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0 pointstester344y ago0 comments

>Eastern Europe, like many other poor places in the world, is depleted of human capital because its simply such a crappy place to live.

What makes you think that it's crappy place to live (e.g Poland)? except politics

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jq-r4y ago

Because unless you're rich, you're not living, you're surviving. And those are vastly different things.

trasz4y ago

Apart from economy, healthcare, pensions, schooling, and law enforcement? :-)

Food's good, though.

tester34OP4y ago

I do agree that higher edu institutions tend to be mehh unless you attend country's top, but law enforcement?

what do you mean? fighting corruption?

trasz4y ago

Poland's top universities - both of them - are at the very end of international rankings. As for law enforcement - it's just horribly ineffective. A trivial open and shut software piracy case can last a decade.

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0 pointstester344y ago0 comments

>Eastern Europe, like many other poor places in the world, is depleted of human capital because its simply such a crappy place to live.

What makes you think that it's crappy place to live (e.g Poland)? except politics

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jq-r4y ago

Because unless you're rich, you're not living, you're surviving. And those are vastly different things.

trasz4y ago

Apart from economy, healthcare, pensions, schooling, and law enforcement? :-)

Food's good, though.

tester34OP4y ago

I do agree that higher edu institutions tend to be mehh unless you attend country's top, but law enforcement?

what do you mean? fighting corruption?

trasz4y ago

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