Rob Reacts to... Is Poland Becoming a Major European Superpower?

Is the next major superpower of Europe going to be Poland?
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[@RobReacts1]

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[@supreme3376]

how do you wants spends money does does not exist

[@Random-z-AoCeka]

well our goverment still sucks

[@tommyradko1563]

I'm Polish who immigrated to UK in 2004. I see Poland growth and UK's decline throughout those years.

[@RobReacts1]

Just from visiting Poland since 2012 I can certainly agree with you

[@Jan-eh7nf]

untill untill... nie zapominaj kolego.."...kiedy Anglia jest silna? Kiedy wszyscy dookoła są słabi." Anglosasi sponsorowali potop szwedzki, anglosasi sponsorowali rozbiory RZECZPOSPOLITEJ (nieoficjalny IV zaborca), anglosasi sponsorowali wszystkie powstania niepodległościowe POLAKÓW, KTÓRE zawsze cofały naszą sytuację na dziesięciolecia i tworzyły olbrzymie represje, morderstwa i zesłania przez zaborcze szmaty. ANGLOSASI SPONSOROWALI Piłsudskiego, który chciał wywołać rewolucję PRZED pierwszą w.ś. a która pogrzebałaby nasz byt na zawsze, też zasponsorowali jego przewrót w 1926r., by nas "DOBRZE" ustawić, zapewnić pomoc, a potem sprzedać w '39 itd.... Anglia zrobi WSZYSTKO, byśmy nie byli mocniejszym krajem od nich. Mieszkam 20 lay=t w UK, pracuję tylko z nimi i znam ich mentalność.

[@RobReacts1]

@@Jan-eh7nf I would say that everything you talked about was... Well a long time before I was born and not exactly in recent memory.

[@tonylitwinowicz7497]

What education??? Have you heard about such terms like "budget deficit" and GDP??? Gierek's Poland looked impressive at the begining...:)

[@bystander1255]

@@RobReacts1 I've been living in UK for fifteen years now, and I think that it's gotten worse too. BUT situations like that bring a sense of necessity for improvent within the society and create the oppotunity and the right envitroment for new leaders to emerge. That feeling has been exactly what's driving Poland's improvement. All this is a difficult and dangerous time for a nation, and It will get even more difficult before it gets better. All the best for you guys, you can do it.

[@Pawel.K86]

Poland normally returns to its place. After more than 100 years of pause for war.

[@sharqi4758]

Patrząc na całą historię Polski nasz kraj ma tak duży potencjał jak swego czasu Chiny. Niestety przez to, że dotyka nas, tak samo jak reszta świata, niż demograficzny, powinniśmy się spodziewać w niedalekiej przyszłości wielkich przemian systemu, które już się rozpoczęły. Chodzi mi o mechanizm emerytur. Albo będziemy dłużej pracować, albo zrezygnujemy z ZUSu na rzecz innego, nowego rozwiązania. Jeśli mamy dalej rosnąć, to musimy zrezygnować z socjali, albo wymyśleć takie, które będą stymulowały rynek, dzięki którym ludziom będzie się w życiu chciało i będą się mniej stresować, a bardziej cieszyć się życiem, co spowoduje większą chęć do tworzenia rodzin. Tak samo z przedsiębiorstwami. Potrzebujemy mniej regulacji względem naszych rodzimych biznesów. Jeśli chcemy rozwoju, to musi oddać rynkowi co jego. Niektóre regulacje, na przykład anty-monopolistyczne, są dobre, ale we wszystkim trzeba mieć umiar.

[@PrimalAspid96]

@@sharqi4758 Jeśli Polacy masowo zaczną wyjeżdżać z kraju(a to się dzieje) z pisem i platformą na czele partii politycznych w Polsce, będziemy prędzej ściągać całą azję do Polski przez następne 20 lat jak tak dalej pójdzie i będą u nas zamieszki i niepokoje społeczne na tle narodowościowym. Nasza populacja jest w miarę stabilna tylko daltego że ściągamy do siebie miliony obcokrajowców, to czy są tej samej kultury słowiańskiej, czy też nie tego nie zmienia. Nasz kraj znajdzie się w tym samym położeniu co Wielka Brytania za kilka dekad.

[@nillnick5798]

After 85 years. You and Germany attacked Czechoslovakia in 1938

[@PrimalAspid96]

​@@nillnick5798 Czechoslovakia had an agreement with Poland to split the region accordingly, when the soviets invaded into polish territory they stole the region regardless of the agreement with majority of Poles inside the territory. even on wikipedia about zaolzie it shows clearly majority of Poles living there. We simply got back on them for that you ignorant. When czechoslovakia invaded people died, when we demanded our lands bacl to protect polish population from third reich influence not a single shot was fired. Rich of you to say what we did wrong, your ancestors didn't even wanted to bomb railways into death camps(american jews didn't care either) or if you're from europe, they created german influenced governments cooperating with them. Italy and French governments were leaving their jewish citizens to die. Only countries who didn't send them were for example Bulgary. Polish underground state was sentencing death to anyone cooperating with germans against both polish and jewish populations but why would you know this information you genius from abroad?

[@Pawel.K86]

@@nillnick5798 It was the biggest mistake, but the case was very complicated. However, it is worth reading a history book or several books and finding out what it was like.

[@747jaro]

I'm polish and i moved to uk in 2005 Last year i visit me home town in Poland I can't even recognise this city any more... Everything is different, modern and well organised

[@RobReacts1]

Thats so good to hear!

[@harrymandel]

hahaha...you said " ...me home... " ;)

[@aw2584]

​@@harrymandel uhh... so? Its pretty common to say it that way in the northern parts of Britain...

[@invisiblehandofadamsmith]

Thank you Poland from 🇬🇧 for your support to Ukraine

[@tonylitwinowicz7497]

Thanks for nothing! Wasted money on most corrupt country in the world! Nazi Ukraine kaput! When are you going to destroy bandera's statutes???

[@fircykfircyk488]

And vice versa :)

[@smiteriuszryceriusz1258]

fuck ukraine bitch

[@fircykfircyk488]

@@smiteriuszryceriusz1258 idi na chuj kacapie

[@jannowak2352]

We Polish people don`t support Ukraine, becouse Ukrainian anationalists called "UPA" m@rd@red 500 thousands of Poles at the begining of 2nd WW at "WOLYN" and now our presidend literatly disarmed us giving away all our tanks to Ukrain, so we don`t helping them, we destroyed ourselves.

[@julitajulita7075]

A lot of random Poles nowadays earn lot more than random Greeks, Spanish or even Italians.

[@frixz5489]

Thank you for your interest in Poland! I wish the UK to find a solution to its current economic difficulties. The better European countries are doing, the better it is for us as a continent. In today's world, European countries must cooperate, because separately we are not a significant force.

[@RobReacts1]

Blame the Tories for our current awful situation

[@andyfr4072]

Hej guys history begins earlier then before 2nd WW. That’s great that poland regain its position in Europe this can bring stability but it must be very strong otherwise they will be again invaded

[@supercarfanatic2078]

The headquarters of the NATO force command will be located in Poland. The USA, through the hard work of the Polish government, decided to transfer the main command of NATO forces to Poland. A period begins when Germany and France play a smaller and smaller role in the command of Europe. An alliance cannot be led by someone who is a coward, bribed by Putin, thinking only about his own country instead of the security of the alliance, just like the Germans, who think only about their own business, and as Boris Johnsoniuk once said that Macron and scholz were waiting for the Russians to capture Kiev, that's why they didn't even want to send bulletproof vests and helmets because they hoped the Kremlin would install a puppet government in Kiev still Germany and France would do business with Russia

[@silversurfer8278]

SCF, you make some pretty glib comments there about Germany & France, and as a Brit, from long experience, I would not take anything that Boris Johnson said to be necessarily reliable or accurate. I think that the biggest issues here were (a) that until a few weeks before Russia's invasion, the governments of the West just did not believe that Putin would do it, and (b) then, too late, realising the size of the Russian forces amassed against Ukraine, it was hard to believe that they could survive the initial attack. Okay, we all grossly underestimated the courage, determination and professionalism of the Ukrainian forces and people, and the courage and charisma of their leader Zelenskyy; and we did not expect the initial Russian invasion to be so incompetent and badly organised. Since that time - and whatever apparent public stance the German and French leadership took - in the background, both countries have been doing an enormous amount financially, militarily and by hosting refugees, to help Ukraine. Germany also had to be very careful not to play into Putin's "Nazis in Ukraine" mythology, and we should be sensitive to that concern. That said, NATO is now awake and fully appreciates that this invasion of Ukraine was likely a longer-term stepping stone towards the conquest or subjugation of much of the former USSR. After Ukraine and Moldova (which we saw was also in Putin's plans, as shown publicly by Lukashenko) in a few years the Baltic States and Poland would have been next in line to be attacked. Germany and France however, are NOT on the front line. The decision to relocate European NATO headquarters into Poland not only aids military support to Ukraine to defend itself against Putin's invasion, but it also puts a clear marker in the sand that, if Putin starts doing anything aggressive to Poland, he will be countered by the full NATO alliance. In that sense, it should be a great deterrent. Frankly, the West has to galvanise all of its forces, not just militarily, but also to fight the creeping corruption of some of our media channels and social media content, and those related channels in Africa, parts of South America and parts of Asia-Pacific, by Russian money as part of Putin's grand plan to globally undermine the Democracies with a sea of disinformation. Example: Why is the Fox "News" (I interpret the term "News" with the same fiction as that channel does) so pro-Russian? I cannot understand that, unless there is some convoluted route by which Russian FSB funding flows into Fox and Rupert Murdoch's empire. We really need to unravel and expose these links, as I am sure that our intelligence services are actively doing.

[@andreasm.4516]

Thats it!

[@ipodman1910]

Hopefully!

[@jenniferharrison8915]

True! 👍

[@krzysztofj.7884]

So Macierewicz can break in in the middle of the night?

[@jerryorange6983]

Poland is booming because it's not governed by billionaires. Child benefit is now higher than this one in the UK + school bonus, Pensionners get bonuses like 13th pension payment. Street are clean and so on. It's amazing waht you can do to the country if you don't vote like Billionaires want. It's a pity that people vote like Daily Mail tell them.

[@RobReacts1]

Trust me I know the pain. People voting for the tories who look after their billionaire and millionaire friends is beyond me!

[@jerryorange6983]

@@RobReacts1 Yes, those billionaires are like cancer, sucking the money abroad, keeping it in tax heavens making the whole nation poor. And we pay for the whole infrastructure - roads, police which they use to make their profits.

[@PppZzz-zj8bp]

No offence mate but your nation clearly deserves it. Sorry for such comment but thats true. I know there are decent ppl here but you are minority . I’m living in this s…. Hole 15 years . Can’t wait when I get back to Pl Me and my wife . We are highly skilled.( working in finance) . Just gathering cash so we can come back and live from house renting. It’s fine until I won’t open my mouth and they notice my accent. So sorry to tell you but I can’t wait till your children will emigrate and they will suffer how we did . And trust me 90 % that been in Uk think in same way . I ve been called Polish vermin , been told to come back to own country few times . That’s called Karma and when whole world notice how weak you became your country will suffer even more than now. Ireland , India etc they just waiting to stick a knife in your back for stealing , raping enslaving . Bad times for uk comming. Even USA president hates you and he isnt hiding it even . In 10 years I think Uk will be most hated in world. Just look at British museum . Most things are stolen from other countries. I’m just laughing now when suddenly loads of brits are so pro Polish . We do remember times before brexit and we won’t forget about it. Well anyway you have a bigger issue like France . 1 million net migration a year from non European countries. Ppl with different mentality. They don’t care about human life . And who’s mayor of London or Pm . I tell you a story from my wifes friend. She got a daughter. 8 year old and she was arguing with other kid ( Asian ) in school . Next day he brought knife to school . I wonder who taught him this . Who gave him this example. So now imagine in bigger cities like Nottingham / Bradford/ / Peterborough and few more . locals are minority now . Funniest thing that most won’t be even able to run as I only meet 4 brits in my life that knewed different language than English.

[@MrAwg77]

Actually, if you compare purchasing power parity (PPP), Poland has already surpassed Portugal.

[@Robert-cs1rk]

@@basilmagnanimous7011 No , Poland will never reach Germany because we don't have enough population to do that.

[@Robert-cs1rk]

@@basilmagnanimous7011 It has and unfortunately we won't.

[@1ramyus]

@@Robert-cs1rk No doubt Poland will be able to exceed Germany's GDP per capita within the next decade. Same as many other countries did. If only Poland will be able to keep its current pacing of development.

[@booboss]

Saw today few of your videos. You are very pleasent person to listen to. Greets from Poland.

[@RobReacts1]

Thank you so much! Very kind words. I try to learn through doing these reactions. I really do love poland and have been 4 times now. I thought it was time I really learnt about your beautiful country :) Make sure you check out our Vlogs from Poland on our Vlog channel. Hopefully you will enjoy them and spread the word :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIKvlod7jN17nZY

[@booboss]

@@RobReacts1 Will definatelly do 😀 Thank you for reply!

[@krystleklearcentral]

I wonder though, that with all this foreign investment may have a negative impact too. Poland's leaders have obviously been making really smart decisions regarding how they spend their money, but with all the defence contractors and multi-nationals tech companies etc, it may lead to more lobbyists pressuring the leaders to make bad decisions. They need to be careful of that anyway.

[@Psychonauta]

Yeah as a pole i agree but we have a good example with that korean as 21 ifv from SK. Borsuk with unmanned turret set a bar so high that polish army and gov dont want any of that fancy ifv cause they cant compete with it.

[@kazepl8988]

Many citizens of Western countries do not realize that their economic success comes at the cost of people's lives in other countries. For me, as a Pole, it is important that Poland develops, but not at the expense of others. Unfortunately, not everyone thinks so. As evidenced by the business with the criminal Putin. That's why I don't wish anyone bad and I would like people in Western Europe to think the same, instead of being ignorant and hypocritical towards others. Don't look down on Poles and others. They too have a right to live. I know that everything changes and new generations look at it differently. But I repeat, it is impossible to build common European security without a fair division. It cannot be that some in Europe will live in prosperity and others in poverty. I know it's just a dream, because unfortunately, people are angry and constantly compete with each other. Anyway, my country has been destroyed and rebuilt over and over again for generations. That is why it deserves to finally be able to develop stably and that is what it wants for its compatriots. That's all. Thank you my friend for the materials and for such kind words about my country. I hope that over time everything will normalize and that Europe will develop in the right direction. This is what I wish for you and everyone. Regards. 😉

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

I too wouldn't consider economic growth as Poland overtaking (gasp!) countries in Western Europe. It's more like Polish economy is plus minus equalising with the average EU economy. It's the shared market after all. Poland is going to kick some big butts in the future, I hope. Greetings 🇱🇻

[@janhusar9105]

​@@EeeEee-bm5gx We will do it with pleasure Austria.

[@Aszniko]

That guy in the video forgot to say how much Poland send to the EU budget. He forgot to mention, that every projects made by that money had to be done by a company's which belongs to other country than Poland. Also forgot to mention, that because of being a member of EU Poland do not recieve anymore a tax for incoming goods in to Poland. Not saying all of that is kinda not fair cuz it looks like the country got something for free what isn't true.

[@ejoynet]

Polish Army may be the super power among the Euripean countries because they already have equipped with much modern arms, ex : K2 Black Panther tanks K9 Thunder and Chunmoo multi missile systerm etc.. from Korea.

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

It was going to be from Germany, but they dragged their feet a bit too much. So now it's Korea 💪 I do hope Germany gets their collective head straight. It would be much easier to achieve everything good if Poland and Germany could agree on stuff.

[@misiat.6460]

​​@@EeeEee-bm5gx I doubt Poland and Germany will see eye to eye ever. Germany view us as a potential threat hence it puts a lot of effort to keep Poland down.

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

@@misiat.6460 That is a very silly situation. It's neither in Germany's interest, nor in Poland's interest to bicker too much. The only beneficiary of serious issues between Germany and Poland will be Russia. That said, Germany, it seems, has unresolved issues in regards to Russian influence. I cannot work out wtf exactly. But there is always something that doesn't get said out loud in the news 😑

[@misiat.6460]

@@EeeEee-bm5gx Oh really? However it is not stupid of germany to destabilize Poland during this time? Even more German efforts in this direction have intensified. How about not that long ago germany among other states were breaking sanctions regarding sell of military components to russia?

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

@@misiat.6460 Oh, please, calm down.

[@notallieberry]

I’m in Poland right now . I have one week left to spend with my fam here before I go back to Canada . I’m so proud of Poland !!!

[@AlexAndra-kf5sd]

Poland and Poles are AWESOME!

[@RobReacts1]

I agree!

[@kanapkuba4072]

​@@RobReacts1 thanks 😊 Greetings from Poland 😊

[@jenniferharrison8915]

Poland has always been a super power, they went from strength to strength, while some of their neighbours quake and falter! 🤗 Very lucky for Ukraine, Poles are such successful survivors! Epic people, I just hope some of Australia's Polish nationals don't now decide to move home! 😰 🇵🇱🫂🇺🇦👍

[@jakubdudek2403]

Viewer from Poland. Great Channel, hope you have good memories from Euro 2012 ;)

[@RobReacts1]

Haha don't bring back things like that! 😂

[@robertkukuczka9469]

Greetings from a Pole serving ín Hungary.

[@Valtellino]

As European, I will feel safer. The poles are badasses 💪🏽

[@mariostepien4526]

pierdol sie cwelu !!!!!

[@tomkusz3741]

what is " badass " ?

[@Valtellino]

@@tomkusz3741 mean “ tough” in slang

[@tomkusz3741]

@@Valtellino Thanks Val ! Good to know ,,,,lol

[@lehcyfer]

@@tomkusz3741 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHKqlHefZamFqrc

[@tomaszfalkowski7508]

Poland's average household will economically catch-up with the UK in terms of GDP per person by the end of this decade by 2030. This shouldn’t be a surprise: the country is set to catch up economically with the UK and other Western countries by the end of the decade. Warsaw, in particular, has developed good economic policies that have made Poland an economic success story and has become a hub of economic activity in recent years, with multinational companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia attracted by the educated workforce, and relatively low cost of living and labour costs. Poland deserves to become Europe's next economic and military power not only for its hard work in developing it's growing economy but also given its history.

[@PaganPolska]

Lol as a Polish gamer I admit Cyberpunk 2077 was not our proudest moment. My apologies to anybody who pre-ordered it.

[@RobReacts1]

Haha I got a free version 😉 it was a decent game bar the bugs

[@PaganPolska]

@@RobReacts1 Well at least you enjoyed it lol. They have added some patches though. So it's a little better now but I still feel bad for those we did let down.

[@Sloum44]

Thank you Rob for kkind words about us. Hope UK will progress too as, I think, we still have the closest approach to many things comparing other Western countries. I wish UK had abandoned EU - thanks to you together we could counterbalance Ger&Fra more evffectively. All the best to you! And you should DEFINITELY visit Lublin (city on East) :) !!!

[@pawelgoliatowski6148]

Only Poland was attacked by three countries in 1939, which the average person from the west simply does not know about ... September 1, 1939 Poland was attacked by Germany and Slovakia, and on September 17, 1939 by Russia ... If France and Great Britain had fulfilled their aid to Poland, probably there would be no WWII That is why now Poland is creating the most powerful land army in Europe, because even though it is in NATO, it has already lost confidence in international pacts on mutual military assistance. You can count ???? Count on yourself.....

[@jacekchmielewski6372]

The main reason is entrepreneurship and something called kombinatorstwo in a positive sense of the meaning of the word. Ie figuring out things! Add a very strong and educated population and diaspora.

[@michalredzko4626]

Rob, the thing with zapiekankas and staff like this is that they are usually more expensive in tourist locations like Krakow where it is all about draining as much money as possible from tourists' pockets. If you go to a less popular place these things will cost you 10-12 zlotys. Inflation, on the other hand, is a serious issue here, too - it is over 35% in the last 2 years. Regards, Michal from Lublin, Poland.

[@RobReacts1]

Yea I hear you. As we were filming on our trip this time to krakow, we sort of had to visit the main spot.

[@Sloum44]

Lublin my lovely city I was born !! Greetings to Michal ! Rob you should definitely visit Lublin !

[@RobReacts1]

@@Sloum44 I feel bad as I have never heard of Lublin. Whats good to see and do there? :)

[@Sloum44]

@@RobReacts1 Lublin is the biggest city on the east of Poland with long and interesting history reaching back beginnig of 14th century. It's ca 350 ths inhabitants. Lovely Old City! Maybe you want to see some films of tourists visiting Lublin on YT - and if you like it and want to visit it, I personally guide you, that's promise :)!

[@RobReacts1]

@@Sloum44 We will have to look for a weekend in the summer!

[@arkadiuszchlebowicz9504]

Hi Rob, you are right. Poland has potential. I'm pretty sure we will surpass Spain because of a lot of advantages and work's ethic. Regarding UK, it might happen because of Brexit. We are doing a lot of things which were behind of UK's success in last 30 years, but your country gave up and has made step back. I hope we will learn from history and will not forget why we are successful.

[@bartoszjankowiak3157]

I am very happy to see Poland growing economically. But I know as well it's easier to grow rapidly in the initial and middle part of a country's development than sustaining that growth at a later stage. Countries which grow just 1% per year, but do it for over 20-30 years are to me the ones to look at and learn from. Poland still will be growing rapidly for some time as there are still plenty of capacity in our economy but we will hit the ceiling at some point, and this moment will prove how economically mature we are as a nation.

[@janhusar9105]

Poland has been developing continuously for 30 years... and it is more than 1%.

[@kml8732]

1:30 Between Russia and Germany, not Russia and Western Europe. ;)

[@malgorzatamichalska]

You have to remember that in 2004 thousands of Poles came to the UK and while working their backsides off - they sent money to their families in Poland. As for the highly skilled workforce - Universities in Poland have less "modern" students who spend more time being offended by everything and everyone than studying. Plus - free higher education .

[@lordraf5255]

Rob. You are the MAN mate! I have always enjoyed your content. Thanks again!

[@RobReacts1]

Thanks buddy

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

I see all the buildings and I can feel the sore backs. Looks great.

[@irektoporski820]

Watching this as a pole who spend 16 yrs in UK and to me its immpresive, but all changes comes with some cost.Greatings all

[@krzysztofd9164]

Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

[@RobReacts1]

Hey buddy :)

[@adames9862]

Rob thank You for Your warm words about my Country. See You in Poland again in Kraków all the best to You !

[@RobReacts1]

Cheers buddy

[@janjanczyk1326]

The last British break out in technology was Sinclair ZX Spectrum

[@RobReacts1]

haha you are probably right mate! Looks like Poland is the place to be if you want a tech job! :)

[@cieslik7564]

Yes it was my first computer in early 80' .

[@zbijacz07muly]

Dayson vacumes

[@bullet1544]

Mój pierwszy komputer.

[@peceed]

What about ARM microprocessors?

[@izabellakaliszka4804]

We had our own FSO, one of car manufacture, but now we have only production for other brands

[@prof.2248]

Jeremy Clarkson chooses Poland as best place to hypothetically move in. The main reason for such a rapid GDP growth are people with higher education. Before 2040 (10-15 years) Poland should have a higher GDP per capita than Great Britain - source International Monetary Fund.

[@prawnikprobudex2333]

Poland is becoming save country.

[@tomaszfalkowski7508]

Poland has been well on its way to becoming a new military and economic power over the last 15 years but only recently started to be recognized for its success. George Friedman has made several predictions over the last 15 years about Poland becoming Europe's biggest military and economic power.

[@tonylitwinowicz7497]

haha...PIS government wasted 50 billion dollars on Nazi Ukraine and bringing millions of ukks to Poland! Polish military does not exist...most of the equipment given to Ukraine! Budget deficit is horrible...trying survive on borrowed money...Friedman did not know these facts...:) Are there many such idiots in polin???

[@kazjj7018]

Nonsense. Yes Friedman did predict this but it was conditionally. Until 5-6 years ago none of the conditions were made due to post soviet and than pro German governments. Basics of Friedman prediction was Poland politically free from both Russian and German influences. Our previous government pushed poland into 99% economic an politic dependence from Germany Russia pact where Poland supposed to be nothing but cheap labor hub.

[@tonylitwinowicz7497]

@@kazjj7018 You are right! Poland is now banana republic ruled by USrael!

[@kazjj7018]

@@tonylitwinowicz7497 geez 🙄 people like you still exist. Either you don’t understand what I said or you are troll. Poland is now great country with huge potential. people that says things like you can f. Themselves. You are disgraceful b..

[@tonylitwinowicz7497]

@@kazjj7018 Another idiot...calling me stupid you will not make yourself smart...:)

[@dzejrid]

9:30 -no, TLDR probably used stock footage they had access to. Vauxhall brand is only available in UK and frankly I have never heard about it until I visited UK several years ago. And when I first saw them I was wondering, what is that strange brand symbol on British Opels. Because everywhere else on the continent it's known as Opel and its German-made. Same car, except in the UK they are branded as Vauxhalls. In Poland we mostly produce Opels, Volkswagens, Fiats and Kias. There are other bands but those are the majority.

[@RobReacts1]

Yea it's Opel everywhere else other than the UK. How odd

[@dzejrid]

@@RobReacts1 I guess you guys are attached to your domestic brand names, even if they are taken over by foreign companies. Take Walkers-brand crisps. They are known as Lay's everywhere else and it belongs to PepsiCo. Same shit, different brand name. Even the packaging is identical save for a product logo. Except only you guys have the most amazing flavour, salt and vinegar, which I fell in love with during my stay. And I've been sorely missing that for a decade now, because you can't get it outside of UK.

[@PawelGonera]

Not quite. I'm living in Gliwice and I saw the same cars with Opel and Vauxhall badges leaving the factory

[@budus2]

Opel is also made in Poland. The same factory also makes Vauxhalls for the UK market.

[@jajajejehjune4301]

Rob you should definitely also visit Poznań and Wrocław. They are both beautiull cities, and it is saying guy who was born in Warsaw 🙂

[@RobReacts1]

haha yes plenty of places to visit!

[@RomaInvicta202]

Poland's GDP per capita in 2021 was 18k and UK's 46k - I wouldn't be talking about overtaking quite yet I'm happy Poland's doing well though and hope that will continue

[@kozu-Ra]

One can argue, that we also pay to EU. Tbh this eu way of distribution helped a lot to spend it well.

[@Antares-mo6xh]

Cyberpunk, witcher, dying light, and many other main-stream video games are from Poland. Actually There is propably no large IT Company without a squadron of poles working in it xD And why cyberpunk is disaster? Im just curious. I know it Has many bugs and could be better, but all of The games have it. I enjoyed this game A lot.

[@Antares-mo6xh]

Apple is half Polish as well I would say because one of The Company founders was from Poland xD

[@Antares-mo6xh]

Oil and gas refineries and lamps comes from Poland, graphene, kevlar suits and bullet-proof materials, First Personal computer was also Polish. It was called K-202 and was made by Polish engineer Jacek Karpiński in 1970-73, but as you know, Poland was occupied by USSR and government destroyed Karpiński's life and his Little company, just because kremlin did not want any polish thing in their world.

[@RobReacts1]

I actually enjoyed it on PC even with bugs. Think the bugs were horrendous on consoles. Unfortunately, the game was a disaster and really was an example of a game that was published before it was actually ready

[@gus2619]

@@RobReacts1 Yes it was a disaster on the release day but now it's really good. Also over 18 millions copies has been sold until April 14th 2022 and now it's probably lot more so they definietly made a lot of money

[@hudorhas4387]

Cyberpunk is great example what happens when business guys don't care about dev team opinion, they were informing supervisors that game is not ready for the release but money is money.

[@aleksanderherzig7610]

I do feel that one thing must be said... Poland was never a Soviet state. We were never part of the Soviet Union. Polish People's Republic was a part of the Warsaw Pact and it was not the same to be specific.

[@MrQuebe]

It was time when me and my Family was in UK (lorry Driver and programmer) when you decide leave EU, you guys forgot why you exit and how bad it was made but all through I think it was a good idea just made in most lame way. EU that time was insisting to take tremendous amounts of migrants to the United Kingdom and you said NO just like Poland. I still love UK hope to go back on trip some day 😊 Hi 👋 with love from Poland 🇵🇱

[@RobReacts1]

I think Brexit is a disaster!

[@ipodman1910]

@@RobReacts1 you’re miataking Brexit with COVID lockdowns and their effects

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

I'm from Latvia. At the time I thought that British exit from EU was in their heart of hearts done to stem the crazy immigration. But after the shitshow that was the French and German initial response to the invasion of Ukraine, I start to think that there were some additional reasons.

[@MrQuebe]

@@RobReacts1 It was but because it was made poorly and main face of brexit just jumped out of the plane ✈️ Although now none tell you what to do and how. Keep your independence and values instead of short EU benefits

[@marianodrobinski584]

Rob after watching this segment I begun to wander when you are moving to live in Poland, I can recommend Krakow and surrounding towns a specially Ojcow a small town north of Krakow Ojcow means in english fathers, really beautiful place

[@RobReacts1]

Haha although I dont mind the cold, I would need a little more warmth. Although I do love Poland and plan on visiting more this year!

[@marianodrobinski584]

@@RobReacts1 Hi Rob, if you are going to visit Krakow this year I strongly suggest to go and visit those places I mentioned,it just 10 Milles from Krakow, have you seen a rock called Hercules Clubb it is in that area?

[@kamilosowski3889]

Cyberpunk was an awesome game! Just released.... A bit too early :) they did not want to move the release date again and what came out of it was.... well a beta version at most. After first big patch it got awesome tho and we always cherish youtube compilations of the most ridiculous bugs I have ever seen xD

[@RobReacts1]

I agree, I enjoyed it on PC! But realised with too many bugs

[@Aszniko]

Check it now or with new dlc.

[@BunialskiTrip]

Cheers from Kraków!

[@PierreDolniety]

Yes

[@PostNutClarity102]

It collapsed in 89 not 99

[@blueeyes8131]

Economic boom but minimum wage .. is so far from minimum wage in Europe

[@robertserafin571]

W Radomiu zapiekanka 10zloty)

[@karczameczka]

Pewnie kupił na rynku w Krakowie Xd

[@jacekchmielewski6372]

There is absolutely no unemployment in Poland. Likely will stay that way for next 15-20 years

[@sawalechii686]

Second w/w was a Poland have 15 milions victims,not 5.....

[@maksiu11]

0:50 if Rob decides to keep his face on any area of the screen of great interest- yes-, we can count on him- he's picking the crucial one. just lol/.

[@hajden123player]

4:56 wath did u exspeckt is 22% inflation rn

[@mariuszgaszczak5134]

Thank You Im Polishe ❤️

[@benzetable]

Poland was never part of USSR! 🤭 My British friends....😂

[@apexboi2606]

Honestly I moved from poland 13 years ago to look for work, if I wouldn't have son in uk school I would love to go back

[@aleksanderkuncwicz7277]

Poland needs to work and build its military.

[@RoozyyK]

4:50 the thing is not only about inflation but also many places and buisnesses are taking advantage of being placed in popular tourist areas.... the same "zapiekanka" can cost you 10 zl 2 streets away only because the place is less populated with tourists.

[@RobReacts1]

Yea maybe we should have looked a couple of streets away! :D

[@damian1690]

"Is Vauxhall Polish" - you would know that it is German, if only UK would use original names of products, instead of being "special/original" and have to name it on their own. I don't really understand how does it work, because companies spend huge amounts of money for promotion worldwide, only to create customer awareness, globally. But no, in UK there are no Lays, who everybody, everywhere in the world knows, you need to have Walkers. You do not have Open, you need to have Vauxhall, etc, etc. There is no car manufacturer owned by Poland, we only manufacture them for other countries, like Germany or Italy, and its definitely not Vauxhalls, but Opels - TLDR used this image just so Brits could understand it...

[@janpieprzycki6032]

6:10 it make my day

[@Pawel__M]

The history of Poland didn't start in 1939 or 1989.and I see lots of weird stereotypes about Poland in this video. For example, Poland used to be an agricultural superpower, but it was a few centuries ago, long before the industrial revolution, when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (consisting of what is now Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, some 90% of Ukraine, a part of present-day Russia etc. ) was the main exporter of grain etc for all European markets. Nowadays, however, agriculture contributes only 2% to Poland'd GDP, while the vast part of our GDP (57%) comes from the service sector, and the share of manufacturing/industry is 28%. Or: in 1930's, when Poland was still recovering from the huge losses suffered during WW1, it was on the same level of economic development as, say, Spain. And we didn't have a chance to recover after WW2, when the Soviet Union ruined and controlled over all aspects of Poland's public life, including economy and culture; for example, they didn't allow Poland to accept funds under the American Economic Recovery Act (aka Marshall Plan), but they "kindly allowed us" to spend billions of dollars/pounds/ zlotys/'rubbles'/whatever every year to build and maintain the second-largest army in what was called the Eastern Block, so that one day the Soviet Empire could expand to the whole world. Etc. Now, when Poland is again part of the Western world (yes - if you call us Eastern Europe, we will probably think that you are either ignorant or arrogant :D ), it is only natural that some day we will exceed countries like the UK. Provided that we don't give in to some dictator (like Adolf Putin) or his populist puppets (like our local version of Nigel Farage or Donald Trump xD),. As to Poland being "cheap", think of 2 islands: the currency on Island A is Blue Seashell, while on Island B it's Yellow Seashell. On both islands, the average salary is 7,000 seashells per month, and the same amount of seashells is needed to achieve the same standard of living. The problem (from the point of view of people living on Island B) is the exchange rate is 1 green seashell = 5 yellow seashells...

[@Opsytron]

Don't forget many Poles build UK economy as well ... including myself

[@UnderTheBanner]

When?

[@michalats2881]

2:30 - mistake should be 1989 not 1999

[@marcinswitaj7185]

I live in London for 6 years. That was nice exprience.Then In 2016 i was back to Poland. For mamy Polish now its not good to emigrantów to UK for economical reason. Well for holiday way not to see old good London.

[@pisowiec]

Thank you for this excellent info about my country...I lived 6 years in the UK and I feel sorry for what is happening there now 😢

[@RobReacts1]

Oh its a mess over here!

[@piotrjamroz8874]

Title of this video is hilarious 😂😂😂. Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

[@RobReacts1]

The video makes a good point though :D

[@gabrielbakalarz5722]

Hundreds videos with that title on KZbin these days. I wonder why? Has anyone has any plans towards Poland?

[@hilltroneye]

Hi and hello everyone! Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱 . #LordWelder

[@krzysztofj.7884]

Next time you are in Kraków, ping me.

[@RobReacts1]

I must really visit other parts of Poland haha

[@Eshelion]

Most of the price jump you've mentioned is caused by Russian invasion resulting in (mainly, but no only) fuel prices going higher, which made everything more expensive (cause everything need to be transported, duh, + most of electricity and heating comes from fossil fuels in Poland further increasing prices in services sector); covid-related problems added it part too. Therefore this rise of prices isn't the sign of country economic growth, quite the opposite (inflation over 3-4% is bad in general, as it means money isn't worth much, especially if you want to import something).

[@ms1435]

Nie inwazją a rozdawnictwem socjali przez pisiorów

[@lemonid]

Yeah, I’d say our awful government’s terrible policy of giving away money to people who sit on the dole just to buy their votes had had much more to do with it than Putin’s invasion.

[@zawiszaczarny7876]

Idk what are you mean about Cyberpunk, true console release was absolute crap. But the PC version is a masterpiece.

[@RobReacts1]

I had the pc version. Was a fairly decent game despite the bugs 😂

[@prodbyguac]

react to ipntv: unconquered cheers!

[@rawenragnars4631]

FAKT.12 MLN 650 TYS..PEOPLE..NO 3..5 MLN!!!

[@tomaszogrodowczyk7398]

Poland was not a part of USSR.... And definitely not in late 90' :D we change from comunism in 1989 to democracy. We were uder inflance of Ussr but a part of it.

[@saintsone7877]

@Julia Poland Yes, I am from the west but believe Poland resisted as long as 1968 before USSR agreed it would not become a Republic of USSR and simply remain a Warsaw Pact member.

[@seramot]

POLISH WORLD AEROBATISTIC CHAMPION - ŁUKASZ CZEPIELA - WE FLY UP TO 18G! He landed the plane at Dubai Heli Tower on Burj Al Arab on the landing wheel with a diameter of 27 m. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eF7Fo6ChZtqUZ8k

[@apocalipticapolska2840]

1 H work Yuu pay for dinner and You know how Good dinner You take in Polish restaurant :)

[@antekp2965]

this is the reference point for entire Polish economy : Polish newsreeel from January 1945 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZfJlotngMytfac

[@petermiller1050]

Hi your people did this... I will send you a link about Polish people

[@Bedziesz_Pan_Zadowolony]

Poland has not been a member of soviet union

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

I wouldn't consider it as Poland overtaking (gasp!) countries in Western Europe. It's more like Polish economy is plus minus equalising with the average EU economy. It's the shared market after all.

[@matmaj81]

Poland looks good from the outside :D. Country is beautifull and have some history to it. Unfortunately life quality is falling down for an average person (I think that this affects many countries, but cant speak for all).

[@dorotamaty888]

You right, it is spreading all over.

[@kobalt7893]

Fun thing is yes... everything is becoming more and more expensive... but our pay for working stay at same damn level... for families with lover dudgets its really really hard...

[@maksiu11]

7:08 speaking of Poland just absorbing EU money without actual info on how much it puts into EU budget it misleads the audience. please don't do that. net value is significant by nowhere near these numbers.. how about we take a look how much uk received from eu? or spain? italy? eu becomes charity org.. wow

[@blueeyes8131]

They shoult to have own car’s company .. if they thinking growing up in economy

[@robertmadea9229]

This looks a bit worse in reality. Anybody working for example in UK often was unemployed in Poland. So real unemployment is much bigger than media show. Steady economic growth at least for one decade will create more jobs for emigrants. But world crisis reduce export.

[@broesilov]

What people forget the richer Poland becomes the higher their salaries will become and then their economic growth will decline to average EU growth.

[@kamilkrawczyk120]

AK

[@michalzdr4835]

Poland never was In CCCP it was under it influence, when will You learn... EH. It was in the Warsaw pact but not in CCCP. Take this example: Turkey, its Not in European Union but its in NATO

[@maciejtomkiewicz6733]

If it n’takes that? Metallica & „Doesn’nt Matttern!!!”

[@MrBean1410]

Poland newer was in the soviet union

[@robbas_krk1510]

Poland regained sovereignty, not independence (Poland has never been a part of the USSR). It took place in late 80s (1989), not in late 90s. In late 90s Poland became a NATO member (1999) 👌🏻

[@saintsone7877]

Last Russian soldier left Polish territory in 1993. 1989 was when the wall came down not when Poland regained sovereignty

[@robbas_krk1510]

@@saintsone7877 Nope. Poland regained sovereignty first, when Lech Walesa & Solidarity started it all (February-June, 1989). Then the wall came down (November 1989). Russian units that were leaving Poland till 1993 have nothing to do with it, cos that was an entirely political decision between Poland and the USSR (with the US’s support in the shadow). Technically it took a few years to plan and execute the Soviet Army’s withdrawal from the territory of Poland.

[@saintsone7877]

@@robbas_krk1510 Thankyou Robbas_krk. I always thought that Soviet Union did not collapse until after the wall came down. You learn something new every day. Cheers and have a good day/evening.

[@robbas_krk1510]

@@saintsone7877 The Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991. However, Poland had never been a part of the Soviet Union. East Germany either. The same with Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Romania, Hungary etc. These were independent states.

[@janhusar9105]

​@@robbas_krk1510 East Germany was occupied by the USSR. It was a rather specific exception

[@Sandro_de_Vega]

Cyberpunk fail for lots of reasons but... devs never before make such a game. They make witcher. And third witcher game to this day is used as expample for almost perfect action rpg game.

[@robertkukuczka9469]

They want to make Poland to become the mai ami of attack. This is a tricky game.