One of the reasons we struggle to understand concepts like totalitarianism is because it’s so foreign from the values that we as Americans have internalized. Comedian Ricky Gervais hits on something here when asked about differences in writing for UK and US audiences:
addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fbuell.edublogs.org%2F2009%2F03%2F15%2Fricky-gervais-on-difference-between-british-and-americans%2F’;
addthis_title = [...]