only 33Percent of millenials know who Lenin is.

[Anonymous]

I just thought this was pathetically sad and embarrassing and speaks volumes about our country. I read that 33 percent of millenials do not know who Lenin is. I mean he is a rather important figure in history and really changed the course of world events.

The same article mentioned that many millenials also think that Bush was responsible for more deaths than Stalin,

These people should be ashamed. They should have learned this stuff in high school. Do we have a nation of idiots?

[Anonymous]

I gave up on Millennials when they didn't know who Duran Duran was, much less Lenin!

May they all fall into manholes while looking at their smartphones.

[Anonymous]

And if they DO recognize the name Lenin, can they differentiate it from Lennon?

[Anonymous]

If you asked me who Lenin WAS, I'd ask you Vladimir or John? But if you asked me who Lenin IS, I'd assume you were talking about some current figure and not be able to answer.

-- not a millennial

[Anonymous]

Link?

[Anonymous]

Maybe that's why they think socialism is so great.

[Anonymous]

And scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I gave up on Millennials when they didn't know who Duran Duran was, much less Lenin!

May they all fall into manholes while looking at their smartphones.

Great equivalent example. I don't think the OP meant the Lennon sisters.

[Anonymous]

Talk to me about Ulyanov, Djugashvili, and Bronstein, OP, and I might forgive you for spelling "millennial" incorrectly.

[Anonymous]

There is a David McCullough book out now and he said he was doing a graduate course at Harvard. The course was full of history majors.

He started the course by saying 'do any of you know who George Marshall was?'

This was followed by minutes and minutes of silence until one of the grad students said 'Is he in any way related to the Marshall plan?'. McCullough said yes, yes he was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you asked me who Lenin WAS, I'd ask you Vladimir or John? But if you asked me who Lenin IS, I'd assume you were talking about some current figure and not be able to answer.

-- not a millennial

"Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin is to live forever."

[Anonymous]

Leninism and Socialism are two different animals

-signed BA and Masters degrees in Politics/Policy with minor/focus on sociology and social issues

[Anonymous]

I'm a millennial and know who Lenin was. And Duran Duran, PP! Do I get a prize?

[Anonymous]

I bet that's a higher percentage than conservative voters. Just saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leninism and Socialism are two different animals

-signed BA and Masters degrees in Politics/Policy with minor/focus on sociology and social issues

Interesting that with all that education you do not know that Leninism and Socialism are political theories and not animals. Did you take a wrong turn at the vet school?