[sattoshi]

People aren't equal though. Coming from Russia, the West is really confused about what it wants.

It seems to want chivalry plus equality minus morality. This desire is represented by factions who seem to work together on some level. The end result is a mess.

[Nomentatus]

A mess the end result of which is that people here touch far more rarely than they did in Victorian times. Yet we know that rarely being touched in childhood is a strong risk factor for promiscuity later on.

As for equality, women are far more at risk from sexual predation and assault; I don't think it's rude to let social customs reflect this by having them initiate touch, largely.

[KSteffensen]

Risk factor for promiscuity. Is promiscuity a bad thing?

As long as you take proper precautions, it seems like sex is a good thing.

I like it, anyway

[Nomentatus]

At a young age, yeah, it correlates with quite bad outcomes.

[eksemplar]

Democracy is messy, slow and complicated because it's build upon compromises between different factions. A lot of things in the west are more of a mess than they are in Russia, but there is a reason immigration streams one way.

[Chris2048]

What is that reason? Seems there is a lot of money in the US, isn't that it?

[nasredin]

Go to JFK international arrivals and ask immigrants why did they come.

I guarantee you would get hundreds of reasons not just one.

Although they are probably gonna be "simple" reasons.

Maybe something like having the right to waive the Rainbow Flag in front of the Whitehouse in case of Russian immigrants.

[Chris2048]

How many of those reasons are one of "something money can fix" or "something getting a European visa can fix".