Young people declare themselves communists without understanding communism

A viral video shows several young people repeating a series of phrases about being “communists,” but the content makes it clear they don’t understand —not even remotely— the basic concepts of the ideology they claim to support. Each line sounds more like a meme than a well-formed political stance.

In the clip, one young person says: “I’m a communist and people think I don’t work, even though I have three jobs.” The line tries to sound ironic, but it ends up revealing an obvious contradiction: it ties their political identity to workplace stereotypes without

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