Does Capitalism equal a free market? It is widely accepted that capitalism means a free market economy . But it is possible to have capitalism without a free market. Systems that existed in the USSR and exist in China and Cuba demonstrate. These companies are broadly divided into classes called " socialist." A look at making it existed it reveals that these countries were simply capitalist state . " In supposedly "socialist" Russia, for example , there were still wage slavery , the production of commodities, the purchase, sale and exchange , production will only take place when it was viable to do so. Russia "socialist" continued to trade according to the dictates of international capital and , like any other capitalist state , was ready to …show more content…
With the Second World War being over and the two victorious countries in power, they both decided it was time to face there differences in politics, economics, etc. and attack each other. The USA and the USSRs alliance was unable to last because the ideological differences were still in the way of the two nations becoming full allies. With the two Nations being victorious in the War, they were the two strongest countries in the world. With them being as strong as they were, they believed this was the perfect opportunity to settle their differences with the other country once and for all. “Death solves all problems - no man, no problem.” –Joseph Stalin. This quote is from a speech Joseph Stalin had made a few days after the end of the world war. Stalin was announcing his plans of going to war with the USA. The USA didn’t back down; since they were victorious as well in the second world war, Winston Churchill fire back with his own speech “We have to get tough with the Russians. They don’t know how to behave. They are like bulls in a china shop. They are only 25 years old. We are over 100 and the British are centuries older. We have got to teach them how to