Explain the differences in ideology between the West and USSR.

The differences between USSR and the West can be divided into two groups; one is from the political point of view, and the other can be the difference in economic system on both sides. After the Bolshevik Revolution, under the rule of Lenin, the first socialist country was created, the USSR. The idea of socialism was developed through Marxist-Leninist theory, which is the building of the material base for communist under the dictatorship of the …

…serfdom by hundreds of years. The history and general characteristics of the two parties made it impossible to reconcile ideologically. The West became spokesmen for individualism while USSR played on nationalism to garner the only factor in which the great nation can accomplish anything: unity. Determinism from history shaped what social ideology each party would eventually opt for and the consequences in the possession of such ideals ensued, proverbial as the setting of the sun.