maciejg
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To my Ukrainian friends who are now calling Poland fascist because of another attack on Ukrainian couple by minority nationalists: don’t make the same mistake that some Poles are making about Ukraine.🇵🇱🇺🇦 A bunch of nationalist thugs brutally attacking innocent Ukrainians does not represent Poland. They represent themselves and minority of far-right nationalists. They are already identified, arrested, will be prosecuted, and punished to the fullest extent of the law. But here’s my warning to Ukraine as well. Nationalism is a poison that doesn’t simply disappear when the war ends. Right now, many Ukrainian nationalists are fighting Russia. Their courage on the battlefield and the ideology they hold are two separate questions. When the war is over, Ukraine will face a completely different challenge: how to reintegrate hundreds of thousands of veterans into civilian life, including people with trauma, combat experience, and, in many cases, strong nationalist beliefs. Every country that goes through a major war faces this challenge. If Ukraine fails to deal with it wisely, some radical groups could become a serious internal problem, just as extremist nationalist groups have become a problem in peace times Poland and elsewhere. My point isn’t that Poland is fascist or that Ukraine is fascist. My point is that unchecked nationalism eventually turns against everyone. Today it may target Russians. Tomorrow it may target Ukrainians, Poles, minorities, political opponents, or anyone else labeled “the enemy.” That’s exactly why both Poland and Ukraine must defeat Russian imperialism without allowing nationalism to become the ideology that defines their future. We need to stand together against poison of nationalism, otherwise it will turn into full-blown fascism



















What @LBalcerowicz achieved in the 1990s will be studied by future economists. His free-market reforms and privatization of state enterprises moved Poland from deepest socialist misery to growth champion in Europe. Current-day @JMilei reforms in Argentina show similar results.












