Hate And Hysteria Author Murray Levin (1977) Wrote, AMcCarthyism, In A

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Term Paper Title	Hate And Hysteria Author Murray Levin (1977) Wrote, AMcCarthyism, In A
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Hate and hysteria Author Murray Levin (1977) wrote, AMcCarthyism, in a
capitalist society, produces extremism, intolerance, instability, and large scale
repression (p.216). He also says that AThe promoters of mass politics raise
the question of justice and attempt to play upon generalized resentments
steaming from deeper layers of personality. The politics of mass society does
not focus on group demands.@ The purpose of these politics is the defense
of the ultimate truth. This "Red scare" started in the twenties and in one form
or another lasted till well after World War 2 was over. McCarthyism was not the
work of psychotics and paranoids. This political hysteria was a mixture of
American conservatism, pluralism, anti-radicalism, racism, and nativism. . In
addition, this passionate form of nationalism was perceived by most Americans
as a perfectly sensible and American way to defend the American way of life
against danger. Louis Hartz (1956) said Athe Red scare was a product of the
American people manipulating themselves as well as the American people
responding to manipulation.@ According to the popular opinion, Robert
Murray warned that communist were to come and overthrow our form of
government and business enterprises. He said that communism would do five
things. " First, destroy property rights. Second, take away all personal initiative
in industrial activities. Third, abolish civil government and the political state.
Fourth, destroy the church and religious institutions. Finally, abandon family
relations. Many who actively promoted the hysteria genuinely believed in
conspiracy, consider themselves as patriots, and utilized the hysteria for
private political and economic gain that they usually hid. "Joe McCarthy was
one of the top investigators of communism along with Edgar Hoover, who was
at that time a director of the FBI."(the hunt began) McCarthy got all his
suspects from Hoover; many times they made false accusations to help their
cause. They were the at the root of hysteria during the 40's and 50's.
McCarthyism has been defined as political murder; many innocent people
were hung, stabbed, and imprisoned for false accusations where evidence
was insufficient. By accusing people of being "Red" McCarthy and Hoover
ignored several amendments that given freedoms of United States citizens.
First, he broke the first amendment that says people have the right to religion,
speech, assembly and politics. For example, in Water...

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