This over the top anti-activist and anti-communist film, Tragedy or Hope, is a bombastic moral majority inspired film from the 1970s. “Why would a normally decent person like John Smith choose communism? It’s a diabolic scheme funded by communists worldwide!” These shadowy activist leaders and subversives are planning to “destroy America.” Kids are labeled dupes to hysteria, uncivilized music, and a general lack of conformity – all these traits leading directly to communism! Anyone looking for an exaggerated and absurd conservative film that rallies against hippie culture has found the perfect example in Tragedy or Hope.