McCarthyism stalked my family. Its paranoia contains a lesson for Trump's second term | Richard Sennett
Briefly

"Both McCarthy and Trump rose to power as demagogues who fed on the American public's fear of enemies within. Their tactics echo through time, revealing troubling patterns in political discourse."
"Roy Cohn, who served as McCarthy's chief counsel and later as an adviser to Donald Trump, was an expert in public humiliation and intimidation, bridging the aggressive tactics of both leaders."
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