I had an interesting conversation with a friend last night. I recently made friends with a couple who have been here about a decade from Ukraine. They are really nice people and fun to chat with. Last night he came right out and asked my why Americans are so stupid to be lead down this path toward socialism/communism. I, actually, have never been asked this before. But, in trying to formulate my answer I think I stumbled upon something. We Americans don't really have any memories of what living under such a system is like - because we haven't. We're just stumbling toward it like a moth to a flame. My new friends, on the other hand, are pretty awake to what's going on. Surprisingly so...more so than just about anybody else I know. Their memories are different than ours.