"සමසමාජවාදය" හි සංශෝධන අතර වෙනස්කම්

=== Fear of communism ===

[[ගොනුව:Is this tomorrow.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A 1947 [[propaganda]] book published by the Catechetical Guild Educational Society "warning of the dangers" of a Communist takeover.]]

 

With the exception of the Soviet Union's, China's and the [[Italian resistance movement]]'s involvement in [[World War II]], communism was seen as a rival, and a threat to western democracies and capitalism for most of the twentieth century.<ref name="encarta"/> This rivalry peaked during the [[Cold War]], as the world's two remaining superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, polarized the world into two camps of nations (characterized in the West as "The Free World" vs. "Behind the Iron Curtain"); supported the spread of their economic and political systems (capitalism and democracy vs. communism); strengthened their military power, developed new weapon systems and stockpiled nuclear weapons; competed with each other in space exploration; and even fought each other through proxy client nations.