New Right ideology framed American capitalism as imperiled by communist enemies

Evidence

At the core of the concerns of the New Right was the perception that American capitalism was under dire threat from mortal enemies—some of them internal, some external, most of them communist. “Liberal national defense policies have resulted in the United States, long the world’s strongest military power, falling behind Soviet Russia in every major area of conventional and strategic weaponry,” wrote Viguerie. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 239