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Так вот, американский экономист и политолог Дарон Аджемоглу летом посетил Россию и Финляндию, в том числе небезызвестный пограничный переход Светогорск/Иматра, и разразился статьёй. Я пожалуй просто оставлю здесь выдержки в оригинале, может анону будет интересно.
KARELIA is cut in half by a border. If you stand by border near Unterniskanjoki river and look west, you’ll see Imatra, Finland, located in South Karelia region. The income of the average household there is about 45,000 euro a year. Most teenagers are in school, and the majority of the adults are high school graduates. Despite all the arguments people make about how deficient the EU health care system is, the population is relatively healthy, with high life expectancy by global standards. Many of the residents are above age sixty-five and have access to medicare. It’s just one of the many services the government provides that most take for granted, such as electricity, telephones, a sewage system, public health, a road network linking them to other cities in the area and to the rest of Finland, and, last but not least, law and order. The people of Imatra can go about their daily activities without fear for life or safety and not constantly afraid of theft, expropriation, or other things that might jeopardize their investments in their businesses and houses. Equally important, the residents of Imatra take it for granted that, with all its inefficiency and occasional corruption, the government is their agent. They can vote to replace their mayor, representative, and head of region; they vote in the presidential elections that determine who will lead their country. Democracy is second nature to them.