• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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    2 months ago

    The difference is that the military industrial complex in the west is privately owned, which creates the perverse incentive for profit from war. Meanwhile, Russian military industry is predominantly state owned and operating it is a cost for the state.

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      2 months ago

      cost for the s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ people

      Rich people get richer peasants get poorer, i don’t see much difference.

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            2 months ago

            Nowhere did I say that you have to choose one. Russia is a capitalist state that mirrors the west in many of the worst ways. However, it’s a well documented fact that Russia did in fact try to avoid this war.