I think as an idea there were already admirers and infiltraters, and the sudden disruption in business and farming (dust bowl) caused a lot of people to look favorably on big govt, and handouts. I had relatives who thought the WPA was ridiculous make-work, but it kept them eating. That's how communism gets a hook in society.
In the 30s communism got popular all over, here due to the Depression.
Due to, or the cause of?
I think as an idea there were already admirers and infiltraters, and the sudden disruption in business and farming (dust bowl) caused a lot of people to look favorably on big govt, and handouts. I had relatives who thought the WPA was ridiculous make-work, but it kept them eating. That's how communism gets a hook in society.