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Originally Posted by burkhartdesu
This is all a pretty big generalization, Tenchu. I'm an American and I attended public school. In no way was the important of Russia during WWII, or the world in general, underplayed.
This is more of a stab at America than an analysis of World War II.
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I can't really comment on the American education (because I've never had one), but I form my opinion based on the end result; the attitudes of the majority of Americans.
I'm getting the feeling that because of the power struggle played by American and Russia in the Cold War, the opinion and views of the Soviets and Stalin is very negative and there's a deep sewn hatred for communism that isn't really based on reality, just patriotic propaganda put out by American power-houses.
America is generally so self centered, and official views of China and Russia and communism in general are so negative, they're not going to take any steps to try and idolize the actions of any communists, even if it means dumbing down the truth.