The "horrors of Communism largely forgotten" opening is a little irritating. Is this meant to be a moral lesson to k-12 history teachers, that they need to get on the stick and make sure Our Children Never Forget the war for freedom?
In any case, thanks for passing this along. Very interesting, and not a little surprising. I was particularly interested in the numbers on the "historical significance" of the fall of the Soviet Union: While 87% of Mainstream voters rate the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe as important in terms of history, nearly one-in-three Political Class<http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2010/67_of_political_class_say_u_s_heading_in_right_direction_84_of_mainstream_disagrees> voters (32%) view it as unimportant historically.* *Generally speaking, however, there’s little difference of opinion between the two groups when it comes to comparing the U.S. economic and political system with communism. On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > (No, this is not an Onion article. Hat tip to Mike Ely.) > > > http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/march_2011/11_say_communism_better_than_u_s_system_of_politics_and_economics > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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