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There is joke in Poland that goes like this: Polish minister goes to France to meet his counterpart. They meet in an amazing office and he asks his french coll
by lukasm 11y ago
There is joke in Poland that goes like this:
Polish minister goes to France to meet his counterpart. They meet in an amazing office and he asks his french college
- How did you get money to build this?
- Can you see the bridge outside the window?
- Yes.
- 500 mln on paper, built it for 250. Voilà.
After a year they meet again in Poland in even bigger an more magnificent building. French minister ask:
- How did you get money?
- Can you see the bridge outside the window?
- No.
- Voilà.
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- azinman2 11y agoI understand the story at face value, but what is the deeper meaning of this in polish society?
- lukasm 11y agoDuring the transformation corruption flourished. Straussian interpretation: "Pole can do it" resourcefulness of polish people do due to limitation of communist state. No customer support, no warranty - something breaks you have to fix it yourself. Inefficient economy causes lack of services and products which require people to hack stuff.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago> No customer support, no warranty - something breaks you have to fix it yourself. Inefficient economy causes lack of services and products which require people to hack stuff. As a Pole I'd like that part of economy back, thank you. It's better than current "if it breaks, throw away and get a new one" combined with "if we can make it break just after the warranty period, they'll throw it away and buy a new one" mindset of western manufacturers.