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The Russians Bolted 1950s Naval Guns To Armored Tractors—And Produced Nearly Useless Combat Vehicles (www.forbes.com)
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It’s apparent the Frankenstein’s monster of a combat vehicle is even less than the sum of its crude components.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Russia ditched communism for capitalism, and yachts, and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One might even say corporatism, given their direct rulers are the billionaires who came out on top in the rush to scavenge the corpse of the USSR.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

given their direct rulers are the billionaires

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

corporatism

That's just capitalism.

[–] Madison420 1 points 1 year ago

Stalinism is not communism but yeah basically true.