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[–]Ash 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You are right. I forgot about Norway, Finland, Scandinavia, basically all countries with harsh environments with populations acting differently from Russians. It seems that they (ordinary Russians) always have been struggling and fucked over by whoever group was in power since centuries or forever. Being 'tough', having a death wish, alcoholism, macho behavior seems to be ways to cope with the harsh realities of Mother Russia.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think you're absolutely right. Good realizations.