How did Russia manage to go into space despite being simultaneously

>>2365713
slave hands.

>>2365713
Even a shitshow like North Korea and throw things into space, why not a superpower with the means and motivation to do it?

>>2365713
>how come France was building great cathedrals while simultaneously the country was 90% peasant serfs?
Huge class gap. Russian elite is absolutely fantastic, but most of their country is shit.

>>2366286
The Soviet elite lived comfy lives, but they weren't exactly in the lap of luxury, bruv.

Russia went ham in the 20th century, at least until the Brezhnev stagnation that is.

>>2366288

Luxurious living isn't the only measure of a country's capabilities.

>>2366288
I never mentioned luxury or even wealth, fuck are you even talking about?

>>2365713
Because they had equality like America and they're both judeo-human nations of people who are different because they're equal and the same

How can people believe that the Soviet Union was an incompetent shithole and that it was a great achievement of the US to win the Cold War?

Russia wasn't backwards, they just didn't care about investing in certain sectors of the economy.

>>2366298
"Russian elite is absolutely fantastic"
Could you clarify

>>2365713
Russians are a high IQ people.

>>2366320
Because it was a dangerous, incompetent shithole that came close to ending the world.

Space doesn't exist.

See: Eric Dubay's videos

>>2366741
Dostoyevsky, Mendeleev, Tsiolkovsky, Tshaikovsky, that sort of stuff.

Sick maths skills and little regard for safety.

Real life Kerbal Space Program.

>>2365713
That looks comfy as fuck. Imagine helping he peasants than go back to your commie block to cook fresh vegetables and share stories with your comrades. Capitalism sucks so much compared to that life for sure.

>>2368545
>skinny capitalist goes to farmer with tight jeans and glasses
>wants to work
>works few hours
>go to nearest mcdonalds and countine shitposting

Its obvious you never been around farmers or anything close to it, it isnt fun or comfy...
You would go to your concrete block and sit in a cold living room eating potato with salt and vodka.

>>2365713
Motivation

Throw enough money at a problem and even a turd can look golden.

>>2368603
Fascist detcted.

>stolen German documents
>captured German scientists
>lots of money thrown into space work
>total disregard for pilots' lives
voila

Money is the USSR went for military and propaganda purposes, the Russian people were (and still are) just cattle. Western kids can't understand that.

>>2368732
Unironic "le German scientists" meme only after 20 posts.

Is /his/ slowly getting better?

>>2368732
Were you just describing the USA?

>>2368732
If by money you mean hard currency, most of it went to grain purchases by this point.