bripat9643
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Fear of Marxism is the result of understanding what it is, not of ignorance.During the red scare it seemed essential that Americans understand what socialism and communism were all about. Instead both systems were ignored in schools and classrooms and McCarthyism, politics and fear took over. For a time it was a Republican bonanza with that party able to label anything it didn't want, such as Social Security as leading directly to communism.