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question 2
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after world war ii, the leaders of western governments felt their nations were endangered by the strength of communism, which they saw as an evil to be destroyed or at least contained. how did russians get a reputation as evil?
○ the west believed the soviet take-over of satellite countries was performed by master criminals and crime families.
○ communists constantly used crime and murder to get people to comply with their wishes.
○ the russian people were viewed by people in the west as fundamentally different and therefore inferior.
○ people in the west believed that any type of government other than democracy was a crime against the people.

Explanation:

During the Cold War era, Western governments framed the Soviet Union (and by extension, Russians) as a threat. A key factor in the "evil" reputation was the Western perception that Russians were fundamentally culturally, politically, and socially different from Western societies, which led to framing them as inferior and a hostile "other" tied to the communist system they opposed. The other options are either inaccurate or narrow in scope compared to this core ideological and cultural framing.

Answer:

The Russian people were viewed by people in the West as fundamentally different and therefore inferior.