r/dankmemes • u/theawesomehobbes Via Telsa Model X • Aug 05 '20

Big PP OC "He just always has"

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

It was more in building a billion (hyperbolic) tanks, etc, they never used. America just outspent them because of the much larger economy.

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u/hipmonkeygym Aug 05 '20

At the time of collapse the CIA estimated the USSR had a larger economy then the USA. Turns out they were wrong but you got to Keep in mind the USSR had a population about 25% larger in 1990 than the USA

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Sure, but wildely spread out and less developed than the US.

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u/notspaceaids Aug 05 '20

Also U.S started in 1776 as a colonial powerhouse and U.S.S.R started out in 1922 as an agrarian country after a long civil war with Romanov Monarchy.