Just Because Science Hasn’t Mapped a Polish Gene Doesn’t Mean it Doesn’t Exist
According to my personal DNA test results, 98% of my genes are essential Polish DNA, with only 2% “other.” Nearly 97% of Poland’s population is primarily “Polish.” Given the facts of Polish history, it is unlikely that the wanderlust/explorer gene is high in the national population. But for literally thousands of years, Polish people have been described as being genetically coded for individual liberty; a notion that has been historically supported the fact that Polish kings have been elected by independence-addicted nobles since 1573. Furthermore, a single dissenting vote (the Liberum Veto) could undo the entire season’s work of the national legislature, which proved not to be a good thing. No one may have yet identified the specific gene that drives individuality and independence, but there is much evidence of how such a gene would manifest if it did exist, and Poland could be its exemplar. Poles have fought long and hard over their 1000-year history to gain, to keep, and to regain their independence. In the late 18th Century, Poland was partitioned by the Austrians, Russians, and Prussians. It ceased to exist as a nation for nearly a century and a half before being reconstituted after WWI.
In 1804, the Haitian people rose to oust the French and attain independence. Napoleon sent an army to make sure that didn’t happen. One of the elements of that army was a contingent of Polish Legionnaires who had joined the French Army in the hope that France would help restore Poland after its partition and erasure by Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Once the Poles arrived in Haiti and realized that they were about to help Napoleon crush a fight for the independence of the Haitian people, the Polish Legionnaires switched sides and played a pivotal role in Haiti’s fight to become the first self-governing black republic in the New World. Their deeds are enshrined in the second Haitian Constitution. Haiti’s first head of state Jean-Jacques Dessalines called Polish people “the White Negroes of Europe,” which was then regarded a great honor, as it meant there is a brotherhood between Poles and Haitians.
Here again is a solid argument against the prevailing Neo-sociopsychological argument that citizens can, and should, be subliminally conscripted and induced to agree with and conform to the dictates of professionals who presume to know what is best for society but lack an adequate understanding of their own prejudices and limitations along with an adequate and respectful appreciation of their target audience. This is the case for any number of reasons we have discussed.
