The horror image has become more and more subtle

"Socialism in the United States became dreaded, and the left-wing victory was the right-wing reaction," writes Kent Werne. Illustration.image: Kalle Elmqvist

"Sweden, this is a socialist country, what? We do not want America!" Sue Ousten was a retired supermarket, a Christian fundamentalist and Tea activist. A few years ago I met him in a small hole in Ohio. His main driving force was that he was an opposition to Barack Obama, the Muslims and the trauma leading to socialism.