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Perhaps some view the government battle against TikTok as akin to the anti-Communist crusades of McCarthyism. I would argue this as a false equivalence, as cultural problems are outside the concern of the federal government. Had the State Department or U.S. Army legitimately been infiltrated by Communists, federal action would be swiftly warranted. However, the problem of societal moral decay rests solely on the incompetence of parents to protect their own children. By transferring priority responsibilities of protection to the government, parents are mocked as ''incapable'' of shielding their own children.

Perhaps some view the government battle against TikTok as akin to the anti-Communist crusades of McCarthyism. I would argue this as a false equivalence, as cultural problems are outside the concern of the federal government. Had the State Department or U.S. Army legitimately been infiltrated by Communists, federal action would be swiftly warranted. However, the problem of societal moral decay rests solely on the incompetence of parents to protect their own children. By transferring priority responsibilities of protection to the government, parents are mocked as ''incapable'' of shielding their own children.

The modern-day GOP under populism is paralleling the Progressive Movement a century ago. Read for yourself what [https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Progressive_Movement Ohio History Central says about old Progressives]:

The modern-day GOP under populism is paralleling the Progressive Movement a century ago. Read for yourself what [https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Progressive_Movement Ohio History Central says about old Progressives]:

{{cquote|While Progressives enacted numerous positive reforms, some of their goals were questionable. While they did seek to make the United States government more democratic '''and to protect U.S. workers''', they also sought to force their social and political beliefs on others. '''Progressives opposed immigration and enacted several immigration restrictions during the 1920s.''' Progressives also tried to force immigrants to adopt Progressive moral beliefs. One way they tried to accomplish this was through settlement houses. Settlement houses existed in most major cities during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were places where immigrants could go to receive free food, clothing, job training, and educational classes. While all of these items greatly helped immigrants, Progressives also used the settlement houses to convince immigrants to adopt Progressive beliefs, causing the foreigners to forsake their own culture. '''During the 1920s, many Progressives also joined the Ku Klux Klan,''' a self-proclaimed religious group that was to enforce morality, based on Progressive beliefs, on other people.|||Ohio History Central article on the Progressive Movement}}

{{cquote|While Progressives enacted numerous positive reforms, some of their goals were questionable. While they did seek to make the United States government more democratic '''and to protect U.S. workers''', they also sought to force their social and political beliefs on others. '''Progressives opposed immigration and enacted several immigration restrictions during the 1920s.''' Progressives also tried to force immigrants to adopt Progressive moral beliefs. One way they tried to accomplish this was through settlement houses. Settlement houses existed in most major cities during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were places where immigrants could go to receive free food, clothing, job training, and educational classes. While all of these items greatly helped immigrants, Progressives also used the settlement houses to convince immigrants to adopt Progressive beliefs, causing the foreigners to forsake their own culture. '''During the 1920s, many Progressives also joined the Ku Klux Klan,''' a self-proclaimed religious group that was to enforce morality, based on Progressive beliefs, on other people.|||Ohio History Central article on the Progressive Movement}}