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Half a million is just the tip of the iceberg. Their workforce was around 100 million, the estimates were that >25 million were working for the military, includ
by jojobas 4y ago
Half a million is just the tip of the iceberg. Their workforce was around 100 million, the estimates were that >25 million were working for the military, including 83% of all research scientists/engineers.
- mannerheim 4y agoWell, that's the personnel involved in the operation, and you need supporting personnel as well, and of course you need to be able to run these operations should anybody else get the same idea as the Czechs and the Hungarians... Maintaining an empire ain't cheap.
- jojobas 4y agoWell maybe, if they didn't devote 25% of everything to keeping everybody under their thumb, they could maintain their living standards high enough for people to not want out?
- mannerheim 4y agoIf they didn't devote 25% of everything keeping everybody under their thumb, that would have shrunk their economy considerably if anyone actually escaped. Which we eventually witnessed.