This Day in History: J. Edgar Hoover begins his career with the FBI

Link to biography: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhooverE.htm

Today in History: McCarthy Army Hearings Begin

Link to Article:: McCarthy Army Hearings

Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAur_I077NA

McCarthyism is a tremendous example of the consequences of a nation that relies upon being too inclusive. Inclusive in the context of classifying what is and what is not a true American or true believer in American values. When a society resorts to strict centralization, it deprives itself from adapting an ideology that encompasses the acceptance of other belief systems. Absolute unity must be achieved through the progression of a decentralized ideal system that incorporates an accepting adaptive nature.