> Maybe I shouldn't assume so much. I assume that everyone knows what Fascism > is, that's why the US needed Mrs Miniver to tell them? Have you read _The Plot Against America_? I also > assume a certain knowledge of American history, especially that all > Americans (essentially) were once Liberal Democrats. A certain knowledge, then, most historians and political scientists (and many others) lack and now Marxist-influenced socialism has > become Liberalism and the traditional Liberal-Democracy has become > Conservatism. I assume everyone knows that but perhaps not. Indeed not. Judy Evans, Cardiff ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html