Essay - Economic and Political Factors that LED to the Fall of...

Economic and political factors that led to the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe

Right after the Second World War, a new war had pervaded humanity with the gradual dom*****ance ***** spread ***** Communism in ***** Eastern ***** and Asian regions. Proposed as Karl Marx's program for the creation of a socialist society in the modern period, Communism had ga*****ed inspiration for countries who tried to veer away from the influence of the Western world, and adopt a new society that contradicts the principles of capitalism. Believing that indeed, ***** has an inevitable propensity to create stratification ***** marginalization to specific groups in the *****, Eastern Europe***** nations formed ***** Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR or Soviet Union) in order to push through Marx's proposition that a socialist, Communist society be established.

With its *****ception Communism had ***** ***** include other nations as well, particularly those in the ***** regions, such as Ch*****a and the northern parts of Korea and Vietnam, as well as Cambodia. With the proliferation of nations adopting the ***** social and politico-economic paradigm, ***** nations, specifically Great Britain and United States, felt threatened that these Communist ***** would oppose the prevalent status quo among most societies, which are all capitalist economic societies. What thus transpired was a Cold ***** th*****t *****d divisions among nations, wherein two factions were created: those ***** support the Communist Agenda, ***** those who support the Modernist Project, which portrayed capitalism as **********, more liberal, and successful than Communism. Indeed, history illustrated that the Communist agenda to establish a soci*****list society did not succeed, and a few decades ***** the rise ***** *****, it fell immediately, particularly among the Eastern European nations.

However, political ***** economic fac*****rs have contributed to ***** fall of Communism. It is erroneous to claim that Communism failed because it is, in its entirety, a faulty ***** created by Marx. These political and economic factors are significantly related to the US ***** Britain's Modern*****t Project, which developed within the Marshall Aid Plan. The Marshall Plan was created to provide financial aid and ***** to Eastern *****, as well as Asian, nations who have been crippled by the effects of World War II. Through ***** creation ***** organizations that ***** financial and social support, ***** as the World Bank and United Nations, respectively, nations that need rehabilitation after ***** War II were given indirect financial aid ***** political support from the ***** and Britain.

***** Modernist Project ***** the Marshall Plan w***** the ***** factor that led to the fall of ***** in ***** Europe. With Eastern European ***** enticed by the financial aid and political support ***** ***** US and ***** provided, it became easier for them ***** ********** the hold of Communism. Furthermore, because Communism and a socialist economy ***** still in *****s infancy, the effects of a proletarian-led ***** did not bring out the expected results among ***** Communist nations. In effect, primarily due to the strong ***** influence and economic power of the US