to this:

All the difference between our and Western mentality can be seen from the turnikets in the subway. The western system turbines are closed, but they will open immediately as soon as you pay for the ticket. Soviet turnikets are always open, but if you do not pay, they strangely and painfully beat below the belt.

If you think a little, you can understand that the difference is not in the mentality, but in the course of engineering thought. Our turnikets have a much higher capacity - you don't have to wait for the door to be opened (and if you still realized that the ticket can be applied immediately after it was removed by the previous passenger, there would be no congestion at all). And accordingly lower energy consumption - it is not necessary to open the doors before each passenger and then close them. But yes, they are less resilient.