Is the new millenium in any way similar to or even a repeat of the conservitive 1950’s. (i.e., politics, glamorous stars, war time propoganda, ect…)
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Sounds like a homework assignment 
The 50’s we were trying to stop the ‘Red Menace’. Now we’re trying to stop the Terrorist Menace. That’s a pretty vague and broad connection though as the details and actors on the world stage are quite different.
The greatest similarity that I can see is that both eras had a new technology in the home (TV, Internet) that revolutionized information, cognition, and the way people connected to their news source. The greatest dissimilarity is the lack of institutionalized racism.
One way to judge the comparision is to set a litmus period to guage the differences and similarities.
The 70’s where a time where culturaly in this country there was alot of tolerence. Coming off of the rush of counter culture of the 60’s there where heavy liberal overtones to the political climate. Most of these people came from the middle class and the working poor and " Power to the people" was their decree. This did not only manifest its self politicaly but sociallly where previously taboo issues where being adressed. Most specificaly in the media of that time. (Interracial Relations: The jeffersons,All in the family\ Gender Rolls: Mary Tiller Moore Show) All of these examples had very oppinionated protagonists and chalangeing themes to things that where to be deemed sociallly acceptable @ the time. And if you look @ the the people who starred in these productions it was the continuance of a trend in the sixties to use more talent that resembled average people (Dutin Hoffmen, Al Pachino, Jack Nicholson) and portraying more grounded themes. (Easy Rider, Midnight cowboy, Dogday afternoon). These are just some things that set the tone of that era but if you look @ this as the antithisis of the comparitive era’s. You may start see more similarites.
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Durring both peroids threre was a conservitive social and political trend.
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Both peroids where both comming off of a time of economic prosperity.
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Both periods had a threat that was seen as a internal as well as external.
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Political propaganda was being used on both sides of the issue.
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In both periods aggresive goverment policies were implimented that targeted U.S. citizens of a specific orientation. (i.e., racial profilling, blacklisting)
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The media of these times are prestine images of American society. (50’s glamore as opposed Post Millennium Bling Bling)
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Both the “Red Scare” and " The War on Terror" both have a sensational goverment official @ the front of the isssue in Sen. Joe McCarthy and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
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Durring both peroids threre was a conservitive social and political trend.
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Both peroids where both comming off of a time of economic prosperity.
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Both periods had a threat that was seen as a internal as well as external.
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Political propaganda was being used on both sides of the issue.
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In both periods aggresive goverment policies were implimented that targeted U.S. citizens of a specific orientation. (i.e., racial profilling, blacklisting)
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The media of these times are prestine images of American society. (50’s glamore as well as Post Millennium Bling Bling)
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Both the “Red Scare” and " The War on Terror" both have a sensationalizing goverment official @ the front of the isssue in Sen. Joe McCarthy and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
In both decades, if you criticized particular people in power, McCarthy and now the Bush Administration, you were and are labelled “unAmerican” by some political conservatives.