Over all
McCarthy Senator of the U.S was a big figure during the Cold War, he was most notable for saying that there is many Soviet spies in the U.S government. After a couple of years the term McCarthyism was used to similar events to the Anti-communist. The word represented to people making ridiculous accusations of many people including people from Hollywood. These accusations ruined many peoples careers and lives. Arthur Miller author of The Crucible was one of the many famous people of place on the black list. He wrote The Crucible to show people that they have been through this in the past. He showed that when people are afraid they can easily be influenced. The event was the Cold War the accusation would be about people whom which they believed were communist. These accusations seemed foolish to the point where people blamed the neighbor who they have known for many years. This was known as mass hysteria, the point in which people turn into sheep and jump off the cliff thinking that there is more land past the thick fog or in this case safety. When in reality they just fall into the abyss.
The following video will show America during the Mass Hysteria of the Red Scare
How we see things today
The Crucible was the perfect example of mass hysteria. And Arthur Miller was a prodigy he saw the accusations as just another mistake that society has done being repeated again. He knew this would end by it self like a huge forest fire that is out of control. All there is left to do is watch as nature does its things and once the fire is dead you just pick up whats left and keep going. Our faith in humanity is sometimes questioned human beings have repeatedly done the same mistakes over and over again. This leaves us to wonder if we will repeat our past many more times. The answer is yes because we are living in a mass hysteria right now. The following video shows how police forces have become so scare of society that they resort to violence.
The following video is by one of the biggest hacker groups known as Anonymous, giving a message to the people.