Greetings!
I am a young student from Russia, currently studying Sociology in one of the Toronto's Universities. Before I came to Canada I was interested in philosophy and politics, but it was just a hobby for me. Then my family decided that it would be better for me to study abroad, to see more of the world. I have been travelling before, but never have I stayed for a long period of time, just visited places.
Now I have been living in Canada for 3 years already and have seen a lot of things. First impression was very positive, because some things really are nice here. Salaries are higher, corruption is not visible, the roads are nice.
But over time I started noticing a lot of things I did not notice straight away. I just understood that nobody around me understands me, that we think of completely different things, that the culture is so much different.
I must say that political, economical and philosophical thought is much more advanced in Russia, there are great many theories flowing around, most of which are really different from ideas in the West. Around here, there very few people are interested in thinking, especially thinking deeply.
I was surprised to say the least, because the West has always been rich with ideas and philosophers. Granted, I disagree with most of them, yet at least there were more meaningful discussions around. Nowadays it seems that providing special washrooms for transsexuals became problem #1. And other things like that.
That is why I am glad to have found Stefan's show, it showed me that there is still hope, there are still many intelligent people around. I would like to participate in discussions on the website. I also would have liked to help the Freedomainradio, although my finances are restricted at the moment, but I could probably help some other way.
Not sure if it is the best place to ask about it, but I would like to volunteer to help around. I could do pretty good translations, both from Russian to English and English to Russian. I am also studying Sociology, know history and politics quite well, plus consider myself to be an intellectual, that is why I think I could help the Freedomainradio in some way. It would also be a great experience for me.
