Actually that’s not necessarily so. And I say this from life experience. People of that era and social stratum who might be fellow travelers or attracted to communsim or belong to affiliated organiztions, read the literature and so on, but still have one foot in the nice middle class values of thst era.
And remember, Stanley Dunham had done some kind of “sabotsge” while working on -was it Boeing aircraft during the war, CE - now that’s odd!
My comment above for you too.
Ignore previous ping - the info appeared above after I wrote my comment!
It is telling that the poster wishes to pose the issues in an either/or manner. Rule of exclusion obfuscates many meaningful parts of a story. It is also a technique well used in criminal trials ... usually by the defense attorney.
The story that Stanley Armour Dunham was involved in espionage at Boeing during WWII is just that, a story. If you will notice there is a Boeing tie to other members of his family including his own father. Stanley Armour Dunham signed up with the military in June 1942, so just exactly when was he involved in espionage? According to the “official” story Madelyn Dunham was employed at Boeing during the war years as a quality control worker.