Motives are much less important than behavior. We all know this.

If someone has good intentions, but treats people badly, those good intentions mean nothing.

As it is with individuals, so it is with governments.

Capitalism might sound less noble than communism, the individual pursues success to the best of his abilities.

That's capitalism.

Versus everyone shares everything equally. That's communism.

But it is capitalism that has produced freedom, and it alone has lifted millions from poverty

while communism has kept millions impoverished and without exception crushed freedom.

Capitalism for all its imperfections enables a decent society.

Communism, whatever its stated intentions, leads to evil.

Yet increasingly, people either ignore or deny the evil of this ideology,

which within a period of only 60 years created modern totalitarianism,

and deprived more people of human rights, and tortured and killed more people than any ideology in history.

How can we explain this? There are two ways.

One is ignorance. People just don't know the truth about communism.

The second is willful blindness. People know the truth,

but choose to ignore it because the truth about communism's horrors is too painful to confront.

Given the sad state of our educational system, we can assume most people fall into the first category they just don't know.

So let me offer some facts.

But before I do, I need to address another question.

Why is it important that everyone know what communism did?

Here are three reasons. First, we have a moral obligation to the victims of communism not to forget them.

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