The economic model used for the scenario ties wealth to control of territory, resources, and physical production. A share certificate has value in this model when it represents a company making a tangible object or owning the factory that produces it. More abstract financial investments fit that emphasis on possession less readily. Capitalism is contrasted with it through the investment of capital, over which lasting control is uncertain. This distinction supplies the reasoning behind the imagined Soviet attempt to coerce other countries by controlling their resources.
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Resource control and investment in the war's economic premise
The imagined resource grab rests on a model of wealth tied to physical possession, illustrated through factories, manufactured goods, and share certificates.