During a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican-Wisconsin) claims that he has a list with the names of over 200 members of the Department of State that are “known communists.” The speech vaulted McCarthy to national prominence and sparked a nationwide hysteria about subversives in the American government.
They walked instead of riding the bus
They didn't like democracy. The mob can't be trusted to rule. They all preferred the concept of a philosopher king. Someone who held no biases and based their reign on carefully considered, ethical, and philosophically sound decisions.
