God's name is Andy ...... Andy walks with me Andy talks with me ....
(very old joke)
And I agree with your assessment of the lack of historical education.
That too has been an argument I got into about two years ago when requesting we consider a specific political indoctrination for our seniors (about ready to step into adulthood) regarding political affiliation.
I proposed a class in the last semester that targetted Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Anarchist, (etc,) for the specific purpose of giving a new adult a flavor and hopefully desire to be politically involved and WANT to vote ...... and to determine for themselves just what DO the think and believe in the political spectrum.
I was politely laughed down citing Supreme Court this and Supreme Court that (which apparently there ARE Supreme Court this and Supreme Court that) and my request went nowhere.
As of now, my local red neck high school graduates approx 200 socialists (by indoctrination and lack of anything else)
Still fighting the fight, but I had the wind knocked out of me last night.
Keep up the good fight.
I'm thinking that the pendulum is starting to swing away from the non-stop socialism we've had thrust upon us since the 1960s (or maybe earlier). Just showing the socialists that their view (reinforced by the media) is not universal or even majority is a big step in the right direction.