[iamthirsty]

> At the height of civil war the western classical liberal democracies looked weak and near collapse w hile Soviet looked too strong and awesome until one day it just collapsed.

FYI the American Civil War ended in 1865 while the first Soviet was in 1905. And the first ~10 years after the ‘17 revolution were absolutely terrible in the Soviet Union. So your statement just isn’t correct.

[endisukaj]

They probably meant the Cold War.

[s2g]

Which doesn't make sense. At what point during the cold war was America close to collapse?

[CryptoPunk]

Communism was rapidly spreading at the height of the cold war.