The Dangers of a Totalitarian Dictatorship

The Red Scare in the 1950’s was actually America’s second red scare. The 1920’s red scare was what helped start suspicion over Communists, but was put off during World War 2. It was no coincidence that what many people called the second red scare ignited after World War 2, during the Cold War, in the 1950’s. The 1920’s red scare started because Americans were paranoid over the fact that Russia may seek revenge after they had overthrown a royal Russian family in 1917. What started Communist ideas in the U.S at the time was the fact that since the war was over many of people were out of jobs which

This made Americans fear losing their jobs and maybe even becoming enemies of the state, even though most of them had never involved themselves with communist groups. The Cold War lead to a society where every man is against another, it divided the nation over a fight against society, and it caused a fear of a possible war.

The Red Scare lasted from 1947 to 1957. The Red Scare was a fear driven phenomenon brought on by the growing power of communist countries in the wake of the Second World War. Most significantly the Soviet Union was feared because of their major role in the communist party. Many in the U.S. feared that the Soviet Union and its allies were planning to forcefully spread communism around the globe. By overthrowing both democratic and capitalist countries as it went. With the Soviet Union occupying much of Eastern and Central Europe, many in the U.S. perceived their fears of communist expansionism as confirmed. The U.S. also feared that communist agents had infiltrated the federal government. A massive suspicion broke out on who was a part of the

As the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States grew in the late 1940s and early 1950s, over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare. The Red Scare led to a range of actions that had a profound and enduring effect on U.S. government and society. The climate of fear and repression linked to the Red Scare finally began to ease by the late 1950s.

1) After the Cold War Communism was the only thing America was afraid of. From 1950s to 1980s there was a theory called domino theory used by US during Cold War. The Domino Theory which means if any country comes under the influence of communism then the closest countries would follow in a domino effect.

During World War II the United States and the Soviet Union fought together as Allies against the Axis Powers, however the relationship between the two was tense. The Axis Powers were an alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan. The United States government was wary of the Soviets because they were communists and Americans were concerned about the Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin. The political systems of the two countries prevented them from reaching a mutual agreements such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, which then resulted in war. This nuclear war had a huge affect on the society, along with communism, education and even the Space Race. Hysteria was caused in result of the threat communism, which was later called the Red Scare. The Cold War impacted

In the middle of the 20th Century, the threat of Soviet Union attacks left the United States in constant fear. The American people were anxious at the thought of another war, seeing as though the second world war had ended only a little over a decade earlier. The government leaders were determined to eliminate the spread of communism in the United States. By attempting to do so, the government undermined the the American people’s trust by creating unnecessary terror and mild disruption of the economy. NewsELA says, “The Red Scares were fears when government officials and other groups promoted a fear of communism in the United States, which would overthrow capitalism and democracy” (NewsELA). The Red Scares spread fear throughout the United States which led to the prosecution of prominent members of society based on unproven rumors and caused many honest politicians and members of middle-class society to lose their positions at their places of business and in their

The threat that was created by the Communists in the United States was known as the Red Scare. The Red Scare led to mass hysteria between Communists and the people of America. The fears were increasing after the Cold War began. The United States was surprised that the Soviet Union detonated their first nuclear bomb. The Red Scare left a majority of the people unhappy. Due to the Red Scare people lost their jobs, they were isolated from their friends and family. The threat proposed false accusations that could not be justified or proven. The Red Scare at home negatively impacted individuals because people often felt unsafe and threatened.

That fear caused the Communist witch hunt, where innocent people were accused of being communist, and everyone was frightened. political cartoonists saw how the witch hunt was affecting American society. (Doc. 2) The witch hunt was so notorious, that even politicians was being accused of being communists. If someone supported communism, it was impossible for that person to get a job in the government. (Doc.1) Another case that happened in the government during the Cold War, was when McCarthy sent a letter to the president Truman, accusing 57 people of being communist in the government, and saying that if the president did not remove these people from the government, he would also be considered a communist. The United States created The Marshall Plan which the goal was to rebuild Western European economies, United States needed to help them, because if America did not help, Russia would and communism would spread easily. The speech that Marshall delivered at the Harvard University talked about communism in a discreet way: “Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.” The Cuban missile crisis was another episode that scared Americans. Cuba is just 90 miles away from the coast of Florida, and fearing the missiles and the communism ideas that were in Cuba, the United States made a blockade around Cuba and tried to kill the Cuban President.

The Second Red Scare was a fearful movement that happened as the World War II was ending. The fear was communism. Communism is a system of a social organization Many Americans were afraid that it would spread across the United States. During the growth of communism in 1949 Truman announced that there was an atomic bomb that the Soviet Union had erupted, Truman then begin to strengthened nations military for the possible Soviet Nuclear threat, Also, in China the Communist had gained control of the country and that’s when Americans started to worry that China had increased the spread to the United States.

The Cold War propelled the United States of America into a seat of previously unattained power in the world . American citizens spearheaded the push toward advancement in their search for the epitome of happiness: the “American Dream”. Post-war paranoia was driven by the supposed threat of the spread of communism, which Americans feared could interfere with the freedoms and liberties the founding fathers fought to achieve. This paranoia eventually controlled the thoughts and actions of citizens everywhere. The Second Red Scare spread across America like a virus, leaving a trail of dread and despair in its wake. The fear of the growing communist regime, a lack of trust between citizens and the government, and a zealous streak of American pride drove the U.S. toward internal conflict and potential devastation.

This is another initiative used to keep the individual from there own truths to deprive them even more of an identity. "Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. (46)" Winston's coworker Syme believes that Newspeak will end the issue of thougtcrime, which it seems it is true. Newspeak is used by the Party to take away multiple meanings, expressions, individual thoughts to make the individuals more ignorant of individualism and other ideas that could ruin the ideas of the Party. With this language the people want be able to create thoughtcrime because they want have the knowledge to do so. Winston doesn't care for this aspect he only thinks of those who want be affected by the Party, the proles and at this point in time he thinks that no matter what kind of language they have now he will continue with his own ways.

The Red Scare stirred fear into the hearts of most Americans because of the Communists. All of the hysteria clouding over the United States became known as a threat caused by the communists. According Historian Yohuru Williams, the fear of communist advancing around the world convinced many U.S. citizens that there was a real danger of “Reds” taking over their own country.

into many international conflicts, such as the Korean and Vietnam War. The American people developed a growing fear of internal communist subversion—a fear that by the early 1950s reached the point of hysteria. This Red Scare led to McCarthyism, which was a “period of repression that recklessly destroyed lives, shattered the left, and narrowed the terms of political debate.” The U.S. adhered to its containment policy, so the Korean War came to be seen as a test of American resolve and ultimately hardened American foreign policy into a much more rigidly anti-communist form. The frustration over the continuing tensions of the Cold War, produced by the late 1950s a growing sense of impatience with the “calm, placid public culture of the time.”

Our government mainly our Congress has made so many moves to the other side of the world for war and fighting, it has almost made us look like we have a military dictatorship. Some people say that USA has been moving toward a total military dictatorship and with police power to dominate the American citizens mentally and physically since about the 1920’s. It has grown much more and effectively within the past 95 years. Obama has also been a part of this, making American citizen think he’s not even a citizen of America, helping other countries that are our current and former enemies by letting hostages we have held captive for years free.