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sean anderson's avatar

Stephen Covey, a self-improvement author, said that in a sense people and institutions develop a “goodwill” account not unlike a bank account. If they behave in a credible way and deliver the goods and services with quality and timeliness their goodwill account grows. But once they start cutting corners and deliver less and are tardy in doing so the goodwill progressively diminishes until they become overdrawn and the person or company loses all credibility. I think in the case of Russia as far back as the time of the Tsars the Russian people have had enough bad experiences with authority to have a healthy skepticism towards any scamdemic. By contrast the Finns seem to have enjoyed such relatively transparent and beneficent government to have developed an almost implicit trust in their governments. So sadly they tend to show little skepticism towards their own scamdemics.

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Ofelia Ugalde's avatar

Fascinated to see how those who were raised and seasoned with Communism had the courage to stand firm against coercion And intimidation. They know what fascism is! I’m so proud of the Russian population. I have always wanted to go to Russia but was afraid 😱 I could not return. Yet I see Pres Putin trying to be pragmatic or so it appears. Thank you for your article.

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