From New York With Love (part 24)

Mr. Prokhorov,

World is changing fast around us and before you know it, your ideas of change maybe obsolete.
If you can afford the time, why wouldn't you come to America, see how things work in here, try to change, see how it works, learn from it, then go and implement it in Russia in better ways?
There is a saying; smart people learn from their mistakes and smarter people learn from other people's mistakes.
My next idea of good impact to society is to encourage people who are doing good, so that can motivate others to do good and better. One of America's social policy failures is to confuse good with right. Not every good thing is the right thing to do. It should stand the trial with long line of questioning, such as to whom, how much, where, how long, how and why? Under which circumstances it can be done? To help someone is a good thing, but start asking why and how.
The road to hell can be paved with good intentions.
For example; someone who has a child and can't afford to care for him/her and a very good thing to help. Fine. Ones you made it a political reality, more women will have kids out of wedlock, throw their men or husbands away, simply because government is paying the bills. But, unfortunately government is not there to be her husband or father the kid.
Men are rejected very easily, don't have a woman to value them, he is thrown out, angry on society and life, blaming everything and everybody around, thus finding excuse for himself to act irresponsibly to do anything. Most likely getting in trouble, some ending up in prisons, etc. Look what happened to America's welfare system. It grew and grew and grew, took over inter-cities and major metropolitan areas. Especially minority families started deteriorating, because of the believe that society owe them and they should be taking care of for free. Fine. Many of them generation later are living in the same areas, doing the same thing; having babies in younger age without support of the men.
Don't know in Russia, but teenage pregnancy in America considers a social crisis.
Moral side of it is the saddest part; kids don't have 2 parents, extended families, psychologically in my opinion impacted by that, grow angry and most likely not succeed.
Racism and other cliche's thrive and become initially a business, conducted by manipulators of society. Media, which gets paid and feeds on bad news making money, excalating it.
Help those who work and are educated, alone and decent. I said - decent. I know it becomes a weird word, becuase liberals are wierdos and they basically contral most od the media.
Could you guess by watching American TV that only 20% of Americans are liberal? You might think the entire country is "fascinated" by Hollywood. Not so. Most Americans are conservative or almost conservative such as myself, believe in Good and love their country.
Suggestion; help those who help themselves or can do so in the future. Open a special foundation for people who are single, who work, educated and talented and need to succeed. Tell them you'll help them, so they can afford to have a family and care for it. Those people are the ones who help others automatically by teaching them, hiring them, paying taxes for them, being out of trouble and worry about the good future. It can be done and will change the course of society from deterioration from within.
Just sharing thoughts with you.

Best regards.

From New York With Love (part 23)

Mr. Prokhorov,

Couple of days ago you announced that you'd return to politics when conditions in society will ripe. Good choice. Don't know what you mean by "ripe," but I'll take anything which keeps you away from type of politics you wanted to get involved in.
You can change the world with your possibilities. To get involved in small political party and call cheap shots was a waste of time and money as you know now.

In last posting I promised to give you suggestions that will bring good changes to Russian society. Here we go.
Statistics show that Russian society is not multiplying enough to replace itself, much less to grow. In other words child birth is very low. Who is going to enjoy changes you wanted to bring, if no one is going to be there? Mr. Putin talked about it years ago and said that government started monetarily encourage people who were having kids.
I saw on TV Russian people saying that they can't afford to have kids because there are not enough daycares or they can't afford them.
Here is one suggestion; why don't you put a goal, announce, follow up, show and proof the nation that people who work for you in any level will have more kids than an average in entire country? Start with very heavy laborers who work 6 days and their housing and food included in their compensation. For example at the gold mining town, where they live and work,which looks like a pretty isolated area.
Build the best, the biggest and most advanced child care facilities in those areas. Pay top $ for their good food, live music (yes, even soviet times daycares had piano players), toys, books, etc. Then go and look into school system around those areas where your factories are, talk to people in charge and start hands-on approach improving those. If possible, build your own private facilities for your employees' kids education and entertainment. Put all these on TV openly and consistently and report the growth of happy humanity around you and under your watch. Be an example and ask your fellow rich men to do the same. Talk to men and women directly, personally, encourage them, go to their wedding parties, tell them you've got their becks. Send them good sanatoriums and double paid vocations. Open collage funds for kids of those working for you for certain amount of years.

You'd get letters from children who might not be born if you'd not be so kind. That would be such a priceless reword for you, that politics of millions of opinions, adult cruelty and discontent would seem a sad dream to remember.

Mission called "Prokhorov's people earn more than others and have more kids than average."
This could be just the start to impact the world without politics, should you wish so, of course.

I'll give you the next idea next.

Best regards.