Among those emotional needs, none is more basic than the need for love and affection, the need to sense that he or she belongs and is wanted. With an adequate supply of affection, the child will likely develop into a responsible adult. Without that love, he or she will be emotionally and socially retarded.
— The 5 Love Languages (Gary Chapman), Loc. 160–2
That’s why Russia is like that, a bunch of fucking kids, with no grown-ups, at all.