<<Only in our country is it possible for such an ineffective, talentless government to exist.>>
Here we go again! I mean, I'm sure the Russian government is incompetent - but to decry that? Pray for more! The more incompetent they are, the more chances you have of developing an economy behind their backs.
Wrong. Having russian background I guess I have more clear understanding what these guys are trying to say: The government is definetely ineffective in protecting its citizen, providing the social wealthfare to them and such, but on the other hand the government corruption, deep involvement with crimilal circles and udertable deals with big foreign corporations bring the country into the situation when the rulling top of the country is having/sharing a huge amount (can't bring any number) of all the profits, while the rest of population (especially pensioners in russia (people of age of 50 and above, who are brought up in post-socialist environment and are totally incapable to adopt to new environment)) are thrown and maintained in poverty.
is? Correct! More socialism! Why the heck would I do anything with my resources, if almost all the revenue from it would be divided among the vodka-drinking idiots of the country? (Well, I know, the new man and stuff.)
not all are vodka drinking idiots. but your statement makes sense. :-) What's worse, is that it's been observed in some country side areas, when one guy is managing to do good on his land, the others get jealous or something, and his house could get burnt eventually with no reason.. happened a few times a few years ago.
allow that! There are CHILDREN there! (There is a solution to this too - socialism is wonderful! We'll confiscate their land, vilify them for not
Come on. Keep in mind that this statement was written by 'a party of pensioners'. Which means by people in age of 50 and above with strong socialist background. They are trying to find a solution to the problem, the only problem here, is that they still apply old patterns to it.
Of course, who cares about the fact that Russia is just a small part of the Union?
Union? Which Union? I doubt russia is welcomed to European Union (update me if I am wrong) and there's no former Soviet Union either. More over the Union of Idependent Countries, seems to be getting gone piece by piece, at least now you need to proper visa if you want to visit Russia from one of the 'former' republics.
income, but the state's, to be used as it sees fit. If I won't, then you'll see a LOT of revenue going abroad - Russian electronics (to give just one example) might be solid, but they're horrible when it comes to quality and design.
Quality is usually good. ;-) (you can use a pocket radio to hitch nails f.e. ;-)) Design is scarey, but that's a postsequence of post-socialism way of working. Noone cares if something looks good as long as it is practical ;-) [snip snip] whatever.. hope my comments are helpful ;-) -- http://www.notlsd.net PGP fingerprint = 56DD 1511 DDDA 56D7 99C7 B288 5CE5 A713 0969 A4D1