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[โ€“] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Especially glaring examples is actually UK which have bigger budget than Russia in this graph, yet they admitted they would last 3 weeks in the war as in Ukraine, they have some really embarrassing public fuckup around every month, like the one where they send barely armed ships against Yemen or how their carriers break all the time, and they constantly shrink their army and navy and still have problems with getting enough basic personnel.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Exactly, we're now seeing that late stage capitalism can't even keep a military running.