ost important documents in America to this day. Glorification of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers among many others, was preordained with the wide base of support patriotism had rallied throughout the nation (Heywood 97). These documents promoted democratic values that paralleled the desires as well as demands of society. To this day, Americans place high value upon these documents and for the most part act in accordance with them. It would be difficult to dishonor these glorified texts because of the pedestal in which they have been placed upon. Also, when the main focus of them is the concept that all men are created equal, it is difficult to dispute against this favorable stance towards democracy. Conversely, there was no real revolutionary war against authoritarianism in Russia. The Bolshevik Revolution could be comparable to the Revolutionary War of the United States, but it is not the same because it ended in communism and repression, rather than gradual democracy that occurred in America (Melvin 68). People in Russia do not have the concept of how a democracy functions because they have no experience with it. They went from having tsars to communism, they've never had a real democratic government until recently. People are used to serving the state whereas in America people are used to referring to government officials as "public servants." The governing documents of the states are not honored and valued as they are in America because they were mainly mandates with little public consensus (Melvin 126). Lack of legitimacy in national constitutions has caused Russians to favor government intervention in all aspects of life involving the economy. Paucity of opportunity and hope has hindered personal aspirations of Russian constituents. This is due largely in part to the strong autocratic traditions of Russia. Russians have never been forced to motivate themselves to gain wealth because the ...
