johnsmith
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When the Soviet Union dissolved, Russia was taken over by oligarchs who plundered the country and sent it into the worst economic situation since the second world war. This ended when Putin kicked them out along with the foreign NGOs. What he has achieved since is an economic miracle. Well its only a miracle because the so called democratic west fails to improve anything in their own countries this century.
Every person has sin and transgression. Every person, including you and me, are capable of evil. That is why there is no political system across the entire spectrum that is free from evil and sin. Even the most wonderful systems are corrupted by the sin of people.
John Adams, the second President of the United States, said: "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other".
i.e. the system breaks down when the people are intrinsically not moral people.
Over the past few generations, the people of western countries -- U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, NZ -- have departed from their foundations of having universal morals. People like Oprah say: it is your truth that matters, i.e. whatever you say, is correct. This ideology - that there is no intrinsic truth - has implications for bathroom design, and who gets to play in which sports.