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Funny you should bring up Russia. In Russia, the only way to get anything done with government bureaucrats was to "lubricate" the wheels with some illegal bribe
by Fatnino 5y ago
Funny you should bring up Russia. In Russia, the only way to get anything done with government bureaucrats was to "lubricate" the wheels with some illegal bribes in the right pockets.
So a regular citizen could stick to his moral compass and spend eternity at the back of the line getting no government services whatsoever, or he could do what the majority of people did and pay the illegal "fees".
- throwaway2331 5y agoYes. I'm not blind to the fact the Russian people were, at the end of the day, just people going about their lives; and these people were no different than you and I, just doing what they could to survive/thrive. However, there were a few notable "malcontents" that went against this grain, in spite of the zeitgeist of their time, and the workings of the people around them. Reading through old non-fiction accounts by Soviet dissidents (mostly lambasting their society), I cannot help but feel there are parallels between their struggle, and ours.