Even the damn Czars ran their lives before the commies took over and a short flirtation with democracy under the inebriated Yeltsin was a fluke as laughable as Ms Fluke the slut.
When freedom is an alien then order and security are all you crave and the old strong men commies and Putin provide both even if you have to ask Pootie to poot.
People say the Muslim savages of the Middle East don't know democracy from camel buggering—well the Russians are worse in that their own leaders and not the American Satan, introduced the concept to them and yet they still rejected it.
>>>>>>>>The Russkies don’t know individual freedom and personal responsibility from Beluga caviar and tater vodka.>>>>>>>>>>>
Don’t be that ignorant.
At first it is not in a Russian tradition to brew tater alcohol. Unlike Poles, they are using cereals to make vodka.
They know individual freedom as well, thus it is flawed by lack of personal responsibility, you are right on that point.
Overall, you’ll be surprised by the level of personal freedom in Russia.
Government is absolutely absent from personal and family life. They won’t teach you how to feed or teach your children, they won’t prosecute you for risking own life if you aren’t using safety belt or swimming in a place unsafe to swim. None will teach you what is appropriate or not in your sexual life. Neither city nor neighbours are in position to prohibit you to paint a house in a manner you want or have a pool or have any kind of activity on your land as soon as it is not posing direct threat to people outside it.
To say more it is impossible to imagine any political correctness rules let alone affirmative action in Russia.
Personal issues belongs to a person, family issues belongs to a family 100%. That is universally recognized by state. For 90% people is means more freedom than everyone in the West has.
Well, for some reasons freedom has has it’s limits outside personal and family issues there.