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Originally Posted by blade02
Yeah, but why did the Soviets go to space? It wasn't for the common good of the people. It was to compete with the US. Same reason they spent money on nuclear missiles while most of the citizens lived fairly poor lives compared to their western counterparts. But hey, everyone was poor. So no rich people or poor people to ruin your day  |
We've already established that the Soviets were corrupt:
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Originally Posted by Willravel, the graceful
...and Russia was able to compete with our space program for a fraction of the price while they were at their peak... and that was with the massive corruption. Imagine how it could have been had the people taken responsibility and removed the corrupt from office.
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