You have it exactly backwards. McCarthy is not ancient history, and Marxism is still viewed mostly met suspiciousness and ridicule in the us. No one in the US

You have it exactly backwards. McCarthy is not ancient history, and Marxism is still viewed mostly met suspiciousness and ridicule in the us. No one in the US and in their right mind would claim to be Marxist in order to fit in our due to social pressure. If anything, the exact opposite.