The correct answer is A) oppression.
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Where Soviets would view this as a symbol of productive workers during the Cold War, Americans might view this symbol as oppression.
During the Cold War, Soviet workers under the regimen of Communism had to work for long hours to fabricate the goods ordered by the government of the USSR. Under Josep Stalin's orders, the government dictated what to produce, how to produce, how many things to produce, and the price for each one.
On the other hand, in the United States, under the economic system of Capitalism, the free market regulates the competitors with minimum intervention of the federal government. Companies in the free-enterprise system can be as wealthy as they can.
