Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Poland's Plan to Become a Military Superpower Explained" video.
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Poland doesn't have the economic power to become a military superpower, nor does it have a big enough population to back the economy.
Poland can be a military power, no doubt about it, but superpower is a bit far-fetched.
To be a power in this world, 3 things are needed, 1 is a strong economy, 2 is a big population to back up that economy and 3 is being a modern country with high skill sets, the EU and US have that, China is quickly getting there, Poland on its own will never get there because it doesn't have a big enough population to have a big enough economy which is needed to be a superpower militarily.
Even in the case of the EU, it's got the economic power, population and modern high skill set population, but the biggest weakness of the EU is not having a single voice in many areas unlike the US, basically, if the EU members got closer together in many areas like the military, they could become a major military power on the world stage.
Poland has a few problems on why it can't be a military superpower, it's got a declining population, it's a developing country that's playing catchup to modern countries and having a small and declining population, they likely don't have the skill sets in many areas to become a military superpower.
I mean seriously, the likes of Germany, France, the UK can't become a military superpower, and they are all in a better position to be one than Poland is.
The US is one, the EU could become one, so can China, there are others like India that could become one someday and maybe the odd other few countries if they got their act together.
As for Poland, thier best chance of being a military superpower is by pooling resources with other EU members and having it done through the EU, something I suspect other EU members will do, especially western ones, but I don't see Poland being part of that, not under the current government anyway.
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What's laughable is that I don't think any EU country on its own can be a superpower, whether that be economic, political or military.
The EU is there for a reason, so these European countries can compete better with the likes of the US and China.
In other words, the EU is already a superpower in economic terms, but it's not in military terms because it's fragmented, but it could become a military superpower if they got together and pool resources, but on their own, the best they can hope for is modest military status and to be blunt about this, the western EU countries can't become a military superpower, never mind the eastern ones which are weaker economically.
Seriously, this channel is getting a bit deluded on all this superpower status, when the truth is, to be a superpower, you need a big economy with a big population, Poland doesn't qualify on either, unless it's willing to spend more than it can afford, in other words, putting its people out, which probably won't go down well with the people.
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@tomaszfalkowski7508 I think many are deluding themselves, yes Poland can be a military power if they spend enough on it, but no way can it become a military superpower, it just doesn't have the economy and population size to make that happen.
It can be a modest military power at best and even if Poland had the wealth of western European countries, it can only be a modest military power unless it's willing to put its people out by spending way more on the military then its economy can handle, in other words, the Polish people start to suffer for it.
Seriously, let's get back down to earth and look at what makes a power, which at the core is the economy, population size and skill set, so the superpower term is a crazy term to use on Poland when it just doesn't have the economic and population muscle of a real superpower like the US, the only ones that do are the EU and China.
Heck even a country like Germany, which are in a much better position than Poland to be a military power, can't become a military superpower, so let's get back down to earth shall we? lol.
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Depends on how much they are willing to put the people out, taxes are taxes at the end of the day, if more is going on the military, less is likely going on public services and other benefits for the people.
4-5% spending on the military might look good to the outsider but that will only hurt the Polish population, more so because Poland is a declining population so getting less taxes.
Heck, even the US puts its people out and at least with them, they are rich and not going too crazy on the military spending for its size.
Personally, Poland would achieve more as well as other EU countries if they pool a lot more military resources together, not only would the military be a lot more power, the likes of Poland wouldn't need to spend 4-5% out of fear of Russia, after all, Russia is highly unlikely to attack an EU, Nato country as it is, and they sure won't if EU countries pool resources together.
Spending 4-5% on the military is just paranoia in that they don't think the EU or NATO would protect them if Russia were to attack, which the EU and NATO would protect them, after all, if they didn't, it would devalue both organisations a lot, so both would likely have no choice but to step in, hence the paranoia going on in Poland, but still, it's their money, they can spend it how they want, but it's got to be hurting the overall population, after all, it's taxpayers money, and going from 2% to 5% is a lot of money that could be used on many social programs.
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@michaelgoetze2103 Power is always with the economy, the bigger that is, the more power you have because the economy runs everything, with that you can direct resources towards the military, high-tech innovation or whatever you want.
Germany is the big power in Europe because of its economy and population size, the US is a superpower because it's the only modern country with a population that is far bigger than any other modern country.
Economy and population size is what dictates power in this world.
But in the case of the EU, they could become a military superpower if EU members pool resources together, so in some sense, Poland could become a military superpower, but only through the EU, but on their own, there is little to no chance that Poland can become a millinery superpower, it just doesn't have the economy and population size to back that up, unless it wants to bankrupt it's self like the Soviet did during the Cold War, which I highly doubt would go down well with the Polish people as a lot of resources would need to be diverted towards the military, in other words, the Polish people would suffer for it.
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