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DeSantis's Socialist Measures to Condemn Communism

• https://www.fff.org, by Jacob G. Hornberger

A recent example is Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Undoubtedly catering to Cuban-Americans in the hope of garnering their votes, DeSantis recently signed a bill establishing November 7 as "Victims of Communism Day" to honor the millions of people who have suffered under communist regimes.

No, that's not the funny part. The funny part is what follows. According to DeSantis's website, the bill "calls for public schools to observe the day. High school students will be required to receive at least 45 minutes of instruction in their required United States Government class on topics related to communist regimes and how victims suffered at the hands of these regimes."

Is that funny, or what? 

Of course, your standard Republican wouldn't laugh or even smile because he would have no idea why such a measure would be funny to libertarians.

It would be difficult to find a better example of a socialist program than public (i.e., government) schooling. The state makes attendance mandatory. Funding is through coercion, i.e., taxation. Everyone in the system, including the teachers, works for the state. The state decides on the textbooks, the curriculum, and the textbooks. Everything is politicized. (See  FFF's award-winning book Separating School & State: How to Liberate America's Families by Sheldon Richman.)


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