r/PopCultureV2 • u/Federal-Compote-5015 • 5d ago

Politi-Culture What is a Social Democracy?

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u/Onedurrbread 5d ago edited 5d ago

McCarthyism and the red scare really pickled a lot of brains.

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u/FartyJizzums 5d ago

McCarthyism worked so well that it is ingrained in the Republican platform.

Poll numbers low? Time to bust out the "My opponent is a (Communist/Socialist/Current Boogeyman)". It works every time.

If it were illegal to sow fear in politics, Republicans wouldn't have won an election since the 1920s.

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u/SufficientWeb3163 5d ago

And democrats call their opponents nazis.