The differences between the ideology of the West and of the USSR can be separated into politics, economics and culture. The political policies each party had were in direct proportion to the degree of liberty and meritocracy in their respective economic systems and thus the two should be taken into consideration together. The major Western countries had all experienced revolution, constitutionalism and nationalism in slightly disparate forms, while the USSR remained a solid unlimited monarchy …showed first 75 words of 622 total…

…showed last 75 words of 622 total…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.