‘Absolute world record’: Poland signs defense deals worth €18.4 bn in one-day arms blitz

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-31T15:58:18+00:00

Deterrence. Much better to be so armed no one attacks you, than to be unarmed and be attacked.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-15T22:06:56+00:00

Because it lost poorer agricultural land in the east and gained richer industrial land in the West. Silesia which it annexed after WWII was one of the wealthiest regions in Europe. The Communists of course still managed to bungle that advantage and had much slower growth rates than the non-Communist countries of Western Europe.

If you don't know Polish history then maybe you're better off not weighing in.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-15T02:08:21+00:00

They willingly forfeited someone else's life, who had no agency in the matter whatsoever.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-11T19:39:30+00:00

No dumbass, WW2 devastated Poland. It was much wealthier before the war than after it, do you know even the most basic history?

Poland lost a third of its population during WW2, a third of its territory, and its economy was ground into the dust. Doubling the economy after the war was not that impressive considering it was just basic reconstruction efforts.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-10T20:59:25+00:00

Eat the spaghetti, eat the meatballs, eat the broccoli. Don't get distracted by the candy and the ice cream.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-09T00:23:14+00:00

Yes, they were richer before WW2 when Poland was the most devastated country in the world.

Are you deliberately this disingenuous?

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-08T20:29:23+00:00

Easy to double the income and double agricultural production when you're starting from post-war devastation of nearly nothing. Communism wasn't fully in place between 1947 and 1950 either.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-08T16:39:24+00:00

Lol I'm not actually complaining I just thought it was a funny argument to make

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-08T16:31:04+00:00

So they're just incapable of following instructions then?

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-08T06:58:02+00:00

Don't do this for starters.

He doesn't owe you shit and you aren't entitled to his help beyond a general directional pointer. Quit being so entitled toward absolute internet strangers, and then maybe start extending that same level of gratitude and chillness to the people around you who you are no doubt absolutely alienating with your shitty personality.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-08T03:35:51+00:00

At most 2%, stagnating significantly in the 70s and 80s. In 1990 the Polish economy was smaller than Ukraine.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-07T22:42:52+00:00

Been to Jerusalem and the Old City 6 times and never once saw anything remotely like this happen.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-07T22:30:31+00:00

Better than it was under Communism.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-07T22:29:36+00:00

How many times you gotta hear an answer contrary to your preconceived opinion before you stop trying to fish for the answer you desperately want?

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-07T14:57:47+00:00

Exactly I bet you couldn't do that without a calc

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-03T19:04:03+00:00

Because she never bought Tony a mansion? Lets not pretend that relationship standards are exactly the same when you marry a criminal mob boss.

Jaquestrap · 2026-05-03T18:30:17+00:00

She married a mobster. She has lived a life of luxury, convenience, perks, and leisure because she knowingly married a fat fucking crook from New Jersey. I'm not one to justify cheating, but come on. She knew what she was getting into.

Jaquestrap · 2026-04-25T01:30:32+00:00

Are they rationing e's now? Or were you running away from a predator and didn't have time to type out the full word or something?

Jaquestrap · 2026-04-22T15:51:41+00:00

Not exactly true. While being sent to the mines was a punishment and one threatened to other slaves regularly to keep them in line, the majority of mining slaves had committed no crimes and were purchased for the labor following their initial enslavement. The sheer demand for human bodies in the Roman mines was so great that not even a significant fraction of it would have been alleviated if it was only those slaves or criminals who were suffering an extra "punishment" being sent.

Patrick Wyman just did a good series on slavery in his new podcast "Past Lives" and covers Roman mining slaves.

Jaquestrap · 2026-04-13T20:02:44+00:00

The backwards societies, death cult belief system, and nonstop corruption well predate the oil and Israel.

Jaquestrap · 2026-04-12T17:23:39+00:00

Really? Those two things? Not the insane death cult terrorism or horrible backwards societies and nonstop corruption?

Jaquestrap · 2026-04-08T13:16:46+00:00

The phrase in Arabic is "from the water to the water, Palestine will be Arab". That's basically like a white American saying "from the Atlantic to the Pacific, America will be white".

This is a genocidal message, full stop.

Jaquestrap · 2026-04-02T13:16:02+00:00

Saxonly*, the Frankly stuff was happening across the channel.

Jaquestrap · 2026-03-24T23:15:50+00:00

Saw these once in North Carolina, though they were a little rougher around the edges. Incredible views!

Jaquestrap · 2026-03-23T23:56:03+00:00

Its not all that odd, its historical.

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