Following world war ii, the world quickly began taking sides between communism and democracy. what do you think led to the increase of communism in world politics? also, what fears did democracies have with the spread of communism?

The spreading of the communism after the World War II has two sides as it why happened. The first one is the side of the political figures, as they saw an opportunity here they can be absolute and unopposed leaders on their nations. The other one is that the people wanted the promised social equality that was promised to them, as well as the economic independence. This quickly spread around the world, and numerous nations became communist, largely supported and under the guidance of the USSR. The Western democracies were afraid of the spreading out of the communism, and the reason for that was they saw a huge threat in it because it was the total opposite of how they functioned, and they wanted the world to function. In order to stop such processes to develop in their own nations, the Western democracies spread out panic in their societies, a big anti-communist propaganda, and even hatred.

john maynard keynes developed new economic theories in response to the stock market crash of 1929. great depression of the 1930s. first and second world wars. economic boom of the 1950s.