> prevents the opposition from being able to take part in the government This is definitely not specific to Poland, and unfortunately very typical across entir

> prevents the opposition from being able to take part in the government This is definitely not specific to Poland, and unfortunately very typical across entire political spectrum and countries. I cannot quickly recall any European country where opposition is given meaningful part in government. > totalitarian government doesn't require surveillance I might disagree with you on this. That is what actually is very much required. As said, if you take away dislike for left or right and look from politically neutral point of view, you can see that power corrupts politicians regardless of their affiliations.