Week Twelve

The understandings of Communism are continuing to exapand because the idea of Communism is growing and in modern times, it does not seem that bad.. It is scary to think that not that many years ago in the early 1960's American's feared "Red Scares" like how we fear the middle east and terrorism. Reading the chapter on Communism was enlightening because I personally did not know the history or the metholdogy behind Communism. Scary to think that Russia, China, Cuba, and Vietnam are communist parties because they do not agree with how we, as American's run our goverment as a captialist. The idea of Communism appealed to 3rd world countries because they had nothing to loose and the idea that everyone would be equall did not sound like a bad idea, especially when that means that elite of the country would have to share their wealth with everyone else. It was a popular and feasible idea that was spreading. The Cold War could have been lost because so many were intrested in a better life that communist party could benefit them. Now the US isnt't concerned about communism countries and going to war because the ideas are not that appealing.