I have some hopes for Gen Z.

I'm Polish so none of these classifications actually apply to me... Different demographic, economic and cultural circumstances...

They are as much cancer politically as Millennials, right now, but as they get older, they tend to get less lefty.

You Polish also have your generational divide.

ofc we do

but they're not the same

Right.

I'd say many of the Polish who now have kids still understand shortage a lot better than Americans.

Americans of the same generation.

80-90s kids in Polan are rly tough, self made men kind of punks

At least they don't all swallow the lefty shit.

I appreciate that about Poles.

cause they grew up with rampant, deregulated capitalism

Germans actually tend to be more cancer.

Ah, yes, Capitalism is what hurt Poland.

Sure.

😂

Germans are a nation of zealots - whatever idea the authority figure preaches they are going to follow to the "t" and never hesitate about calling you literally evil if you oppose it...

I never said capitalism hurt polan

Yes, but I think Europeans tend to be more conformist.

Germans take the cake, though.

It's fucking stupid how conforming they are at times.

They will wait at a red traffic light for hours, even with zero cars going.

Polaks are rather rowdy... We don't rly like authority very much...

It's just a small example, but it does showcase a more general pattern.

Das a German thing ye

French don't do that

Even British are not that uptight.

But Britain surprisingly went more Orwellian in some regards than Germany.

That kind of amazes me.

Maybe they felt like they were missing out, never having had a proper fascist dictatorship.

It's FOMO. I heard of that.

So they want to make up for it now.

I'd say they are doing pretty well.

Our national mythology revolves around a particular (over romanticized) interpretation of the Commonwealth and the nobility's vast freedoms. Unlike with most W Europeans Polish republicanism is not one of rejection of the aristocracy but of the expansion of its privileges to the population as a whole (on a narrative level).

Are you saying you all want to be KANGZ?

No, we want to be Hetmans

and shiiiit

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1112150202104930307?s=19

why doesn't that embed?

now i have to click on that shit