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It might be that Russians cooperate very well (I do definitely agree on that), but as the organisation grows bigger, it is definitely very Russian to not be abl

• nephrite 7y ago
  It's not a Russian trait, it's a common bureaucratic trait, and Soviet Union was bureaucratized over any sane limits.
  • avmich 7y ago
    One of signatures of Henry Spencer ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spencer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Spencer ) looks like this: -- Americans proved to be more bureaucratic | Henry Spencer than I ever thought. --Valery Ryumin, RKK Energia | henry@zoo.toronto.edu https://yarchive.net/space/rocket/fuels/hydrogen.html https://yarchive.net/space/rocket/fuels/hydrogen.html
• nenadg 7y ago
  russians (and other citizens of soviet union) transitioned from serfdom to (at the time) bleeding edge political system. It required tremendeous amounts of bureaucracy in order to enforce ex-serfs not to get any funny ideas about their current 'freedom'.
  • cbnotfromthere 7y ago
    "russians (and other citizens of soviet union) transitioned from serfdom to (at the time) bleeding edge political system" This is a VERY unfortunate way to distort the truth. Bolshevism was just another versions of slavery / serfdom. The liberal democracy, as practiced in the West, was actually bleeding edge: commoners having rights and exercising them.