The Myth of the Russian Superpower
The Myth of the Russian Superpower
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They may have had the potential to be a superpower, but it's apparent that they never had the leadership to conduct as one. Those inside the Kremlin bought into their own bullshit and thought of themselves as a superpower, not realising the machine within is operating on unlubricated, old, broken, and missing parts.
This seems to be a common theme with countries that feed a superiority narrative to their people and other nations.
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This seems to be a common theme with countries that feed a superiority narrative to their people and other nations.
begins sweating profusely
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Oh, we have the military superpower. We're constantly putting it on display. We're basically a giant weapons and war factory. When we go down, it won't come from the outside (except in the form of cyber attacks and misinformation campaigns).
Though I could see it in a few decades. Russia was a powerful body full of rot. We're a powerful body with an infection. If the authoritarians win, they'll replace competent people in key positions with unqualified party-loyal yes men, and that will start the rot.
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It seems to me that people keep begging on Ukraine. How about Russia was all of that and a bag of chips but Ukraine was developed for decades of Soviet rule to be a troop sponge where wave after wave of nato troops die and die and die keeping Russia safe.
Ukraine was made to be a rock on which superior armies dash themselves on until they break apart.
After seeing how NATO advised the Ukrainian counter attack to go I’m certain Russia would be in Poland by now if NATO was on the ground.
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NATO losing to Russia in a direct conflict? Truly non credible, my brain worm friend.
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Your mindset is based on the shallowness of an acute modern opinion that disregards history as much as it does immediate reality and humanism.
Or, to put it simply; you have as much growing up to do as you do learning the basics—at least to contribute in this forum.
You're new to this. Your opinion matters, but isn't valuable. It seems valuable to you now, but isn't to others. That's your first step forward to knowledge.
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Comrade, we just invite NK troops over for tea time and potato. What is big deal?
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NK troops: Potato?!!?!!!!
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The North Koreans must feel like the Paradis Eldians felt in AoT when they discovered the outside world was at least 100 years in the future technology and society wise
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I don't think russia is that much more advanced than north korea xD
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I meant when they encounter the western weapons but touché
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Gotta feed that meat grinder.
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THE CUBE DEMANDS MEAT
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3 years
Strictly speaking, 2 years, 8 months, and 24 days, or 998 days. We're just under the 1000 day mark, though.
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!remindme 2 days
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This sub is getting juicy
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They just use more meat when adequate equipment lacks. See golfcarts, motorcycle attacks instead of using a bmp or some infantry fighting vehicle for example. No protection means higher losses. Also their tanks are older and older.
The sanctions help with making new hi-tech, and upgrading old stuff, what they do is just refurbishing old tanks and btrs (and building a handfull of each each month) but they're scraping the bottom of the soviet stockpile as we're speaking.
Maybe they will run out a month from now, we'll see.
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3 days to Kyiv!
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North Koreans right now
Edit: just noticed the duplicate word. I'm leaving it. Not like the guys on the front line are going to be able to read it anyways.
I had to read it like 4 times to find the duplicate word. My brain just kept skipping it.
You aren't supposed to be snorting agent orange. I don't care how many other kids tell you it tastes just like Kool Aid...