Revolution 2.0

Summary What is the similarity between the well-known Salem witch trials and American politics today? Wait, Will, are there any similarities? Are there really things that tie witch trials and our politics together? Yes, several, in fact. I am sure that we all recoil in horror when we think about witch trials; trials that demonized the use of the wrong words, simple accusations treated as proof, being afraid of standing up for the truth for fear of being similarly accused, and the horrific and permanent punishments. We would never do anything like that, right? Right? Wrong. We do things like that everyday, either by being active participants or be standing by and allowing the active ones to get away with it. For the next 10 minutes, we will talk about what American politics and witch trials have in common. Continuing Arthur Miller wrote the timeless play, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crucible (The Crucible), in 1953. Written during the McCarthy period, the play was focused on showing how human frail