There you go, Yasha. You just solved your own conundrum. You don't have those freedoms in Russia. Why on earth would you want to change this country to be more and more like that? How well did Russia work under their brand of socialism? How productive is a country with no individual motivation to get ahead?

Idealism is one thing. Reality is another. Idealism is great when everyone puts forth an equal effort to be successful. If everyone in this country did that, there wouldn't be people in poverty. That's not the case though. There are people here much smarter than others, and much more ambitious than others. If you drag those poeple down and force them to support everyone else, you end up with a failed experiment just like the Soviet Union.

Prove me wrong and then throw out the Fuck You's at me.