Holy shit, just how bad are things for the xrukraine when even r*dditors start posting sensible takes without getting downthumb'd into the teens by nafoids??

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He's ultimately talking about a Pyrrhic victory like SU's military campaign in Afghanistan where SU won, but at great cost which some speculate contributed to eventual SU collapse. Unfortunately neither the economic nor military-industrial data bears it out. Russia's only "weakness" is their birth rates (which are below replacement), but this is an issue that all european/western countries face to an even greater degree.