# Communism — The Conscience of a Conservative character guide

> Communism in The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Communism

**First appearance:** 0001-the-conscience-of-a-conservative

## Who they are

The ideological system opposed by the narrator as antithetical to freedom.

## Relationships

### [Most Americans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/most_americans)

_rivalry_

Communism is presented as a hostile ideology threatening the American way of life.

### [The Kremlin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscience_of_a_conservative_se/characters/the_kremlin)

_psychological_

Communism is the Kremlin's guiding ideology, used to justify its global ambitions.

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