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[โ€“] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That was the real point of McCarthyism. They destroyed their own civic society to own the Soviets.

[โ€“] demonquark@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago

Tbh, McCarthy destroyed civic society, because he was an antidemocratic cunt who wanted to destroy civic society. The soviets were just a handy scapegoat.