After WW2 ended there were two major superpowers in the world that included the U.S and Russia (also referred to as the soviet union). To help you better understand communism and Capitalism and why they don’t go together very well let's look at the political views in the world today.
Socialism- Socialism is a concept that individuals should not have ownership of land, capital (money), or industry, but rather the whole community collectively owns and controls property, goods, and production. Ideally, in this system all share equally in work and the fruits of their labor.
Communism- Communism is a similar concept, in that ownership of land, capital and industry can not be owned or controlled by the individual. However, under Communism the
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Adding on to the tensions prior to nuclear warfare the U.S is afraid of communism spreading to the country. In the speech Joseph McCarthy made in 1950 regarding communism already being in America. In the speech it is made clear that he thinks communism is already inside our government. “When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be from enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within” Just from this line alone it reflects the panic and the realism of the issue at the time. This panic and anxiety of communism in our own government was spread throughout America. Another big issue that was put into the spotlight was being gay. There was two men in the government that were gay and the Russians later on found a video of them. Using this video as blackmail Russians used them to get precious information. This sparked the hatred and distrust of any homosexuals in America. The government produced a wave of propaganda against homosexuals with headlines like “How the reds blackmail homosexuals into spying for them!” This and the fear of communism inside the government made them fire anybody who they thought was gay or a