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Many Russian men were raised without fathers because of World War II, noted Lynn Visson, an American academic and author. They grew up as the focus of their mothers’ attention, and have passed on the same principles of privileging males to their own children.

I think I see a commonality with a certain segment of our Great Society...

[cunning_fish]

>>>I think I see a commonality with a certain segment of our Great Society...<<<

In fact a really huge part of Russian society has numerous other commonality with that certain segment. Similarities are often striking in many different areas.

[cunning_fish]

President: Vladimir Putin |President: Goodluck Jonathan
Population
142,500,482 | 174,507,539

Life Expectancy
69.850 years | 52.460 years

Largest city
Moscow (population: 10,381,200)| Lagos (population: 9,000,000)

Human Development Index
NA | 0.499

Average annual income:
$21,900 US | $2,700 US

Literacy Rate
99.4% | 68%

Corruption Perception Index
2.1 | 2.7

Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA | 7.3%

Wealthiest Citizens
Mikhail Prokhorov ($9.5bn US) | Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)

Unemployment Rate
5.700% | 23.900%

Birth rate (per 1000 population):
12,3 | 39,23

Death Penalty
Abolished in practice | Legal

[Axenolith]

~88% of the males in Russia born in 1922 were killed in the war, and a huge percentage of the cohorts on either side of that for a few years out.

Nowhere near those casualties came out of WWII for us.