Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech. Perhaps this gets to the root of the matter, to the most fundamental distinction of all between East and West. The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront. Who is Reagan’s intended audience for this part of his speech?
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American historians and educatorsReagan is contrasting the totalitarian system in the East with the freedoms valued in the West, including the freedom to create, enjoy life, and worship. In this speech, delivered in West Berlin near the Berlin Wall, he is addressing Germans living under division and urging democratic change. The best choice is democratic Germans.
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