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the red scare was a mass hysteria when people felt threatened by communism due to the cold War between the Soviet Union and the U.S. the first red scare was in the 1920s because of the Russian revolution that had just happened and the citizens of the U.S were scared that their country would too turn to a communist government.
ok so ... usually you have to get appointed your chosen by your success. you lose the mandate when you start becoming tyrannical and unfair
Maybe because of the popularity of television, or because people felt they needed it in their household for entertainment