Cold War Vs Usa

The USA and the U.S.S.R. never got along when it came to politics and the way they wanted to run their countries. However, they out their differences aside to defeat their common enemy, Adolf Hitler. Though, after beating their nemesis, they went back to the way they were before, but with a stronger attitude. Cold War was the name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the U.S.S.R. after World War II.
(1) One of the ideological differences between the two countries is capitalism and socialism. Capitalism is practiced in the US. Its stands for people having their private ownership of industry. Everyone has a freedom of competition, and whether the government likes or not, they cannot do anything about. It is a part of a laissez-faire economic system- where the government keeps “hands off”. This political system create different economic classes, however it also create a lot of jobs. Anyone and everyone can get a job if they choose to, giving them the power to choose the class. Nevertheless, another political system is Socialism. It is where the government is the ownership of industry. It was created as a reaction to capitalism, The goal was to bring economic equality to people, leading to a classless society. Even …show more content…
Democracy is a government formed by the people of their country. This type of government in included in the United States. It has two different forms: representative and direct. Representative is founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people. However, direct democracy is when people decide policy initiatives directly. In spite of that, totalitarianism is a whole different form. It is made up of one or sometimes a few people. It is considered a dictatorship. This government takes control over many aspects of people’s live. They rule the whole country without support of anyone else- no one else has a