So 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 th

So 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.