Emigrant's reflections on the state of his motherland

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Let me quote some of the entries of my fellow countryman in Ireland:
“Poland as a state is a monster of taxation, so having own business in Łódź is really hard, especially facing ruling corruption. Population is decreasing, and every plane heading Dublin or Shannon is full of passengers.”
“Today our city authorities are proud of decreasing unemployment rate, but there is no point to be proud of massive emigration to Ireland and UK.”
“I predict Polish emigration to the Western Europe is going to intensify. This time it won’t be mostly economical emigration, but also political one. Poland is changing into sea of absurd“

Dear Mr Newman, first of all I have to say that this guy’s English is getting better and better.
That’s why I think that it’s not a bad idea to read his blog now and then. It’s clear to me that I have some more interest in what he writes about as I’m Polish, I don’t love my mother country unconditionally and I’ve been to Ireland already. Nevertheless, this guy makes some important cultural observations which describe both Polish and Irish society in a very accurate way.

What I’d like to write about today is his feelings about visiting Poland recently. In his blog he uploaded some pictures of his declining home place. Łódź, the 2^nd biggest city in Poland (although I can’t believe this is true), used to be one of the industrial pumps of my nation, especially with its textile industry. Unfortunately, after the fall of communism Łódź faced plant closings and progressing economic crisis. This run-down city is a remain of the communist epoch, an ugly creature like most of the industrial cities in Poland. I don’t want to say that there aren’t any nice places in Poland, because there are some if fact, but industrial centres have a special kind of the space planning in general, so that they might shock people who are used to picturesque architecture and big park areas. However, what I’m getting at is MacKozer’s remark on the city authorities being proud of the falling unemployment rate. Right, but why is it falling? This is a country-wide phenomenon that people are just leaving Poland and that’s why the unemployment rate is falling. If it’s positive for our national economy – a matter of taste;) No people employed in Poland means no taxes for the government which means no pensions for us in a few years. This would be one of the absurd sides of our Polish reality – the government praising itself for reducing unemployment…;)
The other side of this parody is our usual political theatre. Austria is actually not far away from becoming as ridiculous as we are when it comes to the politics, but… have you ever thought of banning “Teletubbies” due to the fact that they might promote homosexuality? This is not a joke. A spokesman for children rights, Ewa Sowinska, came to the conclusion that Tinky Winky might be homosexual since he wears a lady’s purse. Now a group of psychologists is researching into potential negative influence of this programme on children!!! In an extreme case the authorities will really ban it. That’s why MacKozer’s predicts increased emigration from political reasons;) I sometimes can’t help laughing at our national ridiculousness although I feel that I should keep a perfect composure and try to promote my dear country even if it’s not always easy…