Life in Poland before the fall of communism

p3undoneThreads: 10 Posts: 345 Joined: Jan 12, 12 ♂ [Moderator]	Jan 21, 12, 19:53 #1
Is there any one who can tell me what communist Poland was like,and how much better it is now?

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Jan 21, 12, 20:03 #2
Use the search function with PRL as the search term. Rybnik's threads are particularly good.

ShAlEyNsTfOhThreads: 8 Posts: 232 Joined: Feb 5, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	Jan 22, 12, 05:38 #3
p3undone: Is there any one who can tell me what communist Poland was like,and how much better it is now? it is MUCH worse now. God, how I wish I could've been born immediately following the war. and considering the amount of NON-POLES on these forums, most of the opinions expressed will mean absolute s**t pulled right from the ass. that is all. :)

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Edited by: delphiandomine Jan 22, 12, 05:42 #4

ShAlEyNsTfOh:

it is MUCH worse now.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh my. Oh my oh my.

hahahahahahahahaha. Are you serious?! Hahahahahaha...no..come on...seriously...hahahahahahahahaha. Mods, I'm sorry, but ...hahahahahahahahahaha. You can't be serious. Really.

ShAlEyNsTfOh:

God, how I wish I could've been born immediately following the war.

Why, so you'd be right in time to enjoy the birth of a Stalinist state that saw enemies everywhere? I'm sure that would be fun when your father would get pulled into prison on some spurious grounds, just to further the career of some Russian-trained politician. I'm sure it would be even more fun when they proposed to take away your families farmland and force you into collectivised farming - almost ensuring that your family would be slaves to the State.

ShAlEyNsTfOh:

and considering the amount of NON-POLES on these forums, most of the opinions expressed will mean absolute s**t pulled right from the ass.

Aw. Aren't you amusing today?

At least, you would be amusing if you weren't so obviously trolling.

Is there any one who can tell me what communist Poland was like,and how much better it is now?

Read Timothy Garton-Ash's excellent "The Polish Revolution : Solidarity". It'll give you an excellent insight into life in the early 80's in Poland - characterised by severe hardships, rationing and a clearly failing state.

ShAlEyNsTfOhThreads: 8 Posts: 232 Joined: Feb 5, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	Jan 22, 12, 05:49 #5
*yawn* I didn't even bother to scroll down and read whatever BS you wrote. It's not worth acknowledging to the slightest extent. You, sir, should do us all a big favour and throw yourself off a bridge. Thanks! :)

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Jan 22, 12, 05:52 #6

delphiandomine:

Read Timothy Garton-Ash's excellent "The Polish Revolution : Solidarity". It'll give you an excellent insight into life in the early 80's in Poland - characterised by severe hardships, rationing and a clearly failing state.

OP asked for personal experiences. Not something you can personally relate to (being British and living in the UK at the time, bravely arriving to Poland after communism fell already). But would that stop you from participating in this thread, mr expert - of course NOT.

delphiandomine:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh my. Oh my oh my.

Not the brightest light bulb.

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Jan 22, 12, 05:55 #7

ShAlEyNsTfOh:

God, how I wish I could've been born immediately following the war.

and considering the amount of NON-POLES on these forums, most of the opinions expressed will mean absolute s**t pulled right from the ass.

I just wanna preface by saying I'm not being facetious. I'm NOT. But. How can someone who's an immigrant be so thoroughly xenophobic? Could there possibly be another reason besides projected self-loathing? I'm not itching for a fight, this isn't me baiting you. I'm simply stymied.

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Edited by: delphiandomine Jan 22, 12, 05:59 #8

Bzibzioh:

OP asked for personal experiences. Not something you can personally relate to (being British and living in the UK at the time, bravely arriving to Poland after communism fell already). But would that stop you from participating in this thread, mr expert - of course NOT.

Can't you just leave already? You're boring me.

jasondmzk:

How can someone who's an immigrant be so thoroughly xenophobic? Could there possibly be another reason besides projected self-loathing?

Course not.

He even hates his adopted homeland - so why he doesn't return, it's entirely beyond me.

As for this -

***yawn***

I didn't even bother to scroll down and read whatever BS you wrote.

It's not worth acknowledging to the slightest extent.

You, sir, should do us all a big favour and throw yourself off a bridge.

Thanks! :)

I think it's safe to say that he really is the waste product of alcohol consumption.

Arguably, life is better for around 95% of the population. It's worse for the 5% that liked having a non-job, in a non-place, living in a crap flat and having crap holidays.

kondziorThreads: 2 Posts: 441 Joined: Oct 16, 09 ♂	Edited by: kondzior Jan 22, 12, 10:01 #9
I'd guess that most of the unemployed would prefere communist times.

a.k.	Jan 22, 12, 11:13 #10
p3undone: Is there any one who can tell me what communist Poland was like It depends on the period. A historican can discern such periods: 1947 - 1956 1956 - 1970 1970 - 1980 1980 - 1989 In each of this period life was different.

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,478 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Jan 22, 12, 11:51 #11
delphiandomine: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh my. Oh my oh my. hahahahahahahahaha. Are you serious?! Hahahahahaha...no..come on...seriously...hahahahahahahahaha. Mods, I'm sorry, but ...hahahahahahahahahaha. You can't be serious. Really. Its not that funny dude, judging by the above response you'd be extremely surprised at the amount of Poles who actually preferred communism.

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06 ♂	Jan 22, 12, 12:11 #12
Well, post-communism (what we have had in Poland since +20 years) is not that better in many aspects.

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Jan 22, 12, 13:27 #13

kondzior:

I'd guess that most of the unemployed would prefere communist times.

A small minority do - usually the ones who are utterly unemployable and who have been fired from countless jobs.

Wroclaw Boy:

Its not that funny dude, judging by the above response you'd be extremely surprised at the amount of Poles who actually preferred communism.

About 5% at the most, although quite a few more may want a return to a similar economic system but without the oppression. Or at least, with oppression, but of PO supporters.

Grzegorz_:

Well, post-communism (what we have had in Poland since +20 years) is not that better in many aspects.

I'm sure the golden days of 2005-2007 were good though, eh?

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Jan 22, 12, 13:31 #14
Grzegorz_: Well, post-communism (what we have had in Poland since +20 years) is not that better in many aspects. i can think of a few negatives since 1991 when the country was still at a time of change. however, the negatives are outweighed by the positives.

a.k.

Jan 22, 12, 14:16 #15

p3undone:

Is there any one who can tell me what communist Poland was like

I can't answer that question because I'm too young but judging by pictures of my parents quite mundane for the oridinary people. Of course these are only pictures.

For some trivia I can tell you that I heard that they were showing Amrican westerns on tv in Sunday mornings in the 60s to make kids not to go to churches on Sunday masses. Is that true?

You can also watch some Polska Kronika Filmowa (PKF).

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