Absoluto
2yr ago
The short answer is yes. Poland was dirt poor and no longer wanted to be a European backwater. Twenty years ago European progressivism was a tiny unimportant worry compared to what it is today, and to this day even Polish Varsovians are regularly surprised by how different the West is to their expectations.
Absoluto
2yr ago
Clearly there is something, perhaps 'Prussian' in Poland, that makes them enjoy their cleanliness, and their peace.
Come on now, this is well into the territory of suspicion. Poland isn’t that clean and orderly. Poles visiting Germany, always remark about the famous Ordnung muss sein, and I too agree with them.
Absoluto
2yr ago
How good do you need to be with computers to get on Urbit? Would you recommend a computer-normie invest some time getting online?
Absoluto
2yr ago
Someone on here recommended a book to teach yourself proper swimming technique. My front crawl has always been weak and I’d like to finally clean up my form. Does anyone remember the name of the book?
Absoluto
2yr ago
The Captive Mind - Czeslaw Milosz
Imo criminally underrated communist dissident literature. You may have heard of it first from that Moldbug post about Scott.
It started as a collection of essays which center on the theme of how an artist reacts in the face of a totalitarian system which demands he submit his talents to the whims of the party.
Do you drink coffee or anything besides water before the evening?
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