Exactly , what was the context postWW 2 for the scale of atrocities committed by Stalin and the government ? There was no existential threat posed by the Nazis . What happened after WW 2 was the classic scenario where the dictator who got power by getting his people through a crisis , decides to hang onto power at all costs . Nothing new to Russia at all , happens all the time around the world . <| sep |> German good were widely regarded as complete shit around the turn of the century . It took a concentrated industrial effort for them to build up their reputation for excellence , and that only occurred just prior to ww 1 . <| sep |> Canucks ? Right now its career AHLers and mediocre ones at that . <| sep |> These drones still have to be flown by a person , but they ' ll won ' t be in the cockpit . That means they can go faster , turn sharper , and generally perform better all without risking a human life . Plus you don ' t need to add in things like oxygen and space for a human . Humans are delicate , and take up space and fuel . I don ' t know if that saying is true or not , but it will be someday in the not so distant future .