The Military-Industrial Complex in the West and the Opposing Power Sphere in the East

Abstract

After the defeat of the Axis powers in the Second World War, the world was divided into the spheres of influence of the two remaining great powers: the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States claimed to represent the Free World, but the western democracies had incorporated many elements of a totalitarian state into their ideological arsenal, especially in the context of the Cold War, supporting dictatorships in the war against the eternal enemy, communism, and promoting the expansion of financial capital. Steadily rising inequality exacerbated, especially in the United States, these authoritarian tendencies. After the financial collapse of 2008, more power was concentrated in the Wall Streets banks, which further increased their grip on the economy and their influence over the White House and the Congress.