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What were some of the "few things" that weren't right? What convinced you at first to challenge your thinking on these things? (ed: follow /u/Widowlickerer Q&A)

Kudos to you for this AMA; I hope you can reach a state of peace with your past. Despite your "doubts about intellectual capability," that's actually a healthy perspective; no one is correct about everything all the time. The bigger indicators of success is humility, work ethic, and the ability to challenge & change your own thinking. Life will bring more challenges, but you've already shown you're equipped to handle them.

That's the way you do it. And get an ordained minister or PhD certificate too, so you can add those letters to your name. Lookin' good.

What's the magic phrase to whisper to skip all the excruciating contract detail & car inspection, to just get a car & be on our way(*)?
(The main reason I avoid Enterprise at nearly any cost)

pretense of communism?

Russia hasn't been communist for 30 years, since Gorbachev resigned Dec 25 1991, it has a market economy and a few rich 0.1% corporatists have benefitted like most modern countries. You're confusing Russia with the defunct USSR.

Russia is a kleptocracy under the dictator for life Putin.

Nazi demagoguery deserves a punch in the face, it is not deserving of "journalistic objectivity."