We were able to see Russia's government slowly collapse through the Cold War, as government leaders ran their country under a flawed system. Government leaders saw Lenin as the original revolutionary and wanted to maintain his ideals, although overall, their country was suffering substantially. Government leaders believed that communism was set in place and resisted change, despite the fact that the people opposed it.
Russia was a country filled with resources accessible to provide the people with, but they were never given what they wanted - they were forced with whatever the government allowed them to have possession of. Russia found itself constantly competing with the United States in production for material goods and weapons, as well. Do you think that Russia would have benefited if it was run under a different system? How would it would it be worse than staying with their original government?
This is a very good question, it is hard to imagine Russia as any other type of government besides communist before the Cold War. I believe that Russia would have benefited if it was run under a different government. For example if Russia was for capitalism than the Cold war might not have even occurred. Russia might have actually passed the United States in means of production and became the worlds largest super power.
ReplyDeleteCommunism itself is actually a better form of government than any other form, its just that we have never seen a fully communist country before, and for communism to really work, the entire world must be communist, so in a way if Russia was a true communist country then it would have surpassed the US, but since Russia was so corrupt at that time and its leadership was crap then it slowly collapsed. If the US and the USSR really tried to get along the whole thing could have been avoided, but after learning what we did, how likely is it to happen?
ReplyDelete"Communism itself is actually a better form of government than any other form"
DeleteBold statement, dude
The main flaw in Communism is the lack of profit motive, in my opinion. It's so difficult to get up in the morning and go to work when there's no real reward for what you do. And there's no incentive to work hard, because you'll end up with the same life as the slacker. I think the only way that a system like this could work is if an entire country managed to get on board at the same time, without dissidents. That way, there would be a lot of pressure to work hard, because everyone around you is.
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