Joey-be8eh]

The reason it’s like that in Australia, USA, Canada is essentially the base community (settled Europeans) expanded and created business to a point where they need foreign workers to fill the gaps of their businesses. So what they did was import millions of people from foreign cultures that completely fragmented the community. There will be no more golden age for a long long time in these countries. Genetic and cultural cohesion makes people feel like they’re part of one family, providing for each other and growing together. Anyway, glad you like Poland ! Find a wife and stay 👍

[@mkuc6951]

You'll see how quickly that will happen in Poland. Demographic issues here will force more migrants in to pay for the pensions.

[@AW-uf1mk]

@@mkuc6951 the future of Poland is the same as West

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

@@mkuc6951 The only difference is that the Poles want to bring in people who grew up with similar cultural values ​​as them. They are doing everything to bring in educated people from Western countries who are fed up with this hopeless Muslim multiculture. The invasion of Muslims to the West is nothing more than a hybrid war with Western culture. For example, in the UK, Muslims are already ruling and the country is beyond saving because it has been conquered. The English did it with their own hands and racist hatred for white people from Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, etc. who were from the Western cultural circle.

[@Joey-be8eh]

@@mkuc6951 it’s possible. But we don’t know what the future holds. All eyes are on Western Europe, so that makes it less likely as everyone sees what’s going on.

[@matrixmannn]

@@mkuc6951 Przestań krakać. Jak popełnimy te same błędy jak na zachodzie to tak będzie. Problem został zdiagnozowany i Polska nie popełni tego błędu. Dlaczego? Bo Polska ma inną historię i jest na innym rozwoju cywilizacyjnym. Polska nie była imperium i nie miała kolonii i nie ma kaca moralnego i nie jest tym ludziom nic winna i Polacy to wiedzą. Dlatego polityka migracyjna będzie coraz bardziej zaostrzana. Dlaczego? Po ludzie sami to wymuszą. Jesteś Polakiem to powinieneś wiedzieć jak to działa w Polsce. Nie w takiej czarnej dupie byliśmy.

[@Zalesie123]

Really awesome observations. I was thinking about such differences in the attitudes between the countries and the societies and this video actually sorted a lot of the rationale in my head : ) Especially the yearning of looking forward vs. backwards between particular societies (ofc in general). Greetings from Warsaw.

[@glenchapman3899]

What you are dealing with is nostalgia. I am 63 Sydney born and bred. In the 90-00 people pinned for the 70s. In the 70s people pinned for the 50s and 60s. Poland has so much energy right now is because they had to deal with 60 years of Communist rule. Before that the had 6 years of German occupation hospitality, and we know how well that went. So basically you have 3-4 generations of people dealing with little more than a toilet for a country. Now Poland gets to decide her fate her way..........what you see is the result of that sudden freedom.

[@eduardfastovski]

The problems I see with Australia go beyond nostalgia. I see a strong resistance or unwillingness to make changes for the good of the country.

[@frankgradus9474]

yes, autumn nostalgia is a typical mood of Poles, when nostalgia overwhelms you, the best remedy is to read Polish poetry - e.g. Władysław Broniewski's poem Listopady you can also listen to the song Remedium performed by Seweryn Krajewski/Czerwone Gitary or Maryla Rodowicz, dig it

[@frankgradus9474]

@@eduardfastovski It's because the woke has taken over and now calls the tune; in Poland it is also already influencing the mood. If you want to know more about what's happening in Australia and why, I recommend Quillette.

[@KrisRomaniuk-g3s]

I have to say that i was born in Poland live in Australia for 33 years. I left Poland because I have no job When I came here i couldn't understand or speak English but this country help me, gave me all I needed, they even pay for petrol for my car. I was on unemployment benefits for three years learning English and study. Now I can say I have seen that beautiful country. when I saw first time Sydney I had tears in my eyes It is so beautiful, and great barrier reef it was spectacular. I just come back from 4 weeks of holiday in Poland and I love it people so friendly and so clean, but Australia is in my heart I love this country and easy going people. Melbourne was voted most livable city in the world five or six times in the last few years, Sydney is in top ten. Australians are on the highest wages in the world and there is so much work. We have only 25 million people but the country is as big as whole Europe, imagine building all that long roads on a such scale. Government is spending huge amount of money on infrastructure billions of dollar are going into new metro in Sydney and Melbourne. I can travel anywhere in Victoria for $10, Melbourne transport is free. The education is one of the best in the world, people coming here just to study. The kids here have such a great opportunity. if you smart you can make killing. I hate people winging especially polish they think they know everything but they still have to learn a lot. I think this gay is not smart enough, or is missing his mommy. You have to see whole country to appreciate it. Best country in the world. If you see any Australian say hello from me I would most appreciate they are good people.

[@michadybczak4862]

In a way, years 2000-2021, so pre-COVID were the golden times for us. Low inflation, stable economy, peaceful Europe, less crisis. However, there is no way to go back, because most of the factors are outside forces, so we can only more forward.

[@bognagruba7653]

Actually people in Poland complain less and less. We look around and see, that there is no other place we would rather live. Even our weather/climate turns out to be better than elsewhere.

[@eduardfastovski]

Yes I've noticed this too. The mood is getting more positive.

[@dydko1981]

This is the motivation of complaining. Often, complaining leads to drawing conclusions. If you complain about city councilors, they will fix the road. In Poland, there are several types of complaining.

[@ayqyan8597]

We can no longer complain about the cleanliness of the streets 😂😂

[@matrixmannn]

E tam, co ty będziesz robić jak nie będziesz narzekać? Zanudzisz się na śmierć. Narzekać należy na wszystko, zawsze i wszędzie bo politycy nie mają prawa spać spokojnie. Należy ich dręczyć zawsze i wszędzie.

[@ThanteosV8]

Its interesting how you said in the end that poles are criticizing many things and if we think about it could be push to getting better, we dont like this or this, so we must improve it and luckily as you said there is this constant push forward in Poland. So critism is great if there is something good out of it long term, as opposite to criticizing, but in the end saying its fine as it is.

[@eduardfastovski]

True, this criticism can lead to positive outcomes. In Poland everyone tends to agree that things could be improved, which is my point exactly. In Australia many people will strongly deny that there is a problem.

[@Archers2005]

I'm polish who left the country at age of 18 to UK ,later on briefly to Netherlands. I did even made a quick gap to go back and live in Poland. I was planning a year but I was running away from there like I was chased by ghosts after 8 months. Now living in Sydney and only learning this culture here. I only ever liked Poland for Holidays ,everything else is bad memories.

[@sylviasz2628]

The reference to China was spot on. As a Pole living in S.Korea and having lived elsewere in Asia, the pace of change in those countries is uncomparable. Nontherless, Poland has progressed a lot, more efforts/investments are needed to speed up the progress.

[@electricink3908]

Sydney in late nineties absolutely rocked! 24/7

[@martyjedras4549]

Hey good video mate, I moved back here 4 years ago at 44 with my wife and kids, no way i was gonna being them up in Australia.

[@pawelpalucki7760]

Pozdrawiam z Trójmiasta!

[@Piotr-bh5yx]

Bardzo ciekawa opinia! Pozdrawiam ze Szczecina

[@bystander1255]

I'm Polish living in the UK. I was actually hoping that you will say something more about why you feel this way about Australia. Do you think it's possible that you have this false feeling of "the grass is greener somewhere else" and like one of your countryman said you to you, it's actually not bad there and maybe you're just unable to appreciate your country, because of your age (level of maturity) at his point of your life? I'm not trying to portray you as an ungrateful brat by this comment. I'm trying to be the devil's advocate, but mostly I'm keen to see your take on it. Maybe another video where you delve into it a bit more? All the best mate

[@eduardfastovski]

It's not just that I feel this way. You see the top comment on this video is someone who is fed up with life in Sydney. Whether reading Australian social media or talking to friends who still live there - everyone has become highly opinionated on politics, radicalized even. Australians seem angrier and more tense than ever before. I appreciate Australia in many ways - for its natural beauty, safety, clean air, and awesome food. But in some aspects, the grass truly is greener elsewhere. It's not always a false feeling. I'll explain in further videos for sure. Thanks for your comment.

[@movemelody1]

Może wam na Zachodzie po prostu za dobrze, za dużo chcecie, dlatego jesteście niezadowoleni. To nie warunki w jakich żyjecie są złe, to wy nie wiecie, czego jeszcze chcieć od życia. To nie państwo powinno się zmienić, to wy powinniście zmienić swój stosunek do rzeczywistości. Jak powiedział kiedyś J.F. Kennedy... "nie pytaj, co Ameryka zrobiła dla ciebie, zapytaj, co ty zrobiłeś dla Ameryki". Młodzi ludzie patrzą w tej chwili na życie przez pryzmat swojej wygody, przyjemności, a nie obowiązków i trudu. Kto przeszedł przez trudne czasy, potrafi się cieszyć lepszym życiem, kto w nim wyrósł, chce gwiazdki z nieba; stąd depresje, niezadowolenie. A trzeba, po prostu, mniej chcieć i nie myśleć na okrągło "ja, ja, ja", są jeszcze inne "zaimki".

[@eduardfastovski]

Niestety, czasy się zmieniły, odkąd Kennedy to powiedział. Chciałbym pracować dla dobra ogółu i rozwijać swój kraj, ale społeczeństwo nie pracuje razem w kierunku tych samych celów. Australijczycy wszystkich pokoleń są bardzo indywidualistyczni, a nasi politycy i kraj zostali i tak sprzedani zagranicznym korporacjom. Nie widzimy efektów naszej pracy i nie widzimy, że nasze podatki są dobrze wykorzystywane.

[@MaxQWERTY-d5x]

Prawie identyczne slowa wypowiedzial Hommer w starozytnej Grecji 2500 lat temu nawiazujac do przeszlosci i martwiac sie o przyszlosc... Tak wiec mowa o nostalgii i obawie o przyszlosc jest wspolna ludziom od...zawsze.

[@jacekwojkowski9446]

hello, it's interesting to hear an Australian's feelings about Poland. keep on doing it. I don't konw Australia at all because I've never been there, Looking around in Europe I can see that it's very similar to Australia's mood I mean rather sceptical mood and immigration problems only increases it. on the other hand in some post communist countries f.ex in Poland people work hardly to achive the life level similar to it in western countries.

[@woldorf5315]

I'm sure that 90' was the best times for people born in Poland between 70' and 90' even 95' - but new times, new opportunities and worries (or more correctly: every time have its own problems and opportunities) - money is not everything

[@bognagruba7653]

I'm sure you would love this stand-up comedy about Australia, performed by a Polish guy in Australia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHevdaxrgseCfJI

[@JaJebie69]

Not sure I can agree. As a whole people in Australia still have a more positive outlook than in Poland. Don't think for a second that there aren't a whole lot of people in Poland who look back to the good old days. They miss their youth more than anything. For some people life was indeed easier before the change of the system. I would imagine you probably interact mostly with young people so I can understand why you think the way you do. There is a whole lost generation of people who either weren't able to steal their own share of the pie under the old regime or became obsolete with the change of the system and are confined to working dead end jobs forever. It's mostly people in about their 60s currently so more and more are nearing retirement.

[@sebskyYyy]

u surprised me with this

[@sekritdokumint9326]

Yes. In general I as a pole can agree, just please for the love of god don't fall into the rabbithole of thinking everything's great and it can only get better, that poland is such a wonderful country, etc., because it's not. The cost of living here might be appealing to foreginers, but for us it's just as miserable as it always been, difference is that now everything's clean and we have more things to spend our money on, but in all fairness it's no different to how it was. It's a struggle for most people here to live day to day

[@EA00000]

I love Australia especially Sydney what is beautiful city with amazing weather 😊 I do understand what you are saying ? My first house I purchase in 1984 and was easy to do that Now it is impossible to do that for young people ? Even find to rent is very hard I think to move forward we have we have to seperate from UK and commonwealth and to stop paying seven governors big wages for doing nothing Republic is the future and we must decide own destiny instead follow UK

[@frankgradus9474]

If you want to know more about what's happening in Australia and why, I recommend Quillette.

[@piotrb4240]

We are certainly living the best times ever, and we don't want to stop! The highway/motorway system is now huge and better than in Western Europe, because it's simply newer. I embrace that! And I'm in my 40s! As far as consumer financial services, they're great and still improving. We love our BLIKs and Revoluts (PL is 3rd market worldwide by value, I believe), while Germans are scared of cashless and Americans use dinosaur-era cheques and think credit cards are better than debit ones. I won't even mention same-day bank transfers (or immediate if you're willing to pay more). We also love our paczkomaty, and I think Allegro is actually better than Amazon. So what can end this party, what am I afraid of? The war in the East can seriously complicate things, but it won't change the direction. No way. But the "Spanish effect" can. Spain was developing just like us until 2008, and that's when competing with lower wages, plus construction and tourism sectors, were just not enough. We need more innovative advanced products that we can sell to the world, more research, more advanced industry. "Ending up like Spain" sounds almost funny to many aspiring nations, but we'll catch up in

[@YAMIVA]

I think we are not very adaptable, but perhaps i am wrong.

[@AML-FRL]

👍👍👍👍

[@michakuzyk1863]

We are masters when it comes to complaining. But strangely we get mad when others try to criticise our country... No one is perfect. 😅

[@wieslawirzyniec4527]

Take it from a 43 year old - this is about to come.

[@matrixmannn]

To jest okropnie depresyjny okres w roku. Dlatego trzeba brać kumpli i na piwo. Trzeba bywać i mniej pracować i nie siedzieć w domu bo zwariujesz. Co do zastoju i braku perspektyw w tzw. pierwszym świecie to niestety wynika to z błędów popełnionych przez USA ale to temat na oddzielne opowiadanie i nie będę o tym pisał bo się tu zapiszę na śmierć. Niestety ale błędy hegemona przekładają się na resztę. Tak w historii było zawsze i tak jest teraz. Polska to biedny kraj na dorobku i my Polacy nie mamy czasu na sentymenty. Polska ma gównianą historię i musi nadrobić stracony czas i dlatego tak nam się śpieszy. W Polsce młodzi też nie mają łatwo ale Polacy mają jedną cechę, są bardzo rodzinni i każdy będzie pchał swoich młodych do przodu na tyle na ile może. Co do narzekania to jest to nasz sport narodowy. 😂😂Polacy narzekają, na wszystko, zawsze i wszędzie. Dlaczego? Bo to nas napędza do działania. Jak narzekasz to znaczy, że widzisz co jest źle i chcesz to naprawić albo ulepszyć, a poza tym to jest rodzaj konwersacji. Jak się zejdzie takich dwóch to mają o czym gadać, a jak sobie zespołowo ponarzekają to od razu czują się lepiej, że nie tylko oni są marudami. Każdy ma kumpla w tym nieszczęściu. 😂😂No i pewnie byśmy się zanudzili jakbyśmy nie narzekali. Narzekanie to najlepszy sposób na nawiązanie znajomości ale nie dla obcokrajowców. Ty tego nie rób bo cię zjedzą jak będziesz narzekał na Polskę. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣To jest bardzo niebezpieczne. Polacy to są diabły wcielone. Bedą się kłócić o wszystko ale jak ktoś z zewnątrz się wtrąci to się zjednoczą przeciw temu co się wtrącił. Ja to oczywiście piszę z humorem ale jak mieszkasz tu już 5 lat to wiesz jak to działa. 😂😂 No dobra, dobrego humorku życzę i do zaś. ☺☺

[@Piotr-n8s]

Actually 80ties were worse than 90ties. Martial law? Curfew? No passports, if you thought about leaving?

[@eduardfastovski]

Yes, I'm not even comparing 80's because of course it was a completely different system.

[@johngodden4363]

The fundamental problem ( housing crisis) in Australia is that in the two and a half years since the current government came into power - a country of 26 million has had over one million immigrants. That is ridiculously unsustainable! It may be understandable that many folk want to go and live there but the lack of governance is the problem! ( as an analogy- you can’t fit a square peg in a round hole! )

[@eduardfastovski]

The housing crisis has been building for over 15 years. The last 2.5 years of immigration was a final nail in the coffin - but certainly not the fundamental problem. What is truly unsustainable is to so highly incentivize being a landlord with multiple properties. Housing is no longer shelter - it is now an asset. Immigration is just used to further inflate property prices.

[@senator967]

W naszej Ojczyźnie przeszłość zawsze jest trudna. Cieszmy się tym co mamy. I wielbijmy Boga!

[@frankgradus9474]

Co do przeszłości, to trzeba o niej pamiętać i o niej uczyć w szkole, ale nie powinniśmy żyć przeszłością i wszystkiego tłumaczyć przeszłością, trzeba żyć do przodu, dla przyszłości. A co do tego żeby cieszyć się tym co mamy, łapać dzień, to pełna zgoda. Seize the day, aim high and cherish Polish poetry.

[@wiech70]

Wielbimy Boga za naszą trudną przeszłość... co za cymbał.

[@michachodkowski8499]

Tego boga to sobie w kieszen wsadz - razem z jego fantastycznymi przedstawicielami od dekad chroniacymi pedeefów...

[@senator967]

@@wiech70 Cymbale, czytaj odwrotnie, za to, że przetrwaliśmy między Niemcami a Rosją.

[@senator967]

@@frankgradus9474 Dokładnie!

[@dawidtrapp5139]

We learned our lesson of communism, while the West seems to have been seduced by the left. If they continue down this path it will not end well. I visited Australia last year and was amazed by its beauty. It's a place that can give happiness. I wish Australians to make their homeland great again.

[@eduardfastovski]

Actually I think it's the opposite. Everyone seems to view Poland as more right-wing than the west, but I think that's only in terms of family values. In other ways Poland is more socialist - Poland has free or low-cost university, better public transport, more generous parental leave, healthcare has more coverage, sport and recreation has more funding from the government. Australia is very individualistic by comparison.

[@haniap.8466]

Not sure I agree. I mean, the Economy is currently breaking everywhere, as it has been founded on the concept of everlasting growth. The generations of our parents and grandparents in the Western countries have been living prosperous lives with money printing and debts at the expense of future generations. This enormous Ponzi scheme had to collapse at some point and it is starting to happen. As Poland’s development was hampered for many years after it’s been “sold” to the soviet block, the growth explosion has occurred later in time in comparison to the Western world, but I think it’s slowly coming to an end as well. Sadly, Poland’s current economy is mainly based on foreign investments - which have gradually powered employment creation and consumption since the 90ies. Yes, we are a hard working nation but we are currently working mainly for the foreign capital - notice that sadly there are practically no world renowned brands or companies that are from Poland. I find it very unfortunate and dangerous for our economy, especially in the times of the crisis. For the last 30 years this economy model has been benefiting foreign companies in Poland on the one side - due to workforce being cheaper, and on the other side benefiting the Polish people due to the salaries boost. I lived in France and Germany after we were admitted to EU and yeah, I came back to Poland around 2013 - and it was the best time in my life for a few years - amazing relation of income to the cost of living. But this has lately changed in Poland as well, notice that the inflation in Poland since the pandemic times has been stronger than the rest of EU. The cost of housing is becoming to be pretty overwhelming as anywhere else. I currently live in western EU again - yes, there are lost of problems here and yes I miss my life in Poland from before 6-10 years ago, but sadly I would not come back again, even though sometimes I would really like to. Poland will soon face the same problems that the Western countries, it is just postponed in time. With my taxes I am still getting better public services (especially healthcare) outside of Poland, and I also really find Polish economy too much dependent on the foreign capital, which may pose problems very soon, especially in the current geopolitical setting :(

[@oto.Kielce]

[@Miron444]

Don't worry, in Poland is also a pesimistic mood since 13.10.2023

[@piotrprs572]

It is really GREAT conclusion about 'old times' in 'western countries' compare to 'move forward' in Poland. As Pole I never thinks about that in this way. 😀

[@shanekopacka2945]

Australia is way better than Poland Australia got amazing beaches weather Poland i just have what Australia got Poland dosent even come close. I live at surface paradise on the Gold Coast it’s heaven on earth plane and simple

[@olgagal8800]

👍🇦🇨💞😁

[@Sonnell]

I think you have to understand that generalising a whole nation is impossible. To say, in Poland or in eastern Europe people do not look back, they want to progress etc... or that the 90's was all bad... well at least half the population in the mentioned countries will disagree. No one, ever, anywhere can make such generalisation. Very bad thought process, sorry. Most people have different things in their heads, every human is different.

[@eduardfastovski]

Sometimes we need to generalize. With your logic we can't talk about any culture, because everyone is different. I don't think it's unreasonable to say that most people do not want to go back to times of economic crisis.

[@Sonnell]

@@eduardfastovski You said the correct answer: Sometimes. This is not a subject that belongs to the "sometimes" group in my opinion. Ask about half the people you talked about, they will disagree with your generalised opinion about them.

[@alh6255]

Exactly. Another ignoramus, who generalizes and talks nonsense about Poland, made a video? And, a propos the 90s: although marked by a sharp capitalist turn, closing or reducing socialist production giants, and high unemployment in some regions of Poland, 1990s were extremely dynamic, and not dark, although (in terms of sudden unemployment and social frustration) they reminded a bit of Great Britain in the 70s. Bat at that time Poland was developing rapidly and was full of energy. And people from regions affected by unemployment left mainly for large cities (especially to Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan), not abroad. In total, about 3 million Poles left abroad, but over the whole 35 years. The most in the years 2004-2007 (not in 90s), when the European labor market opened up to Poles and it was possible to get a job payed several times higher than in Poland at that time - but also the cost of living in Poland was several times lower. This difference meant that most Polish emigrants of that time returned after a few years, when they had quickly saved up money to buy a house in Poland or to start a business in Poland. But saying that Poles left in the 90s to work abroad, that everyone did it is pointless. It was only a small percentage of society, the rest worked in the country and developed it. And the changes in the 90s, even before joining the European Union, were clearly enormous, and what's more, everything changed literally from month to month. It was an extraordinary and very interesting time, full of hope.

[@alh6255]

@@eduardfastovski You know very little about Poland, and even less about the 90s or the current housing crisis in Poland, which is overwhelming. You're talking nonsense. Instead you generalize and what's more, you tell stereotypes, which do not really fit any country of post-communist Europe.

[@alh6255]

After all, in Poland, especially in cities, there is a huge housing shortage and young people, if they do not earn two average national wages, have no chance of their own apartment (even rented). So do not tell fairy tales about Poland, because you will only make young Poles laugh. And the 90s were not a "dark period" in Poland. It was not Russia, you silly boy. On the contrary, these were exceptionally dynamic times, although marked by considerable unemployment in some regions. And do not lie, that everyone left Poland to work abroad. On the contrary, no more than a total of 2-3 million people left Poland over 35 years, mainly from the areas most affected by unemployment. The rest (over 38 million people) just built their country and its current prosperity....

[@eduardfastovski]

I don't think you realize how bad the housing shortage is in Australia right now. Renting in Poland is still quite easy from my perspective. I don't need to compete with 100 other people for the same apartment. I don't need to provide the landlord with my private info like rental history or my salary. This is how it is in Australia. Did I say anything about Poles leaving to work abroad? I didn't talk about that at all. Indeed, they built up the country and it's very impressive to see.

[@ayqyan8597]

"young people, if they do not earn twice as much as the national average, have no chance of getting their own apartment", i.e. a young person must earn about 4 000 dollars - PLN 16000 to pay off the installment of PLN 3,000 of a mortgage loan? or rent an apartment? do you live in Moscow?

[@lefranklin7092]

Buddy, chack your maths. Polish minimum wage is +/- 4000 zloty = 1000 USD. so twice that much makes it 8000. If the rent is in fact 3000 złoty as you yourself said then yeah you would need twice that much to live a decent life... Think before you write something please

[@ayqyan8597]

@@lefranklin7092 writes "if they don't earn two national average wages" it's not minimum wage, buddy

[@lefranklin7092]

@@ayqyan8597 hmm, in this case it is the OP that made the mistake. When talking about minimum wage his argument would make perfect sense. Now it doesnt. i misread the op, apparently

[@socjolog90]

Co do Australii to już jako późny nastolatek na początku 2010 uważałem ją za raj. Ekstremalnie małe zaludnienie przy olbrzymich pieknych terenach, bogaty kraj z w miarę nowoczesnym społeczeństwem. Od 2017 roku bardzo zawiodłem się na Australijczykach, poniewaz od nastoletniego chłopca walczę o prawa człowieka, szczególnie osób urodzonych niehetero. Wyniki referendum w sprawie podstawowych praw człowieka małżeństw jednopłciowych mnie przybiły. Tylko nieco ponad 61% poparło równość małżeńską, mimo, że Australia jest określania jako 'nowoczesny' i 'demokratyczny', a nawet gĺeboko zdekularyzowany kraj. Zresztą sam pomysł, żeby uzależnić podstawowe prawa człowieka od referendum wydaje mi się idiotyczny. Dodatkowo czytalem, że Australia ma ogromny problem z narkomaństwem. Co drugi obywatel kiedykolwiek próbował marihuany. U nas w Polsce to znacznie rzadsza skrajnosć. Niestety Tusk, terlecki, trzaskowski mieli przeszłość narkomańską. Ja nienawidzę zła I krzywdzenia niewinnych.

[@GluonToo]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bystander1255]

Troche za bardzo emocjonalnie

[@chrisgrys3641]

@Socjolog90 O 61% za dużo.Poszukaj sobie kanału gdzie nadają w twoim stylu.

[@wieslawirzyniec4527]

Now imagine moving from Poland to Switzerland. Now the Swiss still use fax machines and if you want to improve something you hear 'feck off back to your country' i dropped you a PM on insta

[@eduardfastovski]

There are a lot of similarities between Switzerland and Australia.

[@wieslawirzyniec4527]

@@eduardfastovski what are those? definitely not fax or banking... for context - my gf is Australian. I speak fluent German. The Swiss (at least some of them) actually differentiate between 'Eidgenosse' (been here since the dinosaurs) and regular Swiss. So there's that. Not to mention open xenophobia (try being an immigrant in Switzerland - been living here for 4 years now). So i am actually curious about the similarities that are on your mind.

[@eduardfastovski]

@@wieslawirzyniec4527 I think the xenophobia you mention might be similar. Outside of Sydney and Melbourne, most Australians do not like foreigners. They will mock foreign accents or names, or assume a person is stupid just because they have an accent. Is it like this in Switzerland? Because they are both considered the best countries in the world (by stats and rankings), there is a superiority complex and gatekeeping. Both countries are also blessed by nature and geography, and I'm sure this affects the economy and culture in similar ways. On the positive side, both are very safe, orderly, clean, and beautiful.

[@chrisgrys3641]

Not many similarities at all Disagree

[@marek7641]

Lack of ☪️ancer helps a lot as we can see and compare to any country with Islam

[@mikerobinson388]

Poland. If you look at the history of Poland as a whole, this people has been under constant oppression for 4 centuries. The first two centuries were self-oppression, 70% of the population were serfs, in fact incapacitated slaves of their masters, then comes the century of partitions, the nation is conquered and denationalized by the partitioners, and finally the 20th century communism, thus political persecution and disenfranchisement. So for the last 30 years, this was the only opportunity when they as a nation had the time and space to grow, and grow they do.

[@antekp2965]

3:25 yet fertility rate is plummeting. It has never been worse in our history

[@alh6255]

As for the percentage of new births, it was just as bad in the past in Poland - namely in the last year of World War II and the first year after the war

[@AW-uf1mk]

Feminism is mostly to blame

[@frankgradus9474]

it's true, it's on the cards we will soon have vanished into thin air; a question is, will the Polish mood, spirit, vibe and soul survive with no Poles around? "w tych okolicznościach przyrody, i niepowtarzalnych", I read and cherish Polish poetry to keep my spirits up.

[@antekp2965]

when it comes to the quality of culture: music, film, theater plays, most Poles want to return to the times of communism. it's worth distinguishing

[@senq87]

No we don't want that. where did you get that opinion?

[@antekp2965]

@senq87 ile ty masz lat, 37? Oczywiście, że filmy i seriale z PRL były lepsze. Wystarczy zobaczyć oceny na filmwebie. A może wolisz rap, disco-polo i Dawida Podsiadło od polskiej muzyki z lat 80? Odklejeniec

[@senq87]

@@antekp2965 może to ty jesteś odklejeńcem? Są rzeczy które były dobre. Ale nie wiem czy zdajesz sobie sprawę, że teraz jest dużo większy wybór. I istnieje coś więcej niż Dawid Podsiadło. Ale do tego trzeba trochę interesować się światem.

[@antekp2965]

@@senq87 są rzeczy, które były dobre :) to banał, że wybór jest większy, ale to nie świadczy o wyższym poziomie naszej kultury, a systemie kapitalistycznym bazującym na konsumpcji chłamu i lepszej technologii. jeszcze napisz, że powieści są lepsze, bo każdy może je pisać i publikować w internecie, a rocznie wydaje się dużo więcej pozycji. to absurd.

[@senq87]

@@antekp2965 nie potrafisz prowadzić prostej rozmowy bez agresji a chcesz dyskutować o kulturze.