What changed to allow what wouldn't have been allowed 30 or 40 years ago?
They lost. Overwhelmingly. They still believe in a fantasy religion of death and violence. But in terms of societal threats they're harmless, because we all saw what happened under Communism. And the only Communist countries with nukes are weird variations that incorporate religious/Nationalist doctrine into it.
But in terms of Communists in America, they're just like the American Nazi Party or the KKK or Louis Farrakhan. A nuisance. And our Constitution is stronger than nuisances.
