Anti-Communism_in_the_United_States

Anti-Communism in the United States Anti-Communism in the United States has always been subjected to popular, political and academic controversy whereas, communism has remained staunchly the archenemy in this deeply rooted capitalist culture. Both communism and anti-communism, from their diverse roots, to their post-war manifestations have posed a threat to the pillars of American democracy. More than fifty years ago, American leaders attempted to "contain" the evils of communism. Policies were put in place that defined the path of political and cultural ideologies of the second half of the 20th century. In hindsight, it was not communism, but instead its counterpart, anti-communism that would eventually become the greater threat to democracy. The word "democracy" rings familiar to almost everyone. According to Webster's, democracy "is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." American democracy is more than a set of constitutional rules that determine how the government should function. The government is only but one element in an intricate social web of many varied institutions, political parties and organizations. American democracy consists of government communism, democracy, communist, anti-communist, american, war, threat, government, soviet, rights, policy, world, against, vietnam, union, truman, states, ideology, anti-communism, america, values, united, new, mccarthy, leaders, free, cold, years, set, revolution, property, political, plan, place, knew