The "comforting" thought here is that Rome took centuries to collapse. While the USSR collapse was much faster, it's still being milked to this day. As another

The "comforting" thought here is that Rome took centuries to collapse. While the USSR collapse was much faster, it's still being milked to this day. As another person, there is still the infrastructure (military and civilian), capital (trucks, heavy equipment, electric), domain knowledge, work & work best practices (read OSHA), culture, etc.