RE: Russia and Ukraine
May 11, 2022 at 6:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2022 at 6:21 pm by Anomalocaris.)
When the consequence is untimely death, mindset can change quickly to accept the responsibility of finding a practical way to avoid it.
Historically, even when changing mindset from approved norm provides a disconcertingly high chance of getting one shot out of spite, as had been the case in the soviet army during and after Stalin’s purges in the 1930s, mindset were nonetheless changed in about a year under the impetus of defeats during the german invasion.
Modern russian army is by no means as unforgiving of doctrinal and technical dissent as stalin’s army on the eve of WWII, so there seem to be no real reason to think the russians could not learn from mistakes and adapt, especially if the perspective adaptors can see the consequences of not adapting.
Historically, even when changing mindset from approved norm provides a disconcertingly high chance of getting one shot out of spite, as had been the case in the soviet army during and after Stalin’s purges in the 1930s, mindset were nonetheless changed in about a year under the impetus of defeats during the german invasion.
Modern russian army is by no means as unforgiving of doctrinal and technical dissent as stalin’s army on the eve of WWII, so there seem to be no real reason to think the russians could not learn from mistakes and adapt, especially if the perspective adaptors can see the consequences of not adapting.
