How To End American Ignorance About Socialism and Communism?

Us in the 30 + crowd know all to well what Socialism, and Communism are, we give the younger generation the facts, and you say we are absurd. The theory of Communism is good, but when put in practice, man abuses it, and it fails. Mao, Stalin, Lenin, all abused their power. Communism is not evil, some of the leaders are. We tell you the facts about them, because we have seen the damage that can be done, do not ignore us, we don't want to see what has happened in every communist country happen here, mive bloodshed, starving people, etc....