[russnewcomer]

I don't have any utopian view of life in Russia or anywhere. And I was not intending to make a statement about modern Russia or really Russian culture, more about my observations from reading classic Russian literature. I think modern Russia has, like America, a confluence of old and new philosophies that contend with each other, and produce different results different places in culture.

But in my thinking on this subject, at least, there is a difference between dependency and responsibility that I think maybe doesn't come across the best.

[wordbank]

Understood, sorry if I sounded rude then.

I've encountered many stereotypes on this topic from non-Russian russophiles in the last politically-intensive years - that's why I responded hotheadedly.