[dennisgorelik]

Being hardworking is not enough. You should also work in a right direction and in right environment. Right culture helps you choose right direction and right environment. Right culture also helps you to make right changes in your political environment.

For example, if your culture allows lies and corruption from elected politicians, you are likely to create suboptimal environment around you.

My friends in Russia make that silly choice - they support lying corrupt politicians in favor of pleasing their nationalistic feelings.

Guess what - they lowered their income ~2x just by that.