in the cold war how did each country think the world should be ran?

Answer 1

The Soviet Union had a communist government. Communist economics is based on the idea of total equality. Each person does a job assigned by the state and is provided with the essentials. Food, clothing, housing, and pretty much everything is provided. The proplem is there is no insentive to do a good job. Communist governments are not democratic. The members of the party, a small portion of the population, elect their leaders. The highest members of the party elect the president.

The United States is a capitalist society. Every person has a chance to hit it big. A person can start from poverty and work their way up the social and economic ladder. The problem with this system is that those first few rungs of the ladder are tough. Despite the chance to do more, most people do not greatly exceed their parents economic status.

Most countries fall somewhere in between. Most of the U.S.'s allies in Western Europe have democratic governments, but help those on the lower end of the scale more than the U.S. does. This means more taxes for the rich and more difficulty getting rich, but the poor aren't so poor.

Extreem socialism, the communist system, has proven itsself wrong. The Soviet Union fell because it could not compete with the U.S. in an economic war. For the most part that is what the cold war was. Even Europe has made changes in the last ten years to be more capatilist. China has also done this and have a rapidly growing middle class. On the other hand the U.S. also has many "safety nets" in place to protect its poorest citizens. These include a minimum wage, social security, and medicare.

There probably is not a perfect system for every culture, but I believe countries like The U.S., Australia, Canada, and today's Western Europe is close to it.

Answer 2

Abuamin is right.
At the end of World War II, a rivalry began between the United States and the Soviet Union called the Cold War. The Cold War was characterized by a fight between democracy and communism with a constant threat of nuclear war. The Soviet Union were the Communists.

Answer 3

Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States led to the cold war. The Soviet Union (USSR) was a communist country and the United States (US) was not. One of them wanted control over the economy and the other didn't but I'm sorry I don't remember which one it was.