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Originally Posted by Tenchu
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.
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No ideology in the history of mankind has caused more death, destruction, or misery than communism. You could argue that Hitler was not a communist, but you would not be completely correct, the Nazi party was a socialist party.
Say what you like about the "patriotic propaganda put out by American power-houses", they did not kill many tens of millions of innocent people in cold blood. There were no pictures, paintings, or statues of the national leader placed in every single government building, bus stop, train station, phone booth, and department store in America.
I went to elementary school and junior high school with kids who's families had fled places like the Soviet Union, Romania, and Vietnam. If you want to know how wonderful communism was, you should ask those who had to endure it.