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No, Russia certainly did not "had a military-industrial complex, in the modern sense of the word" back then because back then, labour was not a commodity (that'
by Joker_vD 2y ago
No, Russia certainly did not "had a military-industrial complex, in the modern sense of the word" back then because back then, labour was not a commodity (that's the main innovation of the capitalism, after all). The Demidovs' manufakturs in the Ural mountains were using state-provided serfs as the workers. Industrialization, in the modern sense of the world, hasn't happen in Russia until the very late of the XIX century.
- otabdeveloper4 2y agoCommodity labor is not a necessary characteristic of industrialization. In fact, most cases of industrialization in history involve forced labor. The standard definition of "industrial revolution" is about the switch to steam from hydropower. (I don't agree with the standard definition, but what you're saying here is even more "out there".)