It's because we had a common enemy, the USSR. The USSR also launched Sputnik, which alarmed the country. Of course this was the backdrop of the Cold War.
The common enemy went from Anarchism (WWI) to Communism (WWII) to Terrorism (WoT), but now it's each other; the Left's common enemy is the Right, and vice versa. I'll let the reader surmise where that will lead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_crisis
The common enemy went from Anarchism (WWI) to Communism (WWII) to Terrorism (WoT), but now it's each other; the Left's common enemy is the Right, and vice versa. I'll let the reader surmise where that will lead.