PREDICTING COLD-WAR-LIKE TENSIONS: A STUDY OF PAST AND MODERN PROPAGANDIST CULTURE

In the past, propagandist culture was used in the Cold War to fuel hate between ideologies of the Soviet Union and its economic communist system, and the USA and its capitalist economic system. As the Cold War was a time of vast development, this was delivered in a myriad of ways. Although these tensions are known to have ended in 1991, in our modern world, similar tensions are seen between the USA, a capitalist system, and China, a communist system. Thus, this academic paper compares and contrasts propagandist culture from then and now in the fields of nuclear culture, social culture/remarks, popular culture, and media. The paper found astounding resemblances between these two; although there were differences pointed out in terms of intensity and forwardness. This paper found that Cold War-like tensions can be expected in the future in terms of cultural impact.