RousseauX
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1) per annuam growth1st, is that growth per year or in that whole timespan, just want to know? Second of all, HOW DOES KILLING 6-10 MILLION PEOPLE VIA FORCED STARVATION HELP AN ECONOMY? 3rd, Rusiia was super behind in term of tech and society. By using steam power and other mid 19c tech, they could do what Peter the Great did, but maybe better
2) Stalin starved Ukrainians to sell grain on the world market, which generates $$$ which in turn buys machine tools needed to build factories
3) mid 19th century tech will not get you 20% growth per year