Sure. Sure, I’m orthodox, and yet out of two of us I seem to be the only one willing to be convinced I might be wrong or missing information.

I'm willling to be convinced with compelling enough evidence.

Like talking to a wall.

Bankrupt country. Forced to repay old loans to be able to make new ones. The poverty rates skyrocketed for 5 years. Then it became lower than during most of USSR occupation.

Go fucking grab a Polish source from the USSR occupied Poland.

Poverty rates lowered as Poland integrated into the imperialists, and was heavily flooded with EU support to serve as a "shining example" of capitalism fixing socialism. Further, I did, Dorothy Douglas lived in Poland for a time during socialism.

Dude. That was outside USSR. We were inside. The sources from that era I cited were from inside the USSR.

You're repeating the same dogma, though. Strikes are evidence of supporting overthrowing socialism, whereas if they hadn't striked then you would say that was due to oppression. You proceed from "soviets bad" and twist everything to fit your narrative. I've spoken to Polish communists like @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml and have read enough on the subject to know that you aren't painting a complete picture.