A lot of those kids do not even know what socialism is. They spout it and follow it because it is the current fad being pushed by their favorite pop culture outlets. Just like the Che Guevara shirts and hammer&sickle tote bags. They see it as "fashion", "hip", and "suave", because everybody and their mother/father/brother/sister/cousin is doing it. If you ask them to explain the real definition of these symbols, give historical examples and describe how these policies and leaders have affected the areas which they ruled, they will NOT be able to answer a single thing.