Mccarthyism Vs Mccarthyism

Across the recent decades of the United States, the country has been dependent on Capitalism. The idea of an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit has always been an appealing philosophy for most Americans. Some of the other second-hand parties of citizens, however, did not always support or contribute for a Capitalist society. Currently, these small groups of non-conformist individuals are mildly shunned or looked down upon in the American culture. Nevertheless, history has shown a more drastic consequence for these individuals in the past; furthermore, the transition to Capitalism along with the need to maintain its influence produced a similar recurring theme of

Some citizens were brave enough to express their negative speculation despite the risk of being labeled as a communist. For instance, Drew Pearson became a victim of McCarthyism after discrediting Senator McCarthy’s accusations through a series of radio broadcasts (The Cold War). A few others including comedian Mort Sahl, and journalist Edward R. Murrow expressed their negative opinions on McCarthyism despite receiving violent threats from the masses (McCarthyism). In the end, these bold criticism against McCarthy played an important role in his future

During the early stages of transition to Capitalism, an agenda comparable to McCarthyism took place. This event was referred to as the witch hunts of the late seventeenth century. Like McCarthyism, the witch hunts supported and defended the ideology of Capitalism through harsh customs.
There were in many ways which made the witch hunts similar to McCarthyism and the “red scare”. The most notable similarity, however, was the subject matter of false accusations motivated by terror. The witch hunts, in this case, condemned women because of the unexplainable practices of magic and other phenomenons. These mysterious practices foreign to the masses transitioned into fear, and this resulted into falsely accusing women for witchcraft.
There was one vital component that caused these practices to be unfamiliar for the majority of the citizens. This single factor was that the masses were already well-accustomed into the ways of Capitalism, and these practices were not of Capitalist decent; in fact, they were acquired “magic” from the feudalist era. The term “magic” was actually different methods or techniques for farming, agriculture, or other remedies that was first learned by the peasants of feudalism. Similar to the “red scare” of the McCarthy era, the mass majority of citizens did not want the presence of another economic