All 3 Uses of
communism
in
The Crucible
- In the countries of the Communist ideology, all resistance of any import is linked to the totally malign capitalist succubi, and in America any man who is not reactionary in his views is open to the charge of alliance with the Red hell.†
p. 34.7communist = someone who supports an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
- The analogy, however, seems to falter when one considers that, while there were no witches then, there are Communists and capitalists now, and in each camp there is certain proof that spies of each side are at work undermining the other.†
p. 35.3communists = people who support an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
- From all accounts there are no more puritanical mores in the world than those enforced by the Communists in Russia, where women's fashions, for instance, are as prudent and all-covering as any American Baptist would desire.†
p. 35.9 *
Definition:
an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society