Comments by "" (@badluck5647) on "POLAND: from COMMUNISM to CAPITALISM in just a few WEEKS - VisualPolitik EN" video.

  1.  @blase777  30 years is a short period of time, so the amount of progress such a poor country made in such a short period of time is what is surprising. Instead if being so defensive, take it as a compliment that he was surprised by the impressive amount of development in only a few decades.
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  2. It would be interesting to compare those who did the transition to capitalism well like Poland and those like who did it poorly like Russia.
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  3.  @Feffdc  EU is an organization designed to promote free trade among members. This is a capitalist organization that Poland is a part of.
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  4. Can you blame them? Poland suffered under the Soviet Union, and now Russian voters keep electing a former-KGB agent who talks of reviving Russian glory as he invades his neighbors.
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  5. That is only a recent development.
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  6. So why does the UK want to get rid of them? I remember pro-Brexit groups complaining about EU rules forcing them to take Polish immigrants. Is it simply xenophobia or something more complex?
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  7. Under communism, the economy never got high enough to dip.
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  8.  @theshadowman1398  That is just silly. It would be like Saddam Hussein saying Kuwait is the warmonger.
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  9. There is no shortage of Trump news online. The the appeal of this channel is that they cover topics you rarely hear about in the news.
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  10.  @ch36799  I have feelings you are Polish equivalent of a MAGA red hat in America. There is no point in me having a debate with someone who lives in an alternative reality where every action is justified as long as you convince yourself the opposition are evil conspirators.
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  11.  @ch36799  So far. Every autocrat silences the judicial branch first, so there is no check on their ability to jail the opposition or silence the press. Putin and Erodgan removed judicial independence first. Later, they moved onto jailing journalists and the opposition who no longer legal resource to fight trump-up charges. You can see why other democracies worry about Poland's leadership removing any opposition from the courts and replacing then with yes-men. It is the first step of democratic decline.
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  12.  @ch36799  Turkey has a opposition parties in parliament too, but you don't seem to see them as a functioning Democracy.
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  13. The trolls and bots aren't going to like this...
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  14. Vampires?
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  15.  @SparrowNoblePoland  I agree, but the value of the common market can't be ignored.
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  16.  @ch36799  For now. However, Poland is taking the same steps as Erdogan and Putin to remove the opposition and eliminate checks on power.
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  17. He is Blazing.
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  18.  @ΣτέφανοςΔημόπουλος-η7τ  It's all relative. Everyone had growing pains, but Poland is way better off.
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  19.  @SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1  Erodgan was popularly elected in Turkey. Putin was popularly elected in Russia. Hitler was popularly elected in Germany. Democracy fails when the people vote for autocratics who begin to dismantle any checks on the leaders' power.
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  20.  @ch36799  Putin, Erodgan, and Maduro were all fairly erected at one point. Once in power, they ignored the rule of law and purged the judicial branch anyone who would rubber stamp their actions. PiS is doing the same thing.
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  21.  @ch36799  Poland haters? I'm an American with whose great grandparents were Polish. Poland is fascinated country that resisted both the Nazi's and Soviets. They are also one of America's few reliable NATO allies. However, none of that excuses the PiS's power grab and erosion of the rule of law. Plus, if 80% of Poland agree with the ruling party, then they should amend the constitution legally instead of ignoring the law when it benefits those in power. America has the name same judicial system since the 18th century, so I'm not sure why that means one should ignore the judicial branch.
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  22. https://youtu.be/tAoQfdAQUKY
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  23. The only difference between socialism and communism is how they come to power. Marx's communism demanded a violent overthrow of the capitalist system, because Marx believed the Socialist Democrats had to compromise too much with the opposition to get socialist policies in place.
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  24. Russia says the same thing about themselves. Maybe ya'll aren't that different.
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  25. And back to capitalism over a few decades
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