was the teacher trying to get them to figure out that the comparison is absurd?

Otherwise, s/he would not have directed them to those sources or at the very least would have added a few lefty sources to "balance" it out.

it just seems like it *has* to be some kind of ironic statement.

People really are nuts.

the town of Kennesaw (which passed the nation's very first mandate to own a gun), Dobbins AFB, and of course its most famous contribution to American culture, the Big Chicken, a landmark so prominent that all directions given in the area begin with the words, "First, go to the Big Chicken".

There is a persistent rumor that that The Whistle Stop Cafe of Fried Green Tomatoes fame is based on the cafe in the town square, but I'm pretty sure that every little town in Georgia has the same rumor about their little cafe.

n.t

Did you expect anything less?

Note to HR, applicants who attended or graduated an any educational facility in GA will no longer be considered for employment due to their very questionable education.

And I'm working in one of its state universities trying to fight the good fight.

I haven't checked lately but I believe there are rules against region bashing here.

I've grown to expect snide remarks every single time anything about the South is mentioned.

Take a look at the Fried Green Tomatoes comment upthread a bit.

Bless their hearts.

They were both incompetent autocrats whose wealth and power were the result of being born into an important family. They both were involved in a mismanaged war. The both wrecked their nations' economies. They were both intolerant of domestic political dissent. Etc.

Pretty sure that's not what the teacher meant, but I wonder what sort of "capitalism" he/she thought Russia had before the revolution.

It starts out with incorrect facts. Trying to draw comparisons beyond that is pretty pointless.

And pointing out that this teacher unwittingly implied that the George W Bush administration was similar to the "capitalism" of Tsarist Russia.

I have to deal with this stuff every day and it sometimes clouds my ability to see nuance!

We can't have learning in school, now can we?