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You're forgetting the unique differences in geography and demographics of the USA area compared to what the germans, french and russians had to "work" with.
by Mithaldu 9y ago
You're forgetting the unique differences in geography and demographics of the USA area compared to what the germans, french and russians had to "work" with.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoWhat do they matter? How was Russia's treatment of Siberia and the natives there different than NA? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Siberia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Siberia
- Mithaldu 9y agoTo start with: annual average temperature about 23 °F vs Average temperature: 55.7°F Also, completely different time frame and technology standard. Sibera might have given russia some value, but not remotely on the same scale as north america gave to the USA.
- aaron-lebo 9y agoSo your argument is that because the Russians stole lots of cold land, full of natural resources, that explains their shortcomings relative to the US? Could there be other things at play, like absolute autocracy dominating the Russian state even today? The Germans had plenty of space and resources had they not lost it trying to dominate their neighbors.