Michał Płociński: The Smolensk catastrophe is ongoing. How to overcome Polish fatalism?

Zdjęcie: Foto: PAP/Paweł Supernak


We have become so entangled in the Polish-Polish war that we cannot even imagine what a nationwide agreement, forgiveness of sins, and rebuilding of trust could look like. And Smolensk, a truly national tragedy that could have strengthened us as a community, turned out to be the biggest thorn in our modern history, which is destroying Poland from within.