It could be they just crank out a standard ATM that has braille and figure why try to save a few bucks on the drive thru (if anyone even thought of it)
(the three had equal per-capita GDPs as recently as 2014, according to the World Bank (with Russia's higher than the others for 2011-2013).
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[2024]
- 176: Poland
- 164: Hungary
- 105: Russia
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Supposedly most of that impressive-looking 2014-to-2024 GDP per-capita growth for Poland occurs after 2022. The line resembles very much what happened in the mid-2000s before the 2008-09 crash. (Thereafter, Poland was able to exceed its 2008 high-water mark only by 2018.)
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EDIT: Some suggest a portion of Poland's +76-point growth by 2024 (2014=100), especially the unusually high growth of 2023-24, is driven by increased military spending after 2022. (The Ukraine War: the same ultimate reason why Russia has had zero net growth in that decade.)
There are lots of other things going on, naturally. In the long-run, it's a catch-up effect and clearly tied to the German economy. Measuring by labor productivity-per-hour, the numbers are less-impressive-looking than GDP per-capita, because Poland's workers work far on-the-clock-hours than Western European workers.
At one time Poland was a diverse place, the largest empire on the European continent, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. All kinds of people lived there. It was an odd kind of empire because the kings were hired. Poles distrusted the government, so they enjoyed lots of freedom, even from taxes. One vote against a tax increase was all that it took to stop it. It was all called the "Golden Freedom." But, that did not sit well with the neighbors. The diversity undermined unity. The major powers Prussia, Russia and Austria attacked and partitioned it three ways. That is a lesson for the US.
A quick (possibly inaccurate) bit of web research indicates that one vote from a noble could block any legislation and there wasn't much of a central government tax authority anyway. They still had a system in which nobles owned lands far away and they farmed out the tax collection in the arenda system and still had serfs. Are the taxes you refer to something that was collected by the central government from the nobles? Also they didn't maintain a standing army.
Looks like a fascinating period in European history.
Responding to your tweet* about the deaths of Assata Shakur and Sara Jane Moore, I was going to respond to your post from last Thursday** about Angela Davis by stating that Shakur was New Jersey's version of Davis. The reason I didn't was that in 1977 New Jersey actually convicted Shakur of a 1973 murder of a state trooper on the New Jersey Turnpike despite being represented by William Kunstler. Shakur was evented busted out of prison in 1979 before escaping to Cuba in 1984 where she was granted asylum and lived out the rest of her days.
While she is infamous in New Jersey, I don't know how well known she is in the nation at large, although her death did make the NY Times. As an aside her brother was Tupac's stepfather and she was his godmother, which is why they have the same fake last name
There is a subway stop in Paris named after Louis Braille and I noticed in Istanbul a Walter Isaacson style pop biography of Braille. I think the blind have more juice around the world than they do in the U.S.!
I see braille signs in hallways and elevators and wonder how the blind find them.
The braille instructions on drive-through ATMs are what get me.
Yes, because a blind person could never take an Uber to an ATM or get a ride from a friend 🙄
Yes so the rule is, if someone can think of a scenario, however unlikely, then we should cater for it.
Are you familiar with the Americans with Disabilities Act?
When it comes to Democrat client groups, yes.
It could be they just crank out a standard ATM that has braille and figure why try to save a few bucks on the drive thru (if anyone even thought of it)
Per-capita GDPs:
.
[2014]
- 100: Poland
- 100: Hungary
- 100: Russia
(the three had equal per-capita GDPs as recently as 2014, according to the World Bank (with Russia's higher than the others for 2011-2013).
.
[2024]
- 176: Poland
- 164: Hungary
- 105: Russia
.
Supposedly most of that impressive-looking 2014-to-2024 GDP per-capita growth for Poland occurs after 2022. The line resembles very much what happened in the mid-2000s before the 2008-09 crash. (Thereafter, Poland was able to exceed its 2008 high-water mark only by 2018.)
_________
EDIT: Some suggest a portion of Poland's +76-point growth by 2024 (2014=100), especially the unusually high growth of 2023-24, is driven by increased military spending after 2022. (The Ukraine War: the same ultimate reason why Russia has had zero net growth in that decade.)
There are lots of other things going on, naturally. In the long-run, it's a catch-up effect and clearly tied to the German economy. Measuring by labor productivity-per-hour, the numbers are less-impressive-looking than GDP per-capita, because Poland's workers work far on-the-clock-hours than Western European workers.
> "Poland's workers work far [more?] on-the-clock-hours than Western European workers."
At one time Poland was a diverse place, the largest empire on the European continent, The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. All kinds of people lived there. It was an odd kind of empire because the kings were hired. Poles distrusted the government, so they enjoyed lots of freedom, even from taxes. One vote against a tax increase was all that it took to stop it. It was all called the "Golden Freedom." But, that did not sit well with the neighbors. The diversity undermined unity. The major powers Prussia, Russia and Austria attacked and partitioned it three ways. That is a lesson for the US.
Acquired diversity vs Imported diversity
Lesson is Libertarian Paradise = Geopolitical Roadkill ?
A quick (possibly inaccurate) bit of web research indicates that one vote from a noble could block any legislation and there wasn't much of a central government tax authority anyway. They still had a system in which nobles owned lands far away and they farmed out the tax collection in the arenda system and still had serfs. Are the taxes you refer to something that was collected by the central government from the nobles? Also they didn't maintain a standing army.
Looks like a fascinating period in European history.
O/T
Responding to your tweet* about the deaths of Assata Shakur and Sara Jane Moore, I was going to respond to your post from last Thursday** about Angela Davis by stating that Shakur was New Jersey's version of Davis. The reason I didn't was that in 1977 New Jersey actually convicted Shakur of a 1973 murder of a state trooper on the New Jersey Turnpike despite being represented by William Kunstler. Shakur was evented busted out of prison in 1979 before escaping to Cuba in 1984 where she was granted asylum and lived out the rest of her days.
While she is infamous in New Jersey, I don't know how well known she is in the nation at large, although her death did make the NY Times. As an aside her brother was Tupac's stepfather and she was his godmother, which is why they have the same fake last name
* https://x.com/Steve_Sailer/status/1971733672056488419
** https://www.stevesailer.net/p/how-many-honors-has-angela-davis
There is a subway stop in Paris named after Louis Braille and I noticed in Istanbul a Walter Isaacson style pop biography of Braille. I think the blind have more juice around the world than they do in the U.S.!
With the phones we have these days I expect soon braille and guide dogs will be a thing of the past.
In Europe there are a great many people with black glasses and long canes. They have a dignity entirely disappeared from American life.