I think you're generalizing a little bit too much, or just frustrated with how things are where you are, and I share that frustration, however:
Healthcare is not any better in different parts of the world (or Europe for that matter). Within countries there are places where healthcare absolutely sucks and there are places where you can get a decent healthcare, even in Poland (you have options for private healthcare for example).
As for getting "rich" and inter-generation wealth - we (I'm from Poland too) do certainly have that, although not to the degree that other countries such as US have. Many people I know could afford their first house/flat or mortgage for it only because their parents helped them. Also don't forget that many people got their wealth from communist era, where they had to just wait in the queue to get their flat and then they bought it for a penny after we shifted to capitalism.
There are certainly real professionals here in Poland too, but they're just harder to come by. I'd not say it's specific to Poland. If anything, you can just say it's more common than average in other countries, but it's not certainly an exceptional thing here that we lack true professionals.
I'm in the same bucket as you're, it's not like the pasture is greener on the other side in many fields.
BTW, I've not yet come by anyone whose hobbies were flying or diving, although I admit I might not have met as many people lol.
I may sound cynical but here's an alternative to this:
2% annual pay rise and you get laid off/become unemployable ( because of the youth cult) when you hit 50. People are truly sick and tired of waiting 10,15,30 years to get somewhere.
I'm not saying it's good, but that's just how it is.
The only case where significant wealth was inherited are descendants of 90s era "businessmen" and descendants of communist era politicians, security service functionaries, and high level administrative employees. Basically Polish oligarchs. The commie block flat, or flat in newly built fenced "apartment block" is not wealth.
If you don't consider flats as "wealth" (given the crazy prices of it in major cities, being like 2x or 3x as much as national average wage, that is per square meter) then I guess 90% of polish society has nothing by that means.
Didn't Poland have a privatization post-revolution like Czechia had? Here, we returned most of what was stolen to the ancestors of the original owners.
Privatization in Poland was mostly selling for a fraction of price to western corporations, mostly French, German, American, some to Italians and Brits. In some cases there were local Polish intermediaries with political connections and the transaction made them into the list of richest Poles. In our case the original owners vanished with no descendants, decided for permanent emigration, or the business was originally foreign owned prewar.
It wasn't all fine and dandy here too, but at least buildings and land were mostly returned (corporations were mostly robbed by the communists so there wasn't much to return). Has Polish land not been returned at all to the rightful owners?
Healthcare is not any better in different parts of the world (or Europe for that matter). Within countries there are places where healthcare absolutely sucks and there are places where you can get a decent healthcare, even in Poland (you have options for private healthcare for example).
As for getting "rich" and inter-generation wealth - we (I'm from Poland too) do certainly have that, although not to the degree that other countries such as US have. Many people I know could afford their first house/flat or mortgage for it only because their parents helped them. Also don't forget that many people got their wealth from communist era, where they had to just wait in the queue to get their flat and then they bought it for a penny after we shifted to capitalism.
There are certainly real professionals here in Poland too, but they're just harder to come by. I'd not say it's specific to Poland. If anything, you can just say it's more common than average in other countries, but it's not certainly an exceptional thing here that we lack true professionals.
I'm in the same bucket as you're, it's not like the pasture is greener on the other side in many fields.
BTW, I've not yet come by anyone whose hobbies were flying or diving, although I admit I might not have met as many people lol.