International Victims of Communism Day

The estimable Ilya Somin is striving to have May First, or at least to have some day, celebrated as Victims of Communism Day, which I think is an excellent idea. Cicero observed that to be ignorant of history is to remain a child one’s whole life, and without the Soviet Union as a live enemy, many younger people are unaware of just how much evil was done by Communist regimes. Meanwhile, the temptation of Communism remains; people can look at the many imperfections of our society, and of other societies, and dream of how much better things would be without poverty and exploitation, and with a beneficent government applying all of society’s resources to good and vital purposes.