“Empty” Romanian flags with the Communist insignia cut out, from an exhibit at the Military Museum, Bucharest. Wikipedia.

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Romanian Revolution, when General Secretary Nicolae Ceauşescu was deposed and shot, The Federalist publishes “three lessons” (hat tip: Matt Phillips): 

1. Marxism Promises Belonging But Delivers Isolation

2. Marxism Promises Equality But Delivers Scarcity—for Everyone But the Elites

3. Marxism Promises Dignity and Compassion But Delivers Degradation and Cruelty

Read the whole thing.