13 Ways Poland Is BETTER Than America
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- In this video, we dive into 13 fascinating aspects where Poland outshines the USA.
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I am from Poland
Great video
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^ can't get more straight forward without bs than that... ; )
Uważam, że Azjaci to bardzo porządni ludzie. W Polsce jest mnóstwo Azjatów i mają bardzo dobrą reputację. Przyjechali tu w latach 90 i dorabiali się od zera jak Polacy. Dziś to ludzie sukcesu. Do tego spokojni, grzeczni, pracowici. Przy całym bezpieczeństwie w Polsce nie słyszałem, że ani jednym przypadku, żeby Azjata coś ukradł, upił się, pobił kogoś, albo okradł. Bardzo grzeczni ludzie.
Przyslowiowa grzecznosc Azjatow jest traktowana w niektorych krajach jako slabosc my jeszcze potrafim docenic dobre wychowanie. Odnosnie pracowitosci mamy takie powiedzenie "Sadzisz ze zrobiles cos dobrze? Zawsze znajdzie sie Azjata,ktory zrobi to lepiej". :)
Poza tym, wielu Azjatów, którzy mieszkają w Polsce od dziecka to tzw. Banany żółci na zewnątrz ale biali w środku.
porzadnie to oni trafkę umią uhodować :D
pierwsi Azjaci zaczęli tu przyjezdzac w 13 wieku 😅
@@AD-gl2bl Umią,rozumią.. szkola sie przypomina. Jeszcze jest "przyszlem ,poszlem"
We like Asians in Poland. Hard working, self disciplined, polite people, long-term acheivers. There is a lot we can learn fron them. They set good examples and contribute a lot.
But we don't like communists, so Chinese (aka people from county China) are not welcome
Well.. depends wich Asians...
@@wiciuwiciu2783 East Asians. NOT Middle-East
@@wiciuwiciu2783 East Asians, South East Asians, South Asians, Central Asians, North Asians(Siberians), West Asians(Israeli, Saudi, Lebanese) which one?
@@hank4920 Non-communist ones ;)
Funnily enough, the US had good looking architecture and dense walkable urbanism, but in the 1950s they said nah screw that and tore it all down to accommodate cars
Lobbism and corporationism does that to a country
They even had pretty impressive projects for public transportation, like vast tram network in SF if I remember correctly, but it all went poof with few brib.. I mean successful lobbying attempts from automotive industry.
There was inspiration from German Autobahn and President Eisenhower wanting to improve infrastructure. You do have a point that US is overly car and airplane heavy when Europe has found balance with walking and trains as supplement.
@@weirdo1060 President Eisenhower was a very wise man (read his farewell address). Unfortunately nobody listened to Him and America degenerated to its present version.
And what is wrong with that?
Live outside big city is a nightmare without a car, even in Europe lol
As a Pole I can confirm that Asians are more then welcome here. Interesting foreign culture combined with hard work and not causing troubles is a dream combo. I notice a lot of Koreans coming to Poland in recent years to study and work. Sadly I cant say the same positive things about people coming from other parts of the world than Asia. There are still not that many of them but we can already feel the tension on the streets and how our cities becoming less and less safe. Wonder why.
As a black American, I share your sentiment entirely. I recently watched a video of your PM and was wishing we had this mindset in America. Genuine racism I will never support, but not allowing people into your country that won't or can't appreciate and respect your country, it's history and culture ,..I rally behind you all day, every day. If someone doesn't like what you are, they can go someplace else. Yes, there is ( A LOT) of complexity involved to be sure; and EVERY country or region or village wrestles with the push-and-pull of ongoing change. Poland certainly has for centuries! But there are also those clear and obvious examples of those that are a detriment and lack respect.
@@tracyshannon1795Thank you for understanding this worldview and not calling it racism mediately. Thank you.
South Korea has many 24/7 unmanned self serve stores. This means there are NO clerks working there and you walk in and get food or other products and pay. It is based on the honor system. What other country would stores like this work other than in S. Korea and Japan? I praise Poland for standing up and not taking in "migrants" from Africa and Muslim countries. Please keep your country safe especially for your women.
the nation that is most frequently commiting crimes in Poland is Georgia (number of instances per capita) and if I am not mistaken Georgia is part of Asia, so what other part of the world are you talking about?
I mean it was a Vietnamese guy who started something that can be now called a massive instant noodle empire, importing a lot and I mean a lot of different types of Asian spices, quick dishes and whatnot.
Man after watching so many videos you made on Poland I can see clear progression of yours, you are slowly but surely understanding why we are who we are and how we act in certain situations. Knowing a bit of Polish history is also a BIG BIG plus for you.
Poland used to be dangerous. Especially in he 90s and early 2000s. Things have changed recently a lot. When it comes to rasism it is never serious. I have a black American friend. We always have those rase based jokes: "what because I am black?" - "what because I am white?". Because we don't rake personal roasts seriously, the same is with race. It doesn't matter who is what race, it what person he or she is.
Crime has evolved into less violent crimes 😂
True, Poland was VERY different country before we joined EU.
Yep.
About racism we're racist AF, but only to the ones that cannot behave and socialize.
Similiar to Japan 🤔
However you can even be green and with four tits. No one would care, as long as your honest working and geniuine person.
when I lived in Poland under the Soviet's regime we were used to tell this joke: A foreigner asks a Pole, why did you say that you wish for China to invade Poland? A Pole replied: because they would have to march through Russia.
Twice going in and out of poland
Oh I know the wish fish version haha!
I got better one.
A German, a Russian, and a Pole go fishing. They catch a golden fish that grants three wishes, and they decide to share them - one wish for each of them.
The German says, "Golden fish, I wish for a big wall around my country so that no immigrant can get through." The fish grants the wish.
The Russian says, "Golden fish, I wish for a big wall around my country so that no one can get out." The fish grants this wish as well.
The Pole then asks, "Golden fish, I have a question. Are those walls completely sealed?"
The fish replies, "YES!"
The Pole says, "Then flood it all with water."
@@jarosawmasowski3170I heard different version
Pole, German and Russian caught a golden fish.
German says he wishes that all Germans would come back to the fatherland.
Russian doesn't think much and he says the same, that he wishes that all Russians go back to motherland and live their lives.
Pole doesn't say a world so the fish ask; "what about you? What to you want?"
"Now? Nothing."
Historically, Poland used to be a go to place for immigrants from all over Europe just as the USA is today, a true melting pot from the medieval times onwards. They spoke different languages and observed various religions. What united them back then were the common values, ideals, tolerance, and adhering to the rule of law. There are still villages in Eastern Poland where Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims live together and the villagers abstain from work on each other's religious holidays out of respect for their neighbours.
Czyli pracują dwa, trzy, czy cztery dni w tygodniu? To i tak mało. Ja tak bardzo szanuję pracę, że w ogóle powstrzymuję się od niej, z szacunku do niej.
Przestań pierdolić wszystko to co było złego w Polsce to było związane z tym ze te wszystkie ludy zamieszkujące polske nie czuło się Polakami niemcy Żydzi rusini i później ukraincy nienawidzili polski i polakow tylko 10% Żydów w Polsce mówilo po polsku ty to nazywasz współżyciem? Żydzi w Polsce kolaborowali z każdym najeźdźcą i Polacy po 1 wojnie powiedzieli im nie tym razem mosze i juz niechcieli Żydów w Polsce mówiących nam jak ma być w Polsce gość to gość a nie ze oni chcieli byc gospodarzem.
Polish Tatars which live here for about 600 years.
Sadly ethnic purges and deportations by many occupants destroyed that...
The other nations just blended in 😮
i don't think that we are all nationalistic, just patriotic because we also have respect for other countries and its people
Niestety jest też sporo osób (zazwyczaj dzieci i wnuki komunistów), którzy są kosmopolitami, a Polskę mają znacznie po niżej serca...😮💨
@@PanProperNiestety. Brak dekomunizacji odbija nam sie do teraz.
its a common misconception that being a nationalist = being against the other cultures. There is another word for that which is a xenophobia and that isn't the same as being a nationalist.
@@exclibrionThis. I am after Political Studies and there is a lot of moments when people use Nationalism as equivalence of N**ism or Xenophobia. And that annoys the hell out of me.
Haiti is the best example 😊
Poles complain a lot, but it's a good strategy. E.g. We complained a lot about bad roads. The government had enough of this and improved the condition of the roads. We don't have to complain about the roads anymore.
now we complain more about other drivers on those roads 😂
to fix something you first have to see that it's broken
Yes, I always see our complaining as a way to demand progress. We're not the only ones to complain. Many Western Europeans do, too. That's because when you complain you demand change. When you feel you have no influence over anything there's no sense to complain.
That's the last thing the government would take into consideration.
We complain about healthcare for decades. Can you see a similar improvement as it was in the case of roads? No? There's your answer - your complaining has nothing to do with government actions.
@@impliedfacepalm8769 but it has a lot with all election propaganda and promises 😂 and anti-campaign against their opponents
Speaking of foreign powers that invaded Poland in the past, you forgot to mention Sweden. Their repetitive invasions between 1655 and 1708 were marked by epic destruction, plunder and robbery. The 1st State (the Polish-Lithuanian I Rzeczpospolita) never fully recovered after all that. Most of the once-glorious Polish castles of which only ruins today remain, were destroyed by Swedes.
Noze napisz kto z sasiadow na ans nie napadal, lista bedzie krotsza.
@@albertwolanski7688 My też napadaliśmy. Szkoda, że ludzkość nie może się tego oduczyć i żyć w harmonii. Najnowsze odkrycia pokazały, że przyroda opiera się nie na darwinowskiej walce, ale na współpracy. Nazwaliśmy się homo sapiens sapiens, ale chyba mocno na wyrost.
@@albertwolanski7688 Bałtyk na tym się kończy lista
@@urszulaurszula1164 Naturą Homo Sapiens jest wojna, jesteśmy najbardziej agresywnymi i brutalnymi zwierzętami na tej planecie. Zaraz po nas są nasi najbliżsi kuzyni, czyli Szympansy. Ostatnie badania pokazały że Bonobo, mimo łatki hipisa wśród małp który załatwia wszystko seksem, są 3 razy bardziej agresywne niż zwykłe szympansy. Także tyle na temat tej harmonii.
I think that Poles due to very bad experiences with communism, like traditional values more . In Poland, safety and education are taken care of, working people are respected, and slackers are not tolerated. Poles travel a lot, are ambitious, open to new technological and civilizational achievements. They are enterprising and helpful, with high social sensitivity. Quite a few advantages in general.
There are no good experiences with communism
Traditional values? Stop PiSsiη please
Slacking are not tolerated???? Goverment pays money to people who don't work and have children, I know more than 20 people that live in flats and don't work because they have 3 children but they don't spend money on these children, they are beating them, they are not giving them food, and goverment pays them for having children
Poland had good to great experiences with communism. Worst with Reagan sanctions in 1980s (60 Trillion USD).
@@mourdebars I think the point was that the Poles were broken by the communist system. The brainwashing and injustice has taken its toll on the population during that era.
From over 7000 languages bro choosed language of facts.
That's why he refuses to learn Polish!
I'm glad you have such a good opinion about Poland. It's nice to hear all this words from a foreigner. Enjoy your stay in our beautiful country. Cheers!
please don't leave your belongings on the table in public places 🙏
it's ok if it's clothes you hanged on chair but valuables should be kept on you
only when you are with other person, who can keep watch on your belongings while you are gone it's ok to leave them there
it's safe in Poland but petty thieft does exist, don't provoke them by giving them the chances
that's goes for cars as well, leaving backpack) purses or things that could be valuable on view is a bad idea
if we leave something like that in a car, it's left in a car trunk, in order not to tempt anyone
This is sad. I spoke with a manager in UK who said that, from all people who are hired in his transport/warehouse company - "polish does 80% of all thefts, fights, etc".
I wish everyone to meet only those kind Poles and I hope everyone to experience the good things.. 🙂👍
Are you polish, if so where do live bro. I’ve only had one thing ever stolen in Poland…
Poland is not racist, just xenophobic. It's not because we hate other cultures or countries - it's just that history has kicked our ass many times and we are afraid that someone might try again.
It's not xenophobia for fuck sake!
It's the goddamn "reason" and "logic"!
Xenophobia means that you hate other nations for no particular reason, or for some irrelevant reason!
And we don't do that here. We hate only people's who have gave us a solid reason.
and its not bad at some degree. all that sh1t about "multi culture" just doesn't work. I respect poland a lot for not-inviting immirgants (though its changing recent year)
Your Chinese and our Polish "blood" places a strong emphasis on deeply rooted culture, education, and respect for elders. This fosters respect for education, family, and our national treasures. I am not surprised that you are welcomed and well treated in Poland. Thank you for your kind and insightful videos.
Wow, what an in-depth analysis. Really impressive!
Greetings from Tricity in Poland :-)
I'm very impressed by your insights - they're so accurate. However, I'm not sure if I want to watch it since I just decided to move out, and your videos are very convincing about the pros of my country 😄
More East Asians in Poland please, thank you
As a Pole I think that we just don’t care about other people’s life. Everyone live their life and as long as you don’t affect me I don’t give a fuck
In Poland you dont have to be Polish citizen to vote in local govt elections on community level. EU countries & UK citizens, who live in Poland and got registered are allowed.
How about federal government?
@@WheresWes State level? Hell no, foreigners who could affect state's politics would be much too much 😄 On local level it is 100% fair imo, if you are a part of a community, you should have right to choose those who administer the area you live in. Also, to be a candidate for any position at any level one has to be Polish citizen.
@@WheresWesNo such thing like federal government here bcoz we’re not federation :)
Obcokrajowiec, który nie ma obywatelstwa polskiego nie ma praw wyborczych i od tego nie ma odwołania, nawet na szczeblu samorządowym. Wszelkie wypisywanie takich głupot świadczy o tym, że się nie przeczytało nawet pobieżnie polskiej konstytucji. Jeśli chodzi o państwo jesteśmy państwem unitarnym, a nie federalnym.
@@Chaixxod.Chajddc. co ty bredzisz 😂 Wpisz w Google zamiast się ośmieszać. Trybunał konstytucyjny o tym rozstrzygnął. Mają prawo glosowac w wyborach na poziomie gminy i nie jest to niezgodne z konstytucją.
About personal freedom there is a saying: freedom of your fist ends at the edge of my nose" 😊
maybe there is such a saying somewhere but not in poland.
when it comes to immigration I think that the current situation is quite good. Thanks to it being moderated polish values are maintained, but of course immigration is an option to foreigners on the conditions that you mentioned. Just the other day I met a black lady in my apartment block who I think just moved in, she was very nice and even spoke a bit of polish. Saying "Dzień Dobry" is all it takes to make a polish person smile and I 100% consider her my neighbor :)
Dude, I so respect you summarized so easily what's the problem with modern societies - "soft bigotry". Love it. "hey don't say that it may offend a gay / black person / whoever from minority / or people with some sort of disorder". Fuck. We can't be so protective to everybody because we'll forget to live and express our thought and emotions.
I wouldn't say that the LGBT subject isnt brought up in Poland. It just depends on how much you are into Polish politics to really start noticing it, but yeah, the general sentiment is that the queer community doesnt really want all that much and they are just integrated into the community, but there is a huge movement villainizing them for wanting be gay or trans in Poland at all. It's definetly less visable in the everyday life and that should probably be the norm for how it impacts people's lives (that is not at all) but the LGBT question definetly is up there.
We simply don't care. It's not an important topic, everyone in Poland is equal. There are more important topics like:
- lack of housing
- inflation
- corruption
- illegal immigration
- lack of prospects for the future
- declining birthrate
We are not as easily distracted by propaganda as western countries. We have more important issues going on.
@@danielhd6719 I mean, it's not like we can't take care of those issues at the same time. It's just important to focus on the real priorities and don't let the smaller stuff overtake the entire political discourse.
It is imporant for gay people to able to legally recognize their relationships and it should be addressed and not invalidated as a non-issue, but it doesn't mean it should eclipse all of the other struggles the country faces. We can do more than one thing at once.
Ponieważ polska to kraj chrzechcijański i "męski" dlatego wolimy nie mieć takich osób w kraju
LGBT in the US tends to be invisible in most regular life if you:
1. Do not live in San Francisco
2. Do not watch the news, right wing media in particular oddly enough. The media is the primary reason it has large enduring visibility.
3. Do not live in a state that pushes legislation focusing on lgbt issues. They do this because wedge issues such as these animates voters even though these issues should otherwise be innocuous if left alone. Politics in the US is about ferrying awful policies and puppet politicians into office on trojan horse issues.
0:50 what a beautiful view! The building is cool too
That's the Palace Of Culture And Science in Warsaw. It was "a gift" from ZSSR to Poland back when they still had control over our country, so many Polish people, especially elders, really hate it as it is kind of a symbol of Russian domination of that era. However, for majority of people it's just a landmark and tourist attraction.
@@blem14 yeah he is right but it was White and IT got Dirty
@@Tokinuszi was going to write same thing
Perfect conclusion. If You come to my house, I welcome You as long as You don't put your shoes on my table.
4:29 well, as a Pole some of us are racist but mostly kind of 'jokingly racist'
I hope Poland keeps that course. It'll probably be extremely hard nowadays.
Wow! Thank You for recognising the difference.
I'm Polish and 41 years old.
Asian people were honestly the first "real" foreigners we got to experience in Poland. In the 90ties after the dissolution of the USSR - a lot of Vietnamese and Chinese people started to make their way to Poland, not only to Warsaw, but even into my own smaller city called Kalisz.
In the early nineties they were mostly selling textile wares at my local "street market", You could buy bootleg Nike or Adidas clothes, cheap chinese socks and underpants.
Up to that point, we've always had foreigners at the market doing the same hustle, but they were mostly slavic people from other USSR countries - Georgians, Moldovans, Bulgarians and so forth.
They were part of 'the great USSR trip' my father told me about one time.
I do not remember the order correctly - but the point was, that every communist country had some factories that were good at something, but lacked some other thing, and my father took a couple of trips doing some bartering in different countries just with 2 bags and travelling by bus/train.
The idea was, that You'd stock up on a certain item, for example in Poland he would buy some nice Amber jewellery or womens stockings, then go to Russia by train. My dad - he'd sell all that stuff at a random street market. He'd buy some soviet battery-operated radios and electic beard-shavers.
Go to Georgia by bus - sell all the electronic stuff at a local market. Buy rubber wellington boots. Go to Turkey. Sell wellingtons at a profit, coz they had a shortage in Turkey, then go buy something else, go to Bulgaria. Buy fur coats. Sell fur coats in Romania. I guess You should get it by now? ;)
He did it twice when i was a small child and to this day i do not comprehend how he did it without knowing any of the languages those other countries spoke.
But back to the point.
You could buy some bootleg Adidas from the Georgians at my local Kalisz market, but me? - in my younger days I was mostly interested in their rectified spirit 90% alcohol content. It's called 'Spirytus' in polish.
You could prepare it plain with only water, leave it for couple of hours, and You'd get a 'vodka' of sorts. Or do it with with lemon. Or with sweet candy. Or not dilute at all and add lots of fresh fruit or berries. Everybody had their own recipe. ;)
When dealing with other slavs, unless You had You a "buddy" that You knew and trusted? I would say there was always that 10% Chance of going blind after consuming bootleg spirytus, or the guy taking Your money for that brand new Adidas tracksuit and just running away with Your cash.
But when the Asians took up the textile game? It was legit!
Always polite, always on point with the quality, also willing to bargain a bit. They were picking up the slack after our Slavic colleagues. With no violence, i would even venture there could have been some violence against THEM in the first run.... but i don't know that.
Soon they pushed out them slavic middlemen - just because they were closer into the delivery-chain and could offer better prices. Started selling their textiles to polish enterpeneurs.
Saving money and opening the first asian restaurants. From zero to hero. The american dream but in Poland.
Oh my god! The first taste of something from the other World hemisphere!!! Awesome! Something other than "schabowy" and kielbasa !?
That fn fried banana?! Unreal. But You don't frie a banana! It's a tropical fruit!
The only way i saw and tasted a banana as a young boy - was when my mother was coming back from ChemiTextil.
ChemiTextil was an Expo on the textile industry held in West Berlin.
So my mother would get this pass, which allowed Her to travel to the evil-capitalist country of west Berlin from Poland, to this weird world of West Germany, where toilet paper existed...
I love my mum - She always took a great big suitcase, but the suitcase was almost empty. Only some spare underwear and basic clothes - so she could have all the empty space to bring us all the spoils of the western-world, not available in the USSR. Bananas, Oranges, and ALL the chocolate!!! Always lots of chocolate, always some nice clothes in that suitcase.
But back to the point again!
Good people them Asians.
They do not come alone. The men, once they feel financialy secure - they bring their WHOLE families. Not only the wife and children, but many a time also the grandfather and grandma… which is so so sweet. I love them for that.
They do not leave them to die alone in Vietnam. Which is i'm sorry to say, a dissapointing but relevant trend in Europe. Leaving Your parents to die alone while Youre having the time of Your life. :/
There was no KFC in Poland, no MickyDees, hard to believe but not even a single Kebab in sight!!
We in Poland percieve the fact, that Asian people are polite and docile, as a very positive trait, just as You've recognised in Your video. And we respect them for that. They are very hard working people and they learn one of the most difficult languages in the world so SO FAST!
After 2 years my main man in my favourite Vietnamese place was speaking such good polish, i was fn embarassed that sometimes i confuse Ż and RZ. ;)
Bonus points - They do not want to suddenly assert dominance, form local gangs, terrorise local communities? So we should percieve them as weak and as loosers because of that.......?
Nah - i guess it only happens in the US of A.
0:28 thats Wroclaw!
Gdzie?/Where?
@@carmeln0Ulica zamkowa, patrząc w kierunku Nowych Horyzontów
ah yes milking polish audience
Gotta give the people what they want
low hanging fruit but hey it works and contrary to pranks and other cancerous behaviour it's harmless.
well, he is currently in Poland
On a more positive note it also serves as 'an advertisement' for Poland and at least some of us Poles - not all of course - have nothing against hard-working, intelligent people coming to our country whether as just tourists or immigrants.
@piotrek4603 Haha, true that. We're a good crowd for this with all our complexes
No to wyszło nam, że "Ameryka" jest tutaj😄👍
To w sumie całkiem miłe, nasłuchać się czegoś dobrego o Polsce :D
Oby nie, bo tam jest mega syf. Mentalność ogromnej i mega super Ameryki przeminęła już dawno.
Sprawdziły się przepowiednie Wałensy ze ludzie z ameryki będą przyjeżdżać do Polski 😂Crazy but true
During USSR times.
Capral comes to private and asks:
- WHO IS YOUR MOTHER?
- My mother is soviet Russia!
- Good, good, and who is your father?
- My father is comrade Stalin!
- Very good, very good. And who you want to be in feature?
- AN ORPHAN!!!
As a pole, i constantly hear that poland is a racist country and what not, but the truth is the minorities, that are quote unqoute discriminated, earned their reputaion for it, unlike asians who obey the law and culture, and have earned a good reputation amongst poles, you really are welcome here
What an awesome video.
I think I need to appreciate living in Poland more.
There is so many things that I naver cared about, because I wasn't aware, that in some other countries, citizens are deprived of some of those services, like public transportation or higher education paid by the government.
Cool video bro :) and welcome to Poland, hope you'll stay here forever and make Poland your new home :)
About polish girls and spliting bills: last time i payed for both me and girl and she got angry because she hate when someone pay for her. This is why i love polish women (ofc there are many more reasons 😅)
In my (Polish) house, there is a narration that Asian people are disciplined and hard working, and thats why there are ingeneers and scientist, and in America and Europe influencers and stuff like furries or something
I recently subscribed. I like how you are not content with first appearances (which seems to be common amongst foreign youtubers in Poland), and try to get a deeper understanding of the things and people you are talking about. That's why you usually nail it, and even if you are off, it's still acceptable, because you refrain from talking nonsense. It's easy to get fooled by first appearances, to misunderstand others, especially if you are from another country/culture - people tend to forget that. Kudos!
Good video Wes!!!
were you in malbork? the castle is so beautiful (btw im Polish, cześć)
Glad you like Poland but didnt enjoy some redpill like comments you made.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion 😊
@@WheresWes true, that's what my comment was
In terms of racism, most poles don't care if you are white yellow or an immigrant as long as:
- you are respecting our culture and values
-you are trying to assimilate with us
-work and pay taxes as a regular person
The saddest thing about that, in Poland there are lot's of immigrant (and also native poles) that are abusing the system and are giving a bad name to those who really try their best
i really like your videos and you're doing them cool to watch keep it up :d Im polish but overall i like to listen to foreigners experience because if you live here sicne always you sometimes ideolize or underestimate your country and i like to see someones other view ebcause it shows you that its not so bad as sometiems we tend to think
fajnie że zatrzymałeś się w polsce jako osoba która była w wielu miejscach i doceniasz nasz kraj. Niech żyje Polska !
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Polish people will not like you if you dont respect the cultural norms
I think it should be a norm for all: when sb goes to other country he/she should respect their cultural norms, laws and people.That is basic thing you have to remember traveling abroad.
im so happy seeing and hearing foreigner saying good things about Poland im proud of my nation and of my people making this country so great Polska Górą🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
like literally everything
Please don't walk alone at night in Poland - it can be dangerous. Although it's mostly safe there are few exceptions. Be smart about it.
You couldn't be more accurate, thank you for your video and the courage to give your opinion in 2024, hugs from Brazil!
i love that u like my country :)
A balanced and articulate presentation focused on common sense as the essence of a healthy society.
I just got home from a trip visiting family in Poland as a Polish Canadian. I got to say you are so spot on when it comes to how people act and treat each other. It is also so refreshing to hear that you commend Poland for how they deal with immigration
Oh yeah, I can totally agree with your statement at the end. In Poland you earn less than in the US but your quality of life is so much different, on the better spectrum of that word. I come from eastern Poland, so even by Poles it's considered lesser part of Poland, like poorer to some extent. Currently I live in the US, Chicago suburbs to be more precise. Chicago as a city is pretty much a city full of immigrants, a lot of stuff is made to adapt to immigrants, or so they say. Whenever I go back to Poland to visit, to my city of Białystok, I feel like I'm alive again. Don't wanna bash the country of USA as a whole but it's nothing like Poland, although I feel like I'm a little bit biased lol. I'm already planning to move back to Poland and even though some Poles might say that I'm crazy, I don't feel like I'm at home here. Money isn't everything and people in the US seems to forget that more and more often...
I agree with what you said and I am so proud of Polish people for being who they are and sticking to our values
What a reasonable Voice in this crazy World 💪👌
I live in the country side. If you want to experience more of the true Poland, come. We can drink caffe/beer/vodka and talk about differences between us and rest of the "modern" world. I saw many of movies about differences between Poland and other countries and from all this movies your thoughts about us are the best I've heard.
I'm sorry but when you said America lacks nationalism you completely lost me
They have nationalism but it is not based on anything. If you see how other countries celebrate national victories and events, the US isn't even close
@@WheresWes you mistake patriotism with nationalism. Celebrating national victories, participating in national holidays and non exclusionary pride in one’s country - that’s patriotism. The US is nationalists - thinking your country is better than others, gate keeping the nationality to certain social/ethnic groups, fanatic display of national identity.
@@WheresWes That's true. For the USA it's all about skiting. Showing off is actually a sport in itself. Sporting victory elsewhere is a completely different type of celebration.
The USA perspective is to win for the sake of being able to rub superiority in the face of others. Vicarious pleasure amplified into arrogance. The UK has a bit of it too although not as bad and less current.
It's never about the journey, only the destination with the American Psyche.
Only vile and malicious individuals or absolute fools can compare Polish nationalism with the characteristic German or Black Hundred Russian nationalism. Polish nationalism has never been fattened on other people's blood and tears, it has never beaten children in schools, it has never erected monuments to executioners. It was born out of pain, the greatest tragedy in history. He shed blood on families and on all other battlefields where freedom was at stake. Henryk Sienkiewicz
Put Poland in the title and win easy views, likes and comments
Thx mate for this words. ✌
Very good video, man 🎉
I was born in Krakow. And when I see people from aboard, I always talk to them, and everything. I love talking to them.
Awesome !
👍 Thank you for the great material and thumbs up for the coverage 👍
Agree on that Poland is better than America , I m going to Poland in september. yay
W niektórych miastach w Polsce transport publiczny jest za darmo,rok temu byłem na wakacjach na Pomorzu i pojechałem do Malborka i rozwaliło mi mózg na strzępy jak dowiedziałem się z autobusy miejskie są za Free😍👍✌️
number 1: safety
I am Polish and i had two friends: One from Dominicana and one from Japan. They both were pretty chill dudes. They had no problem with some racist jokes, and sometimes even joked about their own race. They felt accepted in our country and they were really happy.
I'm glad your enjoying it here ! Hope you only have good expriences
I like the fact Asians can take a joke. Many Asians I'v met are hard to offend by jokes and joke about Asian stereotypes quite freely. That way I feel OK when they take a jab at Poland and our typical stuff. Also I think many Asians in general handle brutal slavic honesty very well.
As a polish person: I agree
the best thing is that its feels much better to watch that video as polish person than some other country person
when you talked about safety it reminded me that some dude's throat was slit near where I live
Im Polish myself and yeah I do feel safe mostly but I gotta say that every couple months something bad is very likely to happen
We like you, Asian-origin ones. You do not make any trouble, some of you make delicious food that we would not had any chance to try not travelling very far . Generally...all the working and not troublesome people are here welcomed. Ah! And you do not make any religion fuss, that is highly valuated!
Very good observations. Wise summaries. I like to listen to WHAT you say and HOW you say it.
just found your channel - very cool 👍
Well on the beginning of infrastructure part, you have Cathedral in Vienna... is Austria, not Poland, but thanks for credit. 😉 And good transport is just an EU thing, everywhere I've been inside EU, I had no problem to travel without my own car, just public transport. Love it. Similar Public health insurance, differences are slight. For sure, Germany has better one than Poland, but just the whole EU has public health insurance. About aesthetic, South of EU is beautiful historically, but... about aesthetic, central EU I think we care the most, what is visible on the facades of buildings. I was sad, seeing that Spain doesn't care so much... and I have been living there since 10 years now. Safety. In Spain there are areas when we start to have problems with it, gangs of robbers, ocupas, and all because of immigrants from African and Arabic countries. That's why, even if I am Center-liberal, I support strict Polish attitude to illegal immigration. I respect everybody, despite colour and religion, as long as they respect me and the low in my country, if respect is not mutual, I don't want them in my country. Asian, are polite, respectful, hard-working, intelligent and ambitious, but in a good way (with morals).
Sounds like a paradise for introverts
The conflicts thing - yes, yes and yes! Finally someone from the U.S. noticing it.
Not everyone in America think they can do whatever they want. There are actually people who have love for their neighbour, follow Cesar's laws as long as it does not infringe on their Christian standards.
30k$ a year is A LOT of money in Poland. The median wage is around half of that (after the income tax and all of the social security taxes). And by the median wage we take only big and medium companies hiring over 9 people. In small businesses it's still common to earn aroumd or less than minimum wage
Great video, man! I guess I'll add my two cents to it. So, about LGBT - we lack for certain gay couples' rights (marriage, civil unions, child adoption) but if we just focus on the way other people treat gay girls and boys, my experiences are highly positive. I've been to bigger and smaller towns and cities holding the hand of my same-sex beloved and I've never come across a situation when someone would look at me differently. Most people just passed me by like they would with anyone else, some people looked at me with a wide smile on their faces. Even when I spoke to elders, sometimes they would ask me about my life and when I said I had a girlfriend, they went like "oh, that's sweet". Maybe it's because I haven't visited Eastern parts of Poland, just western and central places, however I reckon the society is generally really friendly and accepting. Quite similar with racism - I live in a big western Polish city, we totally do have a variety of races here and nobody pays attention to the color of other people's skin. We are used to it, so far I haven't heard anyone say that black people are worse than whites anyhow. If you go out in the streets and start asking randoms what's their opinion on black people, mostly they don't know what to say and they go like "what should I think of them? They're people like you and I" and I guess that speaks for itself. :)
The only thing I'd like to correct you with - nationalism and patriotism is a huge and really essential difference for us, meaning Polish people. Being nationalistic is what we, as a society, try to avoid and minimize as much as we can. Children who learn at our schools are taught that nationalism is just as bad as racism, xenophobia, fascism or Nazi. It's something that says "every other nationality is trash, we are superior" and that's where the certain danger lies hidden. Patriotism is being proud of where we come from but maintaining respect for other nations and not putting any of them higher or lower in our value hierarchy. So, if someone in Poland is nationalistic - the society does not approve of this by and large. :)
Thank you for this video, your work is amazing! ^^
LGBT case is tricky. I'm from very eastern Poland, was born so close to Ukraine boarder, i could see this country just going a bit out my farm. People's mindset, even here is generally "live your life just don't hurt anybody", but extremists also happens. About trickiness: Most of our society want LGBT people to have equal rights, but past twenty years, our leading government parties fought for voices by turning peoples against each other by spreading lies about LGBT community. Church, which is still major force here is envolved in it, and since most of our elderly are strongly faithful to Polish Church, the tactic worked. Now, PiS and other righwinged party tries to stay at their position by turning us against emigrants. It's shameful.
@@Wydrolak Yes, you're absolutely right on it. I did not intend to dive in the politics or religion on this one because my goal was to highlight the attitude of our general society with which we have everyday contact mostly. The rightists have surely done much damage to our country, that's beyond question. Also, as you said, older people are most expected to stay opposed to LGBT community owing to their beliefs. However, there's been a huge change over the last 10 years, there's a lot less aggression in the streets, a lot more visible support and I just wanted to bring it out, so that others could also see the progress we have made. :)
There's no distinction between west and east part of Poland.
It's not Germany that was divided...
And rural areas are the same in EVERY county in the europe. But guess what? No one cares of you're gay or not, as you don't play this card for your benefit, and as long as you don't force others to it.
@@Wydrolakit's not tricky with LGBT.
It's tricky with abuse of law.
First day the gay marriage is at the same terms, I'm marrying my friend (we're both straight).
I would gladly buy few plots from him, so we could avoid taxes 🤷 than we'll divorce 💔
And we're not even wealthy to benefit from all of such abuses! (Imagine selling whole companies this way!)
@@wiciuwiciu2783 How this scam would work with gay marriages, but doesn't work with straight ones?
I work along polish people over 10 years . As soon as start to learn polish by listening to it. I started to despise them.The comment in the morning that sticks to mind to me is czec malpa..Well that scars me for life…To see how wonderful they are and the irony i was treat them with respect and utter high regard but now i can not even m look at them the same way as before
as a polish person i take this as an absolute win
What’s your thoughts on Western Europe like London Paris and other parts
Yes I LOVE being "respected" by threats and insults when I'm visibly gay a.k.a. wear pink or hold hands with my partner. Luckily I respectfully carry a gun and pepper spray (each for appropriate respectful occasion when I'm respected too much by the respectful people in here).
Hopefully we get more westernized in that way, instead of the late stage capitalism way.
yeah, he's so painfully straight and uneducated on this subject
Thank you for saying all these wonderful things about us Poles.Thank you!!!! and yes LA should work on beautification :)
good vid, what kinda confused me is that when you mentioned the west a bunch of times, it sounded like poland is not a part of it, while it is
poland does differ a bit from fellow western countries, but it's still a part of the global west
I consider Germany to be the line between east and West. Poland would be eastern Europe in this model.
Poland as for the quality of life, the safety, etc. is what the west should be and was about 30-40 years ago when we in Poland dreamt about going back to the west. Our duty is to keep going our way, to develop and not to fck up, what we've already achieved and to learn on mistakes of the others. Still there are many things to complain about in Poland and to improve and there are many good things that should be preserved and protected.
Poland is central europe. Its in the center if you look at map, every book, geographical atlas, ecyclopedia or wikipedia says so as well. Saying its eastern is literally against the official science and knowledge.
@@WheresWes being Eastern with Poland comes from political divide in Europe when we were occupied by USSR 👀 that's why most Poles abhere being called Eastern
I recommend You, in order to understand us and our neighbours better, to read up on Central Europe
there are quite lenghty but detailed discussions on Quora about it from different people's perspective that are quite an interesting read
btw. if we split Europe by West & East Block, half of Germany would be considered Eastern Europe ☝️ but it isn't, right? (some fun facts: Eastern Germany was originally inhabited by western slavs caled Polabs, now mostly extinct, even "Berlin" comes from slavic language 😀)
it's just Russia who invaded and/or occupied most of Central & Eastern Europe after ww2
@@WheresWes that's kinda wrong, we consider ourselves western, and well, we are a part of the west, that's just a fact. we're also a part of central europe, and if you split europe into western and eastern, then we should be western. i never really understood why people call us eastern and call germany western, when there's not that many differences between poland and germany
Sounds great!
1:25 This is a popular misconception. The US used to have a lot of very good public transport systems. If you read a bit, you can for example find out that a lot of european trams were based on a design from Chicago from the 60s up until not so long ago. The lack of good public transport nowadays was caused by the rich car manufacturing companies buying transport companies in order to shut them down and force people to buy cars.
3:03 HELL YEAH WE COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING
we were not on the map for 123 years and in our history practically all countries in Europe and beyond attacked us
A great video. South-Eastern and Far-Eastern Asians are not a problem and add value to a host country's economy.
It's actually funny that he speak facts, Poland is one of the safest countries in the world. Moving from Poland to America is like you have a death wish.
As for safety. I am a woman, I am fifteen and I do not feel safe in Poland. Especially on public transport. Mainly because of drunks, mostly old guys, Who were very pushy and even somtimes tried to kiss me, even though I told them not to move away. And the fact that it is so normalized is so unfair and frustrating, I have heard many times even from my parents "it happens" "you just have to walk away and ignore them" "that's just how drunk people are".
I watch many videos with such comparisons (on different countries) and i think this is good one: interesting points, no sugarcoating. Specially one about wars- i would add to that density of population. In Poland im 'worried' what is happening in neighbouring cities because it affects my city. In Usa i saw such a vast spaces between places😮 - i thought that maybe all that 'best country in the world' talk is kind of necessary to keep it together?