This is the way many leaders throughout the years have achieved their rise to power. In Salem the minority that was initially decided upon was the homeless and the outcasts. The church members could believe that these people were witches due to their social standing. It wasn’t until the hysteria got the best of the townsfolk that they started prosecuting god fearing people and the madness stopped. McCarthy chose to select a few select groups “The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because our only powerful potential enemy has sent men to invade our shores . . . but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by this Nation.”(McCarthy) The Senator went after many groups of people of american citizens such as government employees, homosexuals, and celebrities. He used the common people’s suspicions of government and hollywood to incriminate people he saw as
This is the way many leaders throughout the years have achieved their rise to power. In Salem the minority that was initially decided upon was the homeless and the outcasts. The church members could believe that these people were witches due to their social standing. It wasn’t until the hysteria got the best of the townsfolk that they started prosecuting god fearing people and the madness stopped. McCarthy chose to select a few select groups “The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because our only powerful potential enemy has sent men to invade our shores . . . but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have been treated so well by this Nation.”(McCarthy) The Senator went after many groups of people of american citizens such as government employees, homosexuals, and celebrities. He used the common people’s suspicions of government and hollywood to incriminate people he saw as