@aspeed56155571@SergioCharlton@JohannaNyman5 Who was in prision? Who was repressed? Nobody sane ever advocated for friendship with Russia, we know exactly what it means - poverty and misery.
@_opcode@BrianMcDonaldIE@samboedenmannDC I don't think it's a powerhouse; I just know how insanely our quality of life improved since we ditched the Soviets. There is no comparison. If not for that communist period, Poland would be even better off today. Btw, today Poland has net positive immigration so quit lying.
@_opcode@BrianMcDonaldIE@samboedenmannDC Either you are retarded or you're a commie, which is even worse than retarded. In 1970' you had to wait in queues for one hour to buy butter. Chronic shortages, empty shelves in shops. Quality of life was abysmal. It's like compraing heaven to hell. NOBODY misses it.
@_opcode@BrianMcDonaldIE@samboedenmannDC No country is perfect but that fact is Poland's nominal GDP has grown from $67 billion in 1989 to over $1.1 trillion (approx. $1.04 to $1.1T), representing a roughly 15- to 17-fold increase (or about a 220% growth in real terms) over the past 35 years. Will you deny it too?
@_opcode@BrianMcDonaldIE@samboedenmannDC Lmao you can lie all you want. Poland was the only EU country to avoid a recession during the 2008 global financial crisis. It transformed from an impoverished, post-communist state in 1989 into a high-income, developed market economy. All thanks to cutting Russia off.
@_opcode@BrianMcDonaldIE@samboedenmannDC What? Poland’s model has been a massive success, vastly outperforming countries like Russia in economic growth and quality of life. The decline in fertility rate is a standard global trend that directly follows rising wealthand higher standards of living across developed nations.
@BrianMcDonaldIE@samboedenmannDC Ukraine's biggest mistake was balancing between Russia and Europe for 25 years. If they had gone full anti-Soviet Baltic-style, today it would be a successful country. They still have issues with Russian-style corruption and a lot of homo sovieticus.