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In the McCarthy era of the 1950s, anti-Communism created an atmosphere of fear which allowed political actors to accrue greater powers over the American population. The legal status and rights of the individual were profoundly changed as the norms of fair trials were subverted, constitutional rights ceased to apply and new laws restricted personal freedoms. This dissertation argues that this unusual situation was permitted as the public were manipulated by people with political interests into believing the USA had entered into a state of emergency in order to safeguard national security.
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McCarthyism discusses the United States` fear of communism during the Cold War and the unfair trials led by Senator Joseph McCarthy to root out supposed communist spies.
- It drives the fear action as it introduces the practice of making accusations of subversion and treason, especially when related to communism and socialism fear which allowed political actors to accrue greater powers over the American population.
- Popular opinion shapes public policies as the legal status and rights of the individual were extremely changed as the norms of fair trials were subverted, constitutional rights ceased to apply and new laws restricted personal freedoms.
- I think it is acceptable for the government to suspend the rights of the citizens when in a state of panic or emergency as the McCarthyism era gave the right to people to accuse the public servants publicly for disloyalty. It ruined the reputations and lives of many people by accusing them without credible evidence. It used accusations of Communist sympathies to counterattack anyone who criticized his methods. Many of the speechifying opposed freedom of expression because they assumed that the discussion of the ideas underlying Communism was dangerous and non-American.
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