Some terms describing economic systems can cause strong emotional reactions, depending on the audience. In the United States, the words “communist” and “socialist” have been used as negative adjectives.
During the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, conducted hearings in which he accused communists of having infiltrated the State Department, the Army Signal Corps, and other government and private enterprises. According to the U.S. Senate archives, “Senator McCarthy’s repeated badgering of witnesses, exaggerated claims, and disregard of due process eventually led to his December 1954 censure for conduct unbecoming a senator.”
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