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What are the negative aspects of multiple PhDs outside of North America?

I have found that it is common in Poland to do multiple PhDs:

and, these people are very successful.

There are lots of posts in Academia.SE describing the negative aspects of doing multiple PhDs.

As far as I realize, most of the answerers are US-based.

My question is,

  • Is the notion of multiple PhDs are bad for a career either in the industry or in the academia applicable only to North America or is it applicable to the entire OECD?
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