Quote Originally Posted by Anixx View Post
The right-wing ideology dominant to America empathizes family. This is even said in Wikipedia. This is because family seen as an instrument of inheritance for rich people. As an example it is often cited that American presidents usually have portraits of their wives and family on their workplace. The wive of the president is usually goes with him, while in the USSR only Georbachev borrowed this practice from the Americans because he admired them and this was widely publicized.

In America sometimes dynasties are involved not only in industrial management but also in politics such as the Bushs and the Clintons which is not the case of Russia.

Although currently the state attempts to impose similar values in Russia, it is still not universally accepted.

Another example is the absence of orphanages in the US where all parentless children get adopted. In Russia there are lots of orphanages.
Well, as someone (not rich) who has lived in America most of my life, I would like to point out that not everything you read in Wikipedia is true. This is only an "ideal" - vaunted by America's right-wing conservative christian community.

In reality, many of us are separated from our families. When we graduate high school, many of go away to colleges in different states, far from where we grew up. Once we graduate, if we are lucky enough to find jobs, we may find ourselves living on the other side of the country. We are expected to work long hours, with little time left over for family.

Orphanages - foster homes - believe me, there are plenty.

I cannot fully compare to Russia, because I only lived in Russia a short time in comparison, but from my perspective it seemed that Russians, often living in multigenerational homes, are much more family oriented (in reality) than Americans are.