Why does USA have obsessive fear of alternative ideologies like Communism and Islam?

Answer 1

This is an excellent question. I sincerely wish that more people would use this medium for this kind of quality questions.

The short answer to that is certainly: YES!

And now onto the longer answer...

The U.S. is manically afraid of other ideas and other ways of life and society. We have been taught throughout the ages that anything but the American way of "life" is sinfully wrong. This closed the hearts and the minds to look for alternatives. Communism is an ideal, but only when everyone does it. Greed, envy and mischief is human nature and the natural enemy of communism; that's why it failed.
Currently there is unabated xenophobia rampant in the U.S., and unfortunately i do not see an end to that. The Bush junta (and i use that word deliberately) has properly scared the people into hating everything that is not American. To undo the damage the Bush regime has inflicted on the U.S. and on the world it will take decades of wise governing and education. Something that is grotesquely under-represented in this country of ours.

Now to be fair we would have to ask if other countries would be willing to entertain other forms of government and society also. Your question is like a knife, and that cuts both ways. In my travels i have experienced quite a variety of societies, religions and forms of government. Of some of those i can say they are better than our (government and society in the U.S.). Of some of those i doubt they would be willing to entertain another way of life.

I think an answer to your and my question would require world peace and a perfect understanding of people internationally. I think for this to happen we would have out-live humanity. Then, finally, there would be peace.

Answer 2

No. You are 40 years too late for the communism. Communism is dead and its not coming back. 100% rear-view mirror.

Islam is a bit different because moslems have allowed people to mix up the religion with the ideologies of the islamofascist organizations. By failing to quickly, loudly, and consistently denounce every act of violence taken in the name of Islam, they are now faced with millions seeing Islam and terrorism as linked together.

So while I would say some Americans; especially on the right; have a strong fear of terrorists, it is only a side effect that Islam has become swept up into the same net.

Answer 3

Fear what? No fear of Islam. Just a hatred of the fools that pervert Islam for a social agenda.

And fathead is right communism is 100% rear mirror. But be mindful of the veiled attempts of socialists to gain power, in the form of the far left.

Answer 4

Does China fear to be a republic ?
Does Australia fear being ruled by the Queen ?
Does Suadi Arabia fear being cathoicised ?
Does France fear being ruled by England ?

Alternative ideologies ?

Answer 5

Fear of them? No. More like disdain. Communism has repeatedly proven itself a failure in every case. Islam, no problem, except with the extreme sects. Arab countries used to be the leaders in Science, Math, Astrology, Literature. Now due to extremist clerics most Islamic countries are third world. If not for oil there would be no economy to speak of. Why would we want to embrace failure?

Answer 6

The Soviets never stormed embassies and held them hostage, or sent suicide bombers to kill innocents, or turned civilian jetliners into missiles to wreak havoc. Even the Soviets, in the death pangs of their empire, in their desperation, did not do this, they had honor. The Communists we could understand, no matter how ideologically different we were. We could peacefully co-exist with them. The radical jihadists, the mad dogs they are, we must hunt and destroy with no mercy. This has nothing to do with fear and everything to do with practicality. You cannot negotiate or co-exist with a mad dog.
And before you say that I am some sort of George Bush apologist, i beg to differ, i live in a multicultural society in which people are freely able to practice their religion without fear, no matter how ridiculous it may seem AND regardless of whom they believe to be the successor of the prophet. Before you throw stones (pun intended), you should perhaps put your own house in order and deal with the problems that your own culture has. I would suggest, at the very least, that you bring your thinking into this century. This is, after all, the 21st century and not the 8th. There is no 'Crusade' going on, but a clash of cultures; one progressive, and one that stands for everything that is wrong and morally bankrupt. If radical islam had anything to offer, it would endure; but, like communism, it will be destined to the scrapheap of history. It is only a matter of time.
There are enough rational members of your religion (and any religion for that matter) here to make it so.
Put that in your Hookah and smoke it!

Answer 7

That is not true most of the main points in the USA Constitution is a copy from Islam

Answer 8

Uh, Communism (by which I refer to state communism, not folks in private communes) is responsible for nearly 100 million deaths in the 20th century, not to mention hundreds of millions more who had to live their entire life under totalitarian rule. The Soviets are responsible for about 60 million of their own dead, from about 1915 to 1960. China's Mao is responsible for about 30 million. And the list goes on and on, albeit with lower overall magnitudes. E.g., "only" a couple million in Cambodia, but it occurred in only about a year, and was nearly a third of the entire population. Another million or so in Vietnam after the U.S. abandoned them. Take a look at "The Black Book of Communism," and also "Death By Government."

Islam has far fewer deaths under its belt compared to Communism, but radical Islam appears to be trying its damndest to keep up. And radical Islam as a form of government is not "just another" kind of government. No, like Communism, it denies most individual rights.

You are free to choose to enter a private commune or live your life according to Islam within a Western culture. But if you live in Communism or in a radical Islamic state, you have no freedom to choose to live like those in the West do. This is a DEEP asymmetry that you should never forget.

Answer 9

Communism is a threat to capitalism. It is difficult for them to co-exist in a one world economy. Communism could be quite funtional if the entire world was communists. Islam isn't a threat but Islamic extremists are. They are a threat to our economy and freedoms.

Answer 10

Is Islam is an Ideology or religion.