r/poland • u/False-Hamster-8125 Zachodniopomorskie • 1d ago
Today marks the anniversary of the death of the Pole thanks to whom Morskie Oko and the Tatra Mountains belong to Poland.
Ruler of the Tatras. A great patriot. An incredibly humble man who traveled exclusively by third-class rail. He saved the Tatras from destruction. He built railways, waterworks, and power plants, and planted forests. He spared no expense for charitable causes.
He acquired the Zakopane estates at auction for 460,002 Rhenish guilders and 3 cents, outbidding Józef Goldfinger by a single cent. He staked everything on one gamble and won the "trial of the century" for Poland. He secured an international court ruling confirming that Morskie Oko belonged to Galicia—a decision that later placed it within the borders of independent Poland, which were established based on the boundary between Galicia and the Kingdom of Hungary.
He endured years of lawsuits, threats, and ridicule. He saved our most sacred mountains, then bequeathed his vast fortune to Poland.
Before his death in 1924, he signed the deed establishing the "Zakłady Kórnickie" Foundation, transferring his entire immense fortune to the Polish nation.
This donation included Kórnik Castle and its priceless Kórnik Library, the Zakopane estates (including the Tatra forests), numerous properties, and art collections.
The Tatra lands he donated later became the foundation for the creation of the Tatra National Park. In accordance with the Count's wishes, this estate was to serve Polish science and education.
He died owning almost nothing. One of the most underrated heroes of our history. On October 3, 1924, Count Władysław Zamoyski fell asleep in the Lord
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u/morelebaks 1d ago
Is the photo legit? Hate to be that guy, but this is the unfortunate reality of our zeitgeist
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u/Ancient_Property2862 Mazowieckie 1d ago
You can see the original here
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Zamoyski_(1853%E2%80%931924)#/media/Plik:Wierchy-1925---W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw-Zamoyski-(1853-1924).png#/media/Plik:Wierchy-1925---W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw-Zamoyski-(1853-1924).png)
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u/harassercat 1d ago
My first thought as well, everything about the image makes it look AI generated. Turns out it's a heavily processed version of the original photo.
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u/strong_slav Wielkopolskie 1d ago
A better question is about the text, which also appears to be AI generated.
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u/ruun666 1d ago
Real photo butchered by super intelligence.
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u/Happur5ye 1d ago
You're really calling it super intelligence?
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u/Noriaki_Kakyoin_OwO 1d ago
Dw soon the Polish elites will pressure Trump further so that they’ll be saying Sztuczna Inteligencja like us
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u/ruun666 1d ago
Yes, name was changed. I like it. You have a problem with that?
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u/itsakle 1d ago
Name wasn't changed tho?
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u/ruun666 1d ago
It was changed. U.S. government officially renamed the term "AI" to "Super Intelligence" (SI) through an executive order. Get your facts straight and don't spread misinformation. Please.
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u/AquaQuad 1d ago
Dafuq does US government have to do with how anyone calls it? The concept of AI is not their property, and their opinions isn't of any value in this matter.
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u/NegativeSwimming4815 1d ago
Dafaq is very old n corny expression. But you can find it at the bottom of the page if you are still looking for help and already answered questions.
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u/ruun666 1d ago
Nothing at the moment but it will spread like Netflix or McDonald's. I'm early adopter.
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u/Happur5ye 1d ago
That's kind of delusional considering the name in use is already widespread and a dominant conversation topic, but you're absolutely entitled to holding the belief. It's just you will be ridiculed for it. I hope you're aware Trump is extremely divisive and frankly unpopular outside certain cult-like societies.
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u/pit_supervisor 1d ago
The concept of AI is not their property
they own all AI companies that matter
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u/MarsasGRG 1d ago
The US government as we all know has universal authority over how the entire world uses the English language. Lmao.
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u/Milosz0pl 20h ago
Not us goverment but by pedophile president. Not through law but through decree.
And also it may shock you magaloid but us doesn't have authority on english language. Now get out from here to try to get money from doge scam before you get 5k scam lol
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u/Particular_Waterbear 1d ago
Yes, but the rules of the subreddit will not allow me to articulate my thoughts on your relation to me and the rest of humanity.
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u/krose1980 1d ago edited 21h ago
in todays fashion standards guy looks cool as f..k but most importantly also did things important as f..k
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u/Comfortable_Salt_792 1d ago
Cool guy, I visited Kuźnice, part of his property South from Zakopane encompassed by National Park, it is a good start to visit mountains and it also an open roof museum, next to a very great looking part of the river.
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u/wojtekpolska Łódzkie 1d ago
TIL. very interesting, I haven't heard of this story before, sounds like he was a cool guy.
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u/Rogue_Egoist 1d ago
Said who exactly? I'm sorry but territorial claims in modern Europe are the stupidest shit ever. Like I could easily say, that the whole of Ukraine and Belarus are occupied Polish territory, but what's the point? Do we want to go to war for it?
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u/oGsMustachio 1d ago
The smartest thing Poland ever did was walk away from its old territorial claims.
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u/Rogue_Egoist 1d ago
Well the thing with Belarus and Ukraine goes back to 1945 as they've been separated from Poland after the war. Again, do you want to go to war for it? I'm not asking if we could win, we would surely win with Slovakia, Ukraine on the other hand? If they weren't fighting on the opposite front at the moment, they would fucking mop the floor with us lol. Their army is like 4x bigger than ours and they have combat experience which basically no polish soldier has
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