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by oa2022 1628 days ago
It's a lot of badmouthing for the country you willingly immigrated to. There's like 220 other countries to choose

Some, like (I guess) your native Portugal are great at compliance with the EU and allegiance to the socialist principles.

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Indeed and price i pay is that I pay my taxes and do not vote. Freedom of speech remains. People's freedoms of assembly or thought have never been curtailed contrary to what a lot of media outside Poland makes it look like.

I consider my bad mouthing a service because contrary to what might look like, Poland's path is very similar to Portugal. The only difference is that Portugal has good diplomacy(another failure of the current rulers). Rule following, strong institutions and checks and balances are all for foreigners to see in Portugal. Portugal has the gall to diplomaticly promote integration of foreigners and refugees, to then beat them to death on government premises.

More, the model of putting the working class' wealth working for subsidies for the elders and non workers voting blocks is a classic move in Portugal. Everybody knows the population is aging and that the elderly's priorities are low catch fruit,due to their needs being short term in nature. Poland has everything to not fall into the middle income trap, specifically a very highly educated work force and a strategic position between a lot of prosperous countries.

To finalize i owe no allegiance to socialism and left the country exactly to remove myself from its vice. I find it hard to believe you conflate birth with ideological allegiance. I owe no allegiance to no institution but my family and myself. Unfortunately I did not choose where I am born not where my family is. If we did not have roots here and the language barrier in other European countries was not significant we could have packed, and already froze further commitments here unsure a polexit would wash away our way of living. One thing I picked up from polish experiences in world War 2 is that one should be ready to flee. I call it living like a jew after world War 2. Do not get caught.

I like a lot to live here and would not return to Portugal except on vacations with family and friends and even then...