Lucky You!

ОМСК The Moscow as the Third Rome title is taken very seriously or with derision. Derision comes from those who are usually not religious, those who have imbibed a Western mindset, and those willing to turn a blind eye to the cavalcade of anti-family, anti-prosperity, and pro-control of everything else. Anti-prosperity is seen in high taxes in the West, sometimes up to half the salary. This week the Duran also claimed that the average GDP of a citizen of Russia was the same as that of an Englishman for the first time in history. GDP is a terrible mark for measuring quality of life, and yet that is something to consider. Certainly, Moscow's quality of life would rank much higher than London's or Paris's or New York's. Remember the poor lady in New York that fell under the wheel of a subway train and yet begged not to be taken to the hospital, as it would bankrupt her. Greed is a fault found everywhere, but during the time of Ilf and Petrov's journeys across America, greed or profit was earned by good-quality service and products. But no more! A tangible change happened about 15 years ago, and since that time, the global elite especially has openly served itself exclusively almost.Once when in Florida and needing to catch our flight back to Russia, the American airline simply canceled the flight right before takeoff. Since everything was online, no one was there to help at any of the counters, and no one cared either. The staff just marched away with vague words. So a few...