If you read Evgenia Ginzburg's writings, she was convinced -as were many many others- that even in her case the Gulag was for the greater good. Just calling it

If you read Evgenia Ginzburg's writings, she was convinced -as were many many others- that even in her case the Gulag was for the greater good. Just calling it a "commie gulag" does not minimize the fact that for many people they were "for the betterment of the country and its protection." So: yes, one needs to take the worst to memory in order to prevent the bad from happenning. History is filled with good-willing governants.