I am mildly surprised to see that this mob includes faces that most likely have consciously experienced times of CCCP. When someone of this kind runs off to whine about political suppresion and void that remains where citizen expects to see his voice, doesn't it ring a bell in his head that not only triggering an antigovernment shitstorm within confines of Moscow has been somewhat tolerated, but also their V& asses are unlikely to be smashed into oblivion anytime soon? As if granting stability to such a society could only produce time for whining and rioting.
If you cannot point out how anyone in this thread is an idiot (which I agree there is a lot of stupid shit said in this thread) but call them idiots anyway, all you are doing is proving you are just as stupid as they are.
Are you arguing that Russia has only been a kleptocratic state because of the Americans? LOL! Russia has always been governed by thieves, it just in recent times they no longer live on the steppes and round up Jews. Sometimes I get tricked into thinking you are wise baya, but then you say stupid shit like this and you go back to square one with my respect.
If you cannot point out how making a general sweeping statement about the dire state of this thread's average intelligence makes me just as idiotic as it then all you are doing is trying to look clever on the internet.
All governments are run by thieves, Rice. The difference is that some governments try to pass themselves off as patriotic and just. Some might actually be patriotic and just. That wasn't the case with Yeltsin. The man sold every piece of state property for a dime on the dollar and made alliances with criminal gangs. The productivity, standard of living and life expectancy in Russia was worse under him than under the Soviets. And yet you say that his rule wasn't an abnormality. As far as Russian civilization is concerned, Russians had civilization while you Germanics were throwing shit at each other like chimps. Don't forget that Russians embraced Roman culture (and even considered themselves the successors) whereas you Germanics resisted it with every breath. Despite now claiming that Rome was the epitome of civilization.