Today’s leftists are dangerously wrong about communism. Just listen to the survivors

When Americans defend free markets, they analyze real-world outcomes and quote economists. When radicals defend communism, they ignore history and those who experienced it firsthand.

The omissions are deliberate. Survivors of communist regimes are dangerous to the argument because they are proof of its outcome. They know what happens after the government acquires the power it promised to use only for the public good.

I recently gathered survivors of communist regimes in the Capitol to hear their stories.