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I don't get what some people's hangup is with "socialism." It seems to me, when I talk with these kinds of people, that they rarely have any depth of understanding as to what socialism really is. ...

But your thought process is illogical. In the same breath, you say not to generalize about one thing, but ok to generalize about another? And to lump all "leftists" into one ball... is really a...

Eric, this is not a logical thought process.

Heh. If Russians are still "brainwashed socialists" then Americans are still brainwashed to believe that America is the Greatest Country in the World, blah blah blah.

And American women can be...

Wow, Chaika. I worked for the Soviet Government as part of a cultural exchange program and was invited there as part of Glasnost. I worked in television as a sort of consultant, and helped write...

Well, yeah, 1992 was rough. And I wasn't really a tourist. I lived and worked there for two years. The Soviet Union collapsed right before my eyes and I joined the protesters on the streets. ...

I was there from 1991-1992. Yeah, it is going to be a major culture shock, of that I am sure. But it's OK - I've done the culture shock thing enough times in my life now that it shouldn't be too...

It is nothing specific about Russian men in particular, American men were - if anything - actually much worse, when I returned to the States. I try to take each person as they are. I long ago moved...

I lived in Russia 20 years ago and had my heart broken a couple times by Russian men :sorry:
But today I am excited about learning Russian again because I still have good friends in Russia, and I...