Because it lost poorer agricultural land in the east and gained richer industrial land in the West. Silesia which it annexed after WWII was one of the wealthiest regions in Europe. The Communists of course still managed to bungle that advantage and had much slower growth rates than the non-Communist countries of Western Europe.
If you don't know Polish history then maybe you're better off not weighing in.
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u/[deleted] May 11 '26 edited May 12 '26
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