• 1921: During the Russian Civil War, 15,000 sailors began the Kronstadt rebellion, demanding an end to the Bolsheviks’ curbing of civil liberties in Russia. The sailors who surrendered to the Red Army were imprisoned and executed for opposing tyranny, even though the Bolsheviks had promised them clemency.
• 1932: The consequences of Stalin’s campaign of agricultural collectivization reared their ugly head. The farmers who resisted the collectivization were called “kulaks” by Stalin’s regime, and had their goods confiscated by the authorities, beginning the famine known as the Holodomor. It is estimated that 3 to 12 million people perished in this famine.
• 1956: The people of Hungary begin protesting against communist authoritarianism. To appease the protestors, the Soviets installed Imre Nagy as the leader of Hungary. Nagy quickly ended one-party rule and established a democratic system. The Soviets invaded Hungary, resulting in 2,500 deaths and a return to tyranny in Hungary.
• 1958: Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong launched the Great Leap Forward, instituting socialist policies in China. Among these was the formation of collective farming communes, onto which many farmers were forced. Families were forced to painstakingly toil by hand on these communes, while communist propaganda trumpeted the glories of the communes. Additionally, Mao launched a campaign to eradicate sparrows in China, believing that they were eating too much grain. This campaign led to crop pests flourishing, destroying wheat and beginning a famine that claimed the lives of 78 million people.
• 1961: To prevent defections from East Germany to West Germany, East Germany’s Marxist government constructed the Berlin Wall. For twenty-eight years, it defiled the city of Berlin, and people attempting to get past the wall were often shot and killed for attempting to flee to freedom.
• 1968: Alexander Dubcek was installed as the leader of communist Czechoslovakia. Dubcek promised reforms, which would grant greater civil liberties to Czechoslovakians. In response, the communist governments of the Soviet Union, East Germany, and Poland invaded Czechoslovakia. The invasion succeeded in conquering Czechoslovakia, preventing further reforms.
• 1978: Soldiers of the communist Khmer Rouge marched into the Vietnamese village of Ba Chuc. The Khmer Rouge massacred 3,000 residents of the village, as part of what is believed to have been a campaign by the Khmer Rouge to exterminate Vietnamese people in Cambodia.

We have seen what socialism has done to Russia, Eastern Europe, China, and many other nations. Don’t let it happen to America. Stop the steal!