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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sure, there are likely people in Russia that want access to Ukrainian minerals, but that certainly doesn't seem to be the primary cause of the invasion to begin with.

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the primary cause was Putin's megalomania, or indeed megalomania among quite a few Russian elites.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don't believe in "Great Man Theory" as a useful method of analysis of historical trends. Material conditions and political economic factors play a far greater role in historical events than the individual whims of leaders.

[–] SleafordMod@feddit.uk -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's just Putin which is why I mentioned the megalomania of other Russian elites. But Putin surely made the final decision to invade.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Believing history to be driven by the egos of a few individuals and divorcing it entirely from materialist analysis is Great Man Theory, though. Ego may have played a small factor, but certainly not the driving force.