>>509624054 (OP)>why can't GDP solve this?It has
We pay big bucks to keep the assembly lines warm and the brains on standby
Putin spent over 10 years rebuilding only a fraction of the capability of the USSR, we automated shell production for shits and giggles in a year
If the USA had to enter a war time economy those assembly lines scale
Russia entering a war time economy with maximum effort results in them being stuck invading the poorest country in Europe four years in, with no oblast they added to their constitution four years ago completely under their control