counteraction

came across some insightful reading penned in 1943 during World War II, by Mr Edward Riley, GM Overseas Operations Group at General Motors.

"the most effective means of counteracting the spread of Russian philosophy is to prevent or relieve the conditions favorable to its development and to demonstrate that the system of life which represents the American and British point of view can offer as much or more to the mass of people."

which makes for some interesting implications:
1. the system of belief that we have today is that purported by US and European MNC's designed to sell their products and make profits.
rather our system of belief is one that has been enacted to render a profit to another, it was not necessarily a victory of US and British system of thought over that of Russian. it was just that of economic interest.

The noted economist, E F Schumacher makes a very strong case against this MNC culture in his book Small is Beautiful.

2.the Russian political philosophy was one that was so internally focussed that its system was often referred to as the 'Iron Curtain'. This was a grave ill for its system as such, if information can't flow out from Russia to the outside world, information from the outside still manges to filter in, which builds a sense of loss for the insulated subjects itself.
This 'iron curtain' must have been the death knell of Russian system of life, which implies a way or system of life can be embraced in mass only by allowing it to run a free course enabling a free exchange of ideas and culture.

3. In todays era, a certain section of Islamic fundamentalists and clergy believe in such similar insulation to guard their way and system of belief much like the Russians believed, needless to say they will share the same fate as the Russian system of thought has.