Who had a greater sphere of influence during the Cold War;

>>2488460
USA by far

>>2488472
Explain

>>2488474
Communist influence was limited because they chose to keep their own people behind walls with machine guns

>>2488460

What does the Communist flag represent? Just the USSR and the Soviet Union/China/Cuba/Eastern Bloc all together?

>>2488472
I don't think it's so easy, a lot of countries which were supposedly on the U.S. sphere, had very independent policies, like France and Brazil, for example.

The USSR was more able to enforce its will under it's sphere.

>>2488489

The PRC and the USSR were both communist but that doesn't mean they were on good speaking terms all the time.

>>2488489
yeah but those semi-independent countries had sphere's in their own right

not to mention their independence usually complimented the US as opposed to the USSR's countries whose independence conflicted so they have to take it down every few years

hell US's relations with France got nowhere near as bad as USSR's with China

>>2488460
In terms of population: USSR

In terms of development and economy: USA

>>2488485
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union

>>2488552
not after the sino-soviet split

>>2488460
USA.

Remember the Sino-Soviet Split fucking happened.

https://youtu.be/2B9YIrw9fPk

>>2488460
Well, let me see, whose sphere of influence included the moon?

>>2489495
>he believes in the moon landing