Creeping Communism Warning From 1948

I was just a kid when I first saw this in the 1950s.

Please watch the full 9-minute cartoon carefully and count the number of things that have come to pass since then.

Note: The cartoon was made in 1948 by John Sutherland for Harding College and was likely funded by either the CIA (which was formed in 1947 at the start of the Cold War) or by GM Chairman Alfred Sloane11 Note Source: Karl Cohen ANIMATIONworld.com April 11, 200322 Yes, they don’t mention McCarthyISM33 Yes, the Capitalists appear to be white, but that was likely the target cartoon audience (Marketing 101?)

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