Minds change over time. Back before the USSR disbanded and their decades of various problems were revealed, there were a sizable number in the US with some symp

Minds change over time. Back before the USSR disbanded and their decades of various problems were revealed, there were a sizable number in the US with some sympathies with the Soviet Union (if not for its then-governance, there was at least sympathy for the possibilities and future of the communist country). Even Bernie Sanders decided to have his honeymoon in the Soviet Union to improve relations and find lessons to bring back home. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bernie-sanderss-1988-10-day-honeymoon-in-the-soviet-union/2019/05/02/db543e18-6a9c-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-bernie-sander...