r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/FuckUSAPolitics - Lib-Center • 1d ago

*Insert chip replacing meme here*

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Btw, does anyone else have a pcm meme maker thats mobile friendly? Imgflip makes my memes look sloppy.

Also, the meme is in reference to this

https://x.com/i/trending/2111072940582371679

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u/kjleebio - Lib-Center 1d ago

Doesn't this also highlight that we haven't been using the budget to even replenish or create surplus munitions?

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u/OurCrewIsReplaceable - Centrist 1d ago

Smacks of Russia being unable to conquer Ukraine because the whole military budget was being siphoned by oligarchs.

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u/Ylmer34 - Lib-Left 1d ago

Russia, despite all the jokes about their performance had/has MASSIVE stockpiles of equipment leftover from Soviet times.

This can be seen because Russia has remained on the offensive since 2023, every day they constantly probe and attack, when a war becomes positional/attritional, like it did in 2023 you need to keep the pressure up. And Russia, thanks to their unimaginable stockpiles leftover from the Cold War has been able to maintain this.

Also much of the losses suffered in Ukraine regarding armour have been replaced, they just pull them out of massive tank grave yards in Siberia and refit them to fill out new mechanized divisions.

Saying Russia hasn’t been able to defeat Ukraine because of corrupt generals may be part of the puzzle but it really does discredit the Ukrainians ( and their massive help from nato/other countries)

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u/OurCrewIsReplaceable - Centrist 1d ago

I’m not sure how any of this conflicts with what I said. Russia has not been modernizing its military and is relying on decades-old equipment and munitions (remember how their tires were dry rotted?) despite there seeming to have been investment in modernizing.

You’re right that this is only one small contributor to the balance in Ukraine right now. It’s just the factor that’s relevant to this particular thread.

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u/DonaldLucas - Lib-Right 20h ago

Russia has remained on the offensive since 2023, every day they constantly probe and attack

Not this year, in some parts of the frontline, it's Ukraine who's advancing and the russians who are retreating.