It was Wealth. A factor leading to a weakening of the US economy, was the unequal distribution of wealth(money).
Soviet Union is communist and they are against free market or capitalism
The reason for why is very simple: they believed it would increase their chance of wining. This is a common practice in the US politics and why the two main parties are well the only important parties in the US today. It is because they adapt and incorporate the beliefs of minor parties that appear and they address the issues raised by the new parties.
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The Roman Republic ended when Caesar Augustus came to power.
