• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    No I think the article is making a pretty reasonable assumption that if Russia does not collapse, they will rebuild their army to the level they have historically maintained it.

    You’re basically saying “no way they don’t collapse” but that seems a pretty large speculative leap.

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      2 months ago

      You’re basically saying “no way they don’t collapse”

      No I’m not, I’m saying no way they wont go into a multiple year recession. And they MAY collapse as a single nation because of it.
      There is no doubt their economy is seriously cracking already.

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        2 months ago

        Sure the economy is bad, but you seriously don’t think they’ll keep spending on the military?

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          2 months ago

          When the war ends, I expect they’ll reduce military cost dramatically, because they have to.