I don't know what fhe word for it is. Demotivation does not seem wrong, but incomplete. What I mean is Korolev would have rotted away in the gulags if not for t

I don't know what fhe word for it is. Demotivation does not seem wrong, but incomplete. What I mean is Korolev would have rotted away in the gulags if not for the cold war. Von Braun would never have had a chance if not for it, and who knows what would have happened to him. It's not just a lack of motivation among people, but the incentives of authoritarians to remain in power.