As an American who has lived in an ex-Soviet state, I always cringe now when someone points out how Western governments are the same or somehow comparable. Gett

As an American who has lived in an ex-Soviet state, I always cringe now when someone points out how Western governments are the same or somehow comparable. Getting pulled over by the police for no real reason at all except to get shaken down is a real eye opener. At least in the US you can go to a police officer for help and have a reasonable expectation of getting it. One of the first questions my wife asked me when were were thinking of starting a business in the US was who we had to pay to make sure nothing bad happened.