[asciilifeform]

Oh, I will try. And so will you. In a few years.

Does a high-quality American (well, probably Japanese) drill bit enter your teeth if you can't pay the dentist?

And what will you eat from the (temporarily) well-stocked market shelves once your bank account is empty?

[burgerbrain]

You seem to be harboring a lot of anger. What is really going on here?

[asciilifeform]

You seem to be harboring a lot of complacency. What is really going on here?

[burgerbrain]

What makes you think I am complacent?

[guard-of-terra]

What makes you think he is angry? He has a point. It is consistent. It might be false, might be true but most certainly it is partially true. He doesn't need to be angry to state his point.

By demonstrating certain naive views about soviet union, people here motivate him to try and shake their world picture in hopes that it would somehow fix itself a little.

Not that I agree to all the things he writes, but many Russians would. Many would not, but that's what pluralism is about.

[burgerbrain]

I got the impression that he was angry because he kept on deflecting the conversation onto other countries. I commonly see that behaviour "in real life" from people that I would consider to be angry.

[guard-of-terra]

He kept comparing to other countries, but he never intended to shift the discussion focus off Russia entirely. Therefore he didn't just deflect.