tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post4209317037739795634..comments2024-03-11T08:31:04.022-04:00Comments on Bieganski the Blog: NYT: Poland May Destroy Western Civilization D Goskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-86221111668343933422021-12-30T05:30:09.825-05:002021-12-30T05:30:09.825-05:00Hungary is completely different from Poland and Or...Hungary is completely different from Poland and Orban is different from old and weak Kaczynski. It is true that some activists and politicians declare "Let's make Bupaest in Warsaw" but it is a dream. Orban is able to change Hungarian Constitution, Kaczynski has problem with common laws.Jerzy Pankiewicznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-7453734969361152492021-12-30T05:24:09.374-05:002021-12-30T05:24:09.374-05:00Not exactly the NYT but two Polish activists, who ...Not exactly the NYT but two Polish activists, who hate the democratically elected government. Several Western countries have rejected the Constitution of Europe, so now some politicians try to bypass the existing laws to impose more strict rules than the ones existsing in the USA. The most crazy idea is an European minimal wage, which will destroy businesses in poor countries. Imagine the same wages in Minnesota and NYC. Jerzy Pankiewicznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-26565067396175589092021-12-30T05:19:12.168-05:002021-12-30T05:19:12.168-05:00Well, it is quite absurd to say Poland will in any...Well, it is quite absurd to say Poland will in any way threaten the liberal democracy model. It is true, however, than the scale of institutional and ethical devastation that this government has brought is unprecedented. It will be a gargantuan task for the future government to restore basic mechanisms of the state back to normal. <br /><br />To give an example closer to the US reality, imagine that the Congress and President have compromised the position of the US Supreme Court so much by staffing it only with party loyalists with limited legal expertise (e.g. district court judges married to party politicians) and that Supreme Court has issued rulings so compromising of its integrity and authority, that the only way to heal it would be a Constitutional amendment abolishing the Supreme Court and establishing a different institution in its place.Piotr Sitareknoreply@blogger.com