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Comment by aleph_minus_one

> You can’t make massive leaps in technology or medicine or many other areas without trust

The Soviet Union did manage to get massive leaps in some areas (in particular related to armament, but not only) such as

- armament/weapons

- space technology

- mathematics

- physics

> (a lot of money on a leap means if you don’t trust the other side or the government to keep conditions stable, you won’t see a return).

I guess you can immediately see how the Soviet Union "solved" this problem by the fact that you simply couldn't gain a lot of money from your innovation.

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