Jacek Kaczmarski in a beautiful song "What happened to our class" sang about the destiny of his classmates. He sang sentimentally and nostalgically, though besides with a small irony ("Wojtek in Sweden in p*** about the club, writes: I get paid well for what I like anyway"). present I want to ask what happened to our political class and to the class of our class that fades and evaporates.
This is so brought to the fundamental question of human resources. And as Lenin said, "Cadies are the most important." Following the same lead, Stalin emphasized that "carcases decide everything".
The quality of our staff has deteriorated dramatically, which causes that the capital accumulated at the beginning of the 3rd Poland by its elite is wasted carelessly and pointlessly. Elite, I have no doubt, just wonderful. At the time, around 1989, Poland was very fortunate erstwhile it came to the economy, but it was besides fortunate for people who were able to exploit and manage this economical situation. At that time Poland was fortunate to people on both sides of the political dispute, or in fact on all sides, due to the fact that our staff was sensational everywhere.
The opposition elites were undoubtedly in line with the large challenges of the era. We journalists who started our careers at the time, with the emerging democratic Poland, identified ourselves completely. The leaders of the Solidarity camp were our friends and frequently our friends. This was emphasized by the fact that we always spoke of them by their first name and everyone knew who they were. He was Lechu, Tadeusz, Vladek (Frasyniuk), Adam and Jacek. We even talked about Kaczyński at the time, Jarek, due to the fact that he was his. Only with 1 person's name we didn't use, but it was clear. erstwhile individual said "professor", it was known that it was about prof. Bronisław Geremek: in the 1980s, the advisor to Lech Wałęsa, after 1989 in the Parliament of the head of the Civic Parliamentary Club OKP, and then the minister of abroad affairs, who signed papers confirming that Poland became a associate of NATO.
The Solidarity elite is, of course, flesh and blood. There were ambitions, antagonisms and passions, but Poland and its interests were never the victims. In the 1990 presidential campaign, Lech Wałęsa fought hard against Tadeusz Mazowiecki, but after the first circular Mazowiecki unconditionally supported Wałęsa, and after the election president Wałęsa offered to keep him as Prime Minister. A wave of populism carried the vassal, but while in Belvedere, he defended against the populists of Leszek Balcerowicz. Geremek competed with Mazowieckie and believed that only by judaic origin he had not become Prime Minister, due to the fact that the Mazowieckie Catholic was more digestible to the Church and to the people (he was besides right). Balcerowicz looked at the reforms differently than Kuroń, but Kuroń supported Balcerowicz, and Balcerowicz appreciated the social and educational function of Kuroń. Adam argued with Jack, but they both showed respect for each another (Adam speaks of Jack with respect and almost love to this day). Fantastic people to whom Poland owes a large deal. I hope that 1 day our Mount Rushmore, a monument to the fathers of the founders of democratic and prosperous Poland: Wałęsie, Mazowieckie, Geremek (July 13th, marks the 17th anniversary of his death), Jack, Adam and Leszek. I consider the warm ties I have with them a large honor and honor of my life.
Poland was besides fortunate to the people of ancien régime. At the time I did not like post-communists and people from my fairy tale they are not to this day, but, let's agree, Aleksander Kwasniewski, Leszek Miller, Józef Oleksy, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Marek Borowski or Andrzej Olechowski are prominent people. They besides owe our III of Poland much. They passed the patriotism and wisdom exam. All could rightly consider it an insult to compare them to Holownia, Bosaków, Mentzenów, Czarnów, Morawiecki, Ziobra, Meyza and Matecki. A good word belongs to the first president of the 3rd Republic, Wojciech Jaruzelski, and I do not hesitate to compose it, even if individual chokes his teeth. The general most likely treated his presidency as a kind of penance for the PRL (for safety policy too). He was loyal to the fresh Poland, fresh times and fresh power. Where he could, he helped, he didn't disturb anything. It was no accident that after leaving office many times, at the invitation of Pope Wojtyla, he drove to the Vatican for long talks in private. It is not known whether their religion (not excluded), Catholic upbringing, knowing of dilemmas of power, but surely a community of respect for the fresh Poland.
Yes, the Pope – the uncrowned King of Poland. How beautifully Czesław Miłosz wrote: "At the bottom of her fall she got the Polish king and the 1 she always dreamed of". Next to the Polish Pope, without whom this fresh Poland would not be (the lessons of religion in schools were a gift of the Mazovia government for him), there was besides Cardinal Macharski and Archbishops Gulbinowicz and Gocłowski, hierarchs prominent and wise. They were besides acousticists of the fresh Poland. Jędraszewski, Rydzyk or many current bishops are a different galaxy, a different human format and another intellectual and moral formation.
Come on, people of culture. fewer people remember that in the first post-1989 the legislature besides featured outstanding artists: Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Szczypiorski, Gustav Holoubek, Andrzej Łapicki and Andrzej Szczepkowski. They rapidly withdrew from politics, recognising that it was not their world, the component and temperament, but at the most crucial minute they stated that the emerging Poland needs their names, faces and authority.
The legal elites (Professors Strzembosz, Zoll, Łętowska, Stępień, Safjan) and media (Michnik, Turowicz, Baczyński) did not fail, although these, especially in electronic media, had yet to be created.
New Poland was so highly fortunate for people. The best people for the most crucial and hard time. As the celebrated German coach Jürgen Klopp says, "Don't cry that it's over, enjoy it." Rejoiced that it was, let's be sad that it is what it is now.
