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    Cold War Vs Red Scare

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    The Cold War was a time of suspicion. The fear of communism was at its highest level. Anyone who was thought to have had ties to communism was blacklisted and stripped of of any honor they had. However this was not the first or last persecution taken place in the U.S. Back in Puritan time the belief that the devil executed his deeds by bewitching people.Like the Red Scare people set out on a mission to hunt the blights that had among them. The Red Scare was a period of time after WWII. The president

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    Communism is an economical, political ideology that was obtained from Karl Marx, promotes equal ownership of production and has a lack of social classes, and no money. Communism became widespread across most of Europe throughout the late 1800s and aggressive supporters were essential in the amount of unsuccessful rebellion within the continent. Communism was successful in undeveloped countries like the Republic of China and U.S.S.R. This was one of the problems that caused pressure during the Cold

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    be rich for God, and not for the desires of the flesh, and that one must not harm anyone while trying to fulfill this duty (Weber 1978). Despite Marx writing about the engine of history, and Weber about the Protestant work ethic and how it fueled modern capitalism, both sociologist have similarities, as well as many differences. One of the similarities between them is that they believe that capitalism has changed from its initial materialization. In

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    containment was successful, it both discouraged the spread of communism and prevented the spread of it on more than one occasion. The United States’ policy of containment was successful, as it deterred the spread of communism, smaller communist nations were powerless in comparison and forced to collaborate with larger nations in order to further their agenda of spreading communism. In addition, when there were attempts to spread the influence of communism the United States was there to defend the liberty that

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    for society as a whole, I feel like it would cause national mayhem depending on the circumstances. For example, in the 1900’s, Russia was starting to become widely known as the “soviet union” which promoted a governmental practice referred to as “communism”. The general function

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    on terror. Communism was and is a legitimate governmental philosophy that was embraced, by more than at least 1 billion people (hardly a fringe ideology). Terrorism on the other hand is more about extremist beliefs and a perversion of a religion. Remember that most terrorism is based on some sort of religion to fundamentalist movement. Another reason Terrorism is different is because you do not know where, when or from who it is coming. Nobody is really accountable. Whereas communism is an established

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    Russian Ideology

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    Ideologies made a significant amount of contribution to the making of modern Russia. At the beginning of 1856, Russia was an autocratic country ruled by the Tsar, but when this ruling family was challenged they took preventative means to try to preserve their autocratic powers. Alexander II made political, social and economic reforms to try to appease the people to stay in power; one of the policies being the creation of the Zemstva. Nicholas II also created the Duma to preserve his power and

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    Communism Vs Communism

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    the people living in a specific area have. There are many political theories and government types, ranging from things such as a monarchy to a democracy. There is one specific political theory I want to talk about in this essay, and that is communism. Communism is a political theory created by Karl Marx in the 1840s. The basic principles within are that all property is publicly owned and that all goods are owned in common by a governing body and are available to all as needed. That doesn't sound as

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    sense of nationalism, and endeavoured for the goal of autonomy, independence, and self-rule. Up until modern history, there have been several events that have contributed towards intensifying this sense of nationalism and resistance against foreign powers. National resistance against the Chinese empire was one of the earliest examples of resistance against nationalism. Throughout the period of pre-modern history from 210 BC to 1789, resistances against foreign control and rule such as that against the

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    . Fascism and Communism are two different forms of government that were very similar. Fascism is a 20th century form of nationalistic, militaristic, totalitarian dictatorship that seeks to create a feasible society through strict regimentation of national and individual lives. Communism is type of government in which there is no private property and the government controls the entire economy. Communism tries to satisfy the basic needs of society by sharing work and benefits. Both theories were dictatorships

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