Lend Lease accounted for around of 4% of total war material expenditure by USSR. We can’t even assume that it was especially important because of being timely, since only around mid 1943 some LL deliveries, mainly trucks, achieved numbers enough to really allow USSR to shift their production in other directions.

But also note he has a gun in his hand.

Even when the economy crashes its actually a good thing for the very rich, as it " disciplines" labor, moves people down and out of the middle class which lowers wages systematically, takes out a few competitors, etc.,

If you look at it, every crisis always results in transfer of wealth up. Covid was the biggest up to date.

Temu quality

Everything i ordered from Temu so far has been completely acceptable in terms of quality. I didn’t ordered jet fighters though, maybe US Air Force should try, who knows, maybe they would be pleasantly surprised compared to F-35.