Monday, September 14, 2026

This was on X, posted by the Fat Electrician. Never has anything been more true....except how I need to figure out how to transfer posts from X....

 USSR:

-Starts WW2 by invading Poland WITH the nazis. avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/a…


-Gets blindsided by obvious nazi betrayal.


-Forces young men into combat with no weapons, they die by the millions because communism incapable of mass production, and devalues human life. 


-American steps in with lend lease providing:


$11.3 Billion ($200 Billion Today)

Assets


~400,000 jeeps & trucks

~14,000 airplanes

~8,000 tractors

~13,000 tanks

~350 Locomotives

~1,640 Train Cars

~500,000 tons rails

~1.5 million blankets

~15 million pairs of army boots

~107,000 tons of cotton

~2.7 million tons of petrol products (5.9 Billion Pounds)

~4.5 million tons of food (9.9 Billion Pounds)

~guns

~ammunition

~explosives

~copper

~steel

~aluminum

~medicine

~field radios

~radar tools

~and other items 


"The most important things in this war are machines. The United States ... is a country of machines. Without the use of those machines, through Lend-Lease, we would lose this war." - Stalin 


-Survives WW2 


-Eventually collapses under the cultural weight of blue jeans and Metallica.


Fast forward 80 years:


“Omg communism is the best look. They killed the most nazi” - some “communist” living in America tweeting from a fucking iPhone

5 comments:

  1. some good shit on there but linked vids have no sound for us non-x'ers, which sucks

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  2. look up war factories on Youtube and you see/find out just how big of a deal this was.
    Russia would have lost bigtime if it wasn't for lend lease. the only reason why they the Russians did so well after 43-44 was the ships brought in tons of stuff they needed to fight a real war.
    side note, in 1977 I was on duty at the 4 powers building in then West Berlin when some old Russian officer came up to us and shook everyone had and said Studabaker or something close it with a big smile on his old face. one of many weird times when dealing with the Russians there.
    at the time, I had no idea what he was going on about. they didn't teach us any of this back in high school . and the kids today are taught even less than we where. God help them.

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    1. You my friend sound like a wealth of awesome stories...

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    2. yeah, it was a strange time to say the least. but really West Berlin was a great place to party !
      I think it had one of the highest STD rates in Europe back then. and going to the "East", well you be amazed at what you could trade a pair of jeans for ! yup. 7 dollar Levi's at the PX was like gold in east Berlin. unreal what they would do for a pair of jeans.

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  3. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL64-uvJRwJ5kCO_b8YnBmsjXBwv37aTLQ
    not the complete list, but it will get you started.

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