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Re:Poland's economic experiment based on Thomas Piketty by nkkollaw on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @07:45PM (#16643612)
Would you compare the change from being part of the USSR to a republic to a change of government from Monarchy to republic? I think you just start over.

I'm not Polish so I don't know the situation exactly, but it's also been 30 years. I live in Poland and I see nothing even remotely resembling communism (besides the ugly Soviet buildings they haven't demolished yet). I think the government is using this as a scapegoat to push their agenda, but that's just an impression.

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Re:Poland's economic experiment based on Thomas Piketty by classicsnoot on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @09:14PM (#16644525)
Poland was a part of the Eastern Bloc, not the USSR.

It is incredibly naive to think that a regime change somehow means all of the social and status networks just magically change. That is as silly as believing that a change in President == a change in bureaucracy.

I dream of living in Poland, or Czechia, someday. I know it isn't perfect, but it seems honest.

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