Mallory's Musings & Mischief on Nostr: Using "Red Scare" tactics work a lot better when the "Reds" are actively threatening ...

Using "Red Scare" tactics work a lot better when the "Reds" are actively threatening to annihilate your civilization with mutually assured nuclear apocalypse. But now the dastardly Soviet Union no longer exists, and China seems pretty content with watching the US ruin itself from the sidelines. The Boogeyman of Communism only exists in the minds of Boomers. Capitalism is by far the biggest active threat in the lives of most people today.