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It has always stymied me why Russia is so messed up when almost every Russian I meet seems to be great and cynical. Maybe Russia being messed up makes the Russ
by lzw 16y ago
It has always stymied me why Russia is so messed up when almost every Russian I meet seems to be great and cynical. Maybe Russia being messed up makes the Russian people great... And maybe unlike Americans Russians can conceive of corruption in government....so. Maybe you couldn't have one without the other.
- VladRussian 16y ago> ... almost every Russian I meet seems to be great and cynical. Maybe Russia being messed up makes the Russian people great... No. Russia being messed up makes some of the relatively well educated and open minded Russian people leave the country, and that results in the very skewed representation of Russians.