See you next! You are next! » This sentence clearly shows an insight into the paranoia of the American people in the 1950s and how people believed that communism was taking over or one could even relate it to the witch hunts that were going on with McCarthy as the Front. -runner of this when Miles says the pod people are taking over. In this case, even though the film could be seen as "communism" taking over, if you "read between the lines" you see that it illustrates how paranoia of communism taking over as it isn't actually, it's what's really happening. As I watch, I see that the film is actually about the fear of conformity and not communism in the 1950s, although this may not have been obvious to viewers at that time. When you even look at how a communist system is supposed to work, you have a system in place where the government controls everything and everyone is equal in terms of pay and family life, and if you are all equal, then you will win. There is no jealousy or even conflict, which is why a utopian society was created. This whole perfect society is depicted in the film. Everyone thinks and acts the same way, without wanting to be different, in a single unity without any consciousness. This view could be seen as a representation of communist Russia, as at the time