Never lived in the country for long periods of time since 4.
"We as Russians..."
Makes conclusions based on personal experience as if it's statistically relevant.
You're right, this is a low quality post.
Edit: right, about the main point. Yes, CPSU did make a mistake of allowing the high level administrators detach from the workers instead of having something like what WPK practices with people on SPA having actual jobs in between sessions (whether it was an honest mistake is another matter). No, Russians aren't "allowing the same guy to rule" out of apathy. Have you considered that, le gasp, Putin is the best game in town, considering the only other people close to power are even more liberal than him and definitely more pro-western? Not to mention that "letting" is a curious choice of words. Do you believe it's always in people's power to just overthrow a government? I'm afraid it needs to be a fair bit more unstable than it is for that to have any positive results. AND THEN we get to the political climate outside the country and inevitable interventions if people activly destabilize the place from within, which is obvious these days even for Russians that have been living under a proverbial rock.