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Option 1: Examine the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1980s. Include the following in your discussion:

Question 1: What were the main reasons for the collapse?

Question 2: What role did the constant state of militarism and the costs of keeping up with the U.S. military buildup have on the Soviet economy?

Question 3: What role did uprisings and rebellions in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and East Germany (among others) have on the sudden collapse of the USSR?

Option 2: Examine communism and socialism.

Question 1: We hear so often today that socialism and communism are the same thing. Examine the similarities and differences between the two.

Question 2: Why do so many Americans seem to hate even the word "socialism"?

Question 3: We already employ some socialism in this country today (and for the past several decades). Examples include libraries, police departments, public education, Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, public parks, roads/highways, and so on. How do these services factor into arguments for or against socialism?