A. Government failure to distribute resources effectively.
Although the foundation of a socialist/ communist nation is that of distribution of wealth equitably, governments, like the Soviet Union, failed to ensure just that. Due to lack of poor decisions and corruption, a large gap started to form between the rich (bourgeoise) and the poor (proletariat). Thus, a mass struggle ensued, which in turn resulted in the collapse of the system.
All desired territorial growth needed resources and wished to become the world powers or shared a ruling philosophy based on aggressive territorial expansion.
