The Communist Threat

The Communist Threat Communism, like all forms of government was designed to benefit the people of the country. Originally communism was established to create economic stability by abolishing private property, if your property was sought to be public, it would be used as a greater benefit to the economy. There were people that believed in the idea of communism—those who thought that the key to a successful economy was by total government control. Time passed and political power became the greater influence and communism began to establish a massive threat to democracy and government institutions. Developed by German philosopher Karl Marx and Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, communism was a simple political system that “seeks to combat
The USSR, or Soviet Union, was the very first nation to exist based upon Communist principles. Going by Communist principles, a “true” communist country must push for a revolution and not just in an individual region or stat—it must be a worldwide revolution. This is probably why the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union was extended for such a long period of time. “By 1959, it had become very powerful, the only superpower besides the United States. It controlled the nations of Eastern Europe and was allied to communist China.” ("What Is Communism and Where Did Communism Come From?") Communists were often referred to as “Reds” due to their loyalty to the Soviet flag, this made enough sense when the intensification of the Cold War in the late 1940s and early 1950s brought a “hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the U.S. became known as the Red Scare.” ("Red Scare.") The United States government held a very strong opposition to communism, like every other American at the time—they feared that communism interfered and brought immense danger to everyday lifestyles. Such Red Scare led to vast changes and deep impacts left forever in American history. People in every influential, political positions were questioned and investigated. Not to mention the severe interrogation that fell upon the Hollywood film industry. “The intense rivalry between the two superpowers raised concerns in the United States that Communists and leftist sympathizers inside America might actively work as Soviet spies and pose a threat to U.S. security.” ("Red Scare.") The drawn out Cold War came to an end and with it came the collapse of the Soviet