[dfwgator]

Do Russians really want freedom? Their history doesn’t seem to bear that out.

[rollo tomasi]

Russians/every "lay" citizen in the world (Not involved in a bureaucracy) wants freedom, they just hate the "responsibility" part and are attracted to the "easy button" promised by cunning politicians/revolutionists.

The (British) Enlightenment (Not French) brought fruitful convictions that nurtured the US. Sadly those convictions are now on minority "status" in the US.