Why do so many young people like communism?

Published July 20, 2021 6:22pm ET



Communism continues to be viewed positively by a significant portion of the U.S. population, especially young people: 28% of Generation Z have a favorable view of communism, 30% view Marxism in the same manner, and only one-third understand the Chinese Communist Party has killed more than Nazism.

The 28% of young Americans who view communism favorably are either ignorant or cold-hearted. Take the Holodomor, for example. Between 1931 and 1934, the Soviet government starved ethnic Ukrainians through a man-made famine in which at least 3.9 million Ukrainians died. Red Famine author Anne Applebaum’s description of the famine is enough to turn your stomach:

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