[Gat notes the change in America's attitude.]

That explains a lil' bit about th' way this town behaves about them Communists.

[He doesn't take a judgmental tone when saying that. Though, arriving when he did, he hasn't really gotten to see how obsessed Mayfield's masters are with commies. Yet.]

Maybe that's th' thing that's goin' on here. Th' ones runnin' this town might be th' survivors of a nuclear war with that there USSR.