How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war

Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by Animats on Friday March 04, 2022 @12:17AM (#30550959)

The death rate in Russia went way up after the fall of the USSR.[1] Democracy and a free market did not deliver a better life for the average Russian. It's important to understand this, because it's part of why Russia ended up with an autocrat.

[1] https://akarlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/life-expectan...

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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by dash2 on Friday March 04, 2022 @04:36AM (#30552532)

That death rate is IIRC mostly caused by increased alcoholism, so it may have more specific causes than just “democracy and the free market”.

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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by giantg2 on Friday March 04, 2022 @11:10AM (#30556661)

Wouldn't despair about their predicament or future lead to alcoholism? Something that could be related to regime change.

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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by kwhitefoot on Friday March 04, 2022 @08:40AM (#30554557)

Could you be more specific?

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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by dash2 on Friday March 04, 2022 @01:05PM (#30558168)

This article is a response to a critique, by the original authors. It should have cites to the debate: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09668136.2012.6...

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Re:How the weak can win – A primer on protracted war by enaaem on Friday March 04, 2022 @09:15AM (#30555016)

Note that the Russian economy was still organised around a Sovjet planned economy. Just because you change the legal system doesn’t mean you have fixed the economy instantly. For example there were still monotowns, where the whole town was centred around a single factory. These towns are extremely fragile in a market economy.

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