It’s because Lithuania and Estonia have smarter people living there so they elect better government and people who lead their country. Just look at our Saeima. We elected corrupt and pro-russia politicians like Ainārs Šlesers and his partry “Latvija primajā vietā” also ZZS who supports corrupted Aivars Lembergs or we elect partys and people in it who is in power for more than 20 years. And the we ask questions- why Lithuania and Estonian are better than us? It’s because we are fk stupid or it’s because of those soviet dinosaurs who are still alive with their soviet mindsets. I think everything will change for better when young people who wasn’t born in Soviet Union starts to lead our country.