# Discussion on Crime and Corruption in Poland

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2118024557462175832
- Source account: [@przyby_piotr](https://x.com/przyby_piotr)
- Source language: Polish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:32
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Machine translated. Check the original before quoting.
- Canonical URL: https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland

## Transcript

[0:00](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland) An attack on the tribunal won't win them support.

[0:02](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=2) I knew the mafia wouldn't go down without a fight, but this is different.

[0:07](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=7) You went too far first. You won the election, then the trust polls.

[0:12](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=12) You drove them to desperation. A drowning man grabs at anything.

[0:19](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=19) They're ordinary criminals. They're not complicated.

[0:22](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=22) With all due respect, maybe you don't understand it entirely either.

[0:27](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=27) Back when I was still working at the Institute, my colleagues and I searched through the archives.

[0:33](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=33) The government bought the loyalty of tribal warlords, bribing them with lottery tickets.

[0:39](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=39) But in Gdańsk, north of Warsaw, a certain electrician kept winning.

[0:44](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=44) So we went to look for those numbers. For six months, we didn't meet anyone who'd even matched three numbers.

[0:52](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=52) One day, I saw a child playing with a winning ticket with all six numbers marked correctly.

[1:00](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=60) That electrician was throwing them out. So why was he wiring them?

[1:06](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=66) Because he thought it was a fun sport. Some people don't need any logic or reason.

[1:12](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=72) You can't like them or get along with them or negotiate with them.

[1:17](https://preview.translate.mom/transcript/C8Aip0OBOnWb/transcript-of-discussion-on-crime-and-corruption-in-poland?t=77) Some people just want to watch Poland burn.