traumatized the world or provided a stepping stone for the different areas of success. Technology vastly affected and promoted the competition of the two most

diverse systems in the world. Better known as the cold war, the competition between

democratic systems and communist systems was fueled by technology. Because of the way

technology had manipulated the world, both systems' leaders knew that the power to control lies with the newest technology. Hence the consolidation of "technology- based" methods during the cold war era was the origin of every major dilemma our world has faced since; therefore I believe the cold war phase was the most important phase that has occurred in our century.

Roy Medvedev a Russian dissident acknowledged the power of technology by

stating" The technology of repression has become more refined in recent years. Before,

repression always went much further than necessary. Stalin killed millions of people

when arresting 1,000 would have enabled him to control the people. Our leaders... found out eventually that you don't have to put people in prison or in a psychiatric hospital to silence them. There are

most important event occurring since 1968.

has continued to increasingly affect every aspect of life as almost every problem from the

have attained, the powers that exist promote the use of technology to control the masses.

Israeli-Arab war,where Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on Yom Kipper ,destroying a majority of Israeli air force units. In response the United States threw it's support in the direction of Israel. In response OPEC placed embargoes on oil shipments to the United States and the Netherlands to punish them for their support of Israel. OPEC decreased oil production, thus increasing the prices. This reeked havoc on the world market scene, as the United States did nothing about the situation, because they were preoccupied with domestic problems (Water Gate). The control of oil prices proved to be powerful weapon, because it was an essential ingredient for the proper functioning of an industrial world.

agreement. The leader of the Solidarity movement Lech Walesa, with the support of the Catholic church, helped unite the majority of the people in Poland.This was the third

theoretically eligble."(1064). Also the organization of the Solidarity union helped them

cold war phase and on, has somehow involved the use and or manipulation of technology.

"By March 1981 it had a membership of 9.5 million people, of 12.5 who were

The eighth most important event lied with the election of polish Cardinal Karol Wajtyla as Pope John Paul II in 1979. This event helped to promote the solidarity

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