Talking with my Russian neighbor and he likened the USA to the Weimar Republic off handedly which prompted a discussion 

I said “Weimar? What about 90s Russia?” (He lived there then so right guy to ask)

He rejected it saying that it was still too functional overall here (“The roads are still getting fixed”) but conceded on corruption or tendency towards corruption being similar

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Talking *@! In /extracurriculars reminiscing in /gen-x and curating in /trish

I will ask him directly and tell you what he says, but I think very much so yes. He gets to work with JWST data, go to Moto GP down the street, and get a motorcycle license trivially 😊