After WWII, things weren't looking too good in terms of communism. Many countries and nations were beginning to point in the direction of it while Marxism started to become a widespread philosophy throughout Europe. Even though the United States began to lose in Vietnam, they were able to keep away from Marxism and become the strongest economy in the world. The United States was able to keep there heads high and push through this period of time through four events that took place in the 20th century.
             Human relationships have always been dynamic. Change and adaptability have gone hand in hand with the passage of time for human society. Systems have been developed to regulate, direct and control the resources of the American society. The systems are referred to as governments and the resources as the populace or inhabitants and forces of production. A government must be dynamic in its nature reflecting the change in society. At times these systems have resisted the necessity to adapt with its components creating a deficit between the system and those it regulates. As the deficits develop, they cause instability, and could lead to revolution. This deficit represents Marxism and shows how important it is for a government to choose the correct system for the people and the current conditions. For Europe, it wasn't the right decision. The United States knew that Marxism wasn't the right path to choose but, Europe didn't know this and turned to the USSR as a role model. "Marxian ideology, in its Russian-Communist projection, has always been in process of subtle evolution. The materials on which it bases itself are extensive and complex." This was said by George Kennan, a career diplomat and scholar who worked for the State Department. He wrote about the American attitudes towards this and it shows how they knew how Marxism wasn't right.
             The first event that the United States was abl...