Daozen
10th September 2014, 13:57
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Poland Vs America. Who had the Best Freedom Networks?
Paper
Poland, 1944: Scarce paper. Sheets smuggled into town in peasant farmers apple carts. Resistance materials printed on cardboard, food packets, anything.
“There were many difficulties involved in running an underground newspaper. Firstly, acquiring paper was no easy task, as it was indeed a scarce commodity, like virtually everything else. More often than not, ordinary brown wrapping paper was used, but efforts were constantly made to acquire paper through German sources through bibery, or theft, or from the black market. The transport of paper supplies was virtually child’s play, for example, peasant carts had supplies hidden underneath a huge mound of potatoes and cabbages.” (The Polish Underground Press)
America, 2014: Abundant paper, 2 cents a sheet.
“In the United States, the average consumption of paper per person in 1999 was approximately 354 kilograms. This would be the same consumption for 6 people in Asia or 30 people in Africa.”
“115 billion sheets of paper are used annually for personal computers.[26] The average web user prints 28 pages daily.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_recycling
Printing Press
Poland, 1944: Owning a printing press punishable by hanging.
“ This massive undertaking was not meant solely for the dissemination of information to the Polish people, although it was a very important factor, but it represented a direct threat to the Germans that the Polish underground resistance was active, effective, and would never yield. The movement caused great concern for the Germans because they intensified their efforts to crack down on the leaders and members of the Polish Underground. Many were publicly executed, or hanged from the gallows, lamp posts, or trees.”
More stories here:
https://medium.com/@Frodonomics2015/poland-1944-vs-america-2014-are-the-western-freedom-networks-a-bunch-of-unfocused-muppets-d593a8c626ef
Poland Vs America. Who had the Best Freedom Networks?
Paper
Poland, 1944: Scarce paper. Sheets smuggled into town in peasant farmers apple carts. Resistance materials printed on cardboard, food packets, anything.
“There were many difficulties involved in running an underground newspaper. Firstly, acquiring paper was no easy task, as it was indeed a scarce commodity, like virtually everything else. More often than not, ordinary brown wrapping paper was used, but efforts were constantly made to acquire paper through German sources through bibery, or theft, or from the black market. The transport of paper supplies was virtually child’s play, for example, peasant carts had supplies hidden underneath a huge mound of potatoes and cabbages.” (The Polish Underground Press)
America, 2014: Abundant paper, 2 cents a sheet.
“In the United States, the average consumption of paper per person in 1999 was approximately 354 kilograms. This would be the same consumption for 6 people in Asia or 30 people in Africa.”
“115 billion sheets of paper are used annually for personal computers.[26] The average web user prints 28 pages daily.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_recycling
Printing Press
Poland, 1944: Owning a printing press punishable by hanging.
“ This massive undertaking was not meant solely for the dissemination of information to the Polish people, although it was a very important factor, but it represented a direct threat to the Germans that the Polish underground resistance was active, effective, and would never yield. The movement caused great concern for the Germans because they intensified their efforts to crack down on the leaders and members of the Polish Underground. Many were publicly executed, or hanged from the gallows, lamp posts, or trees.”
More stories here:
https://medium.com/@Frodonomics2015/poland-1944-vs-america-2014-are-the-western-freedom-networks-a-bunch-of-unfocused-muppets-d593a8c626ef