Propaganda: a Form of Brainwash

Since Communism started in the late 19^th century, it has been in direct competition with Capitalism. In America, Communism is seen as completely evil and wrong in every sense. Communism consists of everyone having the same amount of goods and it is the governments job to ensure this happens through totalitarianism. Capitalism is the exact opposite because the belief is that everyone should compete to have more goods and that the government should stay out of the way.

 

Anti-Socialist Poster 1909

Communism is seen has horrible because of the over controlling government that is monitoring people and trying to control everyone to do what they want them to do. If America is seen as the opposite of this, why did they print so much propaganda to sway Americans beliefs. American Government in a sense tried to control the beliefs of their people the same way that the government does for a Communist country.

 

1919: “Death to capital, or death under the heel of capitalism!”

The Capitalist propaganda portrayed Communism as something that is deadly and wants to take away from American Capitalists. Communism painted Capitalism in almost the exact same light. How is it that two ideals that vary so much be so similar? America seems to take a Communist approach to make sure that US citizens listen to what the government wants. The US used propaganda to brainwash Americans into believing what can be construed as Communist beliefs.

-Michael Brown