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? american historians and educators european trade unionists democratic germans free markets in the south pacific