"I don't get it either. Do schools no longer teach history? It should be compulsory. History is the ultimate source of socioeconomic experiments. It is a graveyard of failed socialist societies."
Well I have a daughter who recently completed her year 12 studies. One of her subjects was history where the class studied such things as democracy (Greek times), fascism, communism and so on. I learnt in conversation that she was embarrassed to admit that she found some of the ideals of Communism appealing.