Oddly enough, it was the way my 9th or 10th grade history teacher presented it all made me realize the US was much more similar to the 3 big isms than what the original founding was based on. Stopped doing the pledge in homeroom cuz of it (seemed something that would be forced in Nazi Germany or Fascist Italt), and even put two and two together on the fed and New Deal (seemed pretty damn communist to me). They fucked up ansld gave me real good education and the skills to research (gifted/AP).