“Marx and marxism is like a foreign language to the last two or three generations.”
I would humbly disagree. It is the only language they know, having been taught it by government propaganda schools and then the media for their whole lives.
The language they don’t know is the language of “Honor, hard work, innovation”. The language they do know is of dependency on government for everything, iPhones and American Idol, and whatever the Marxist media tells them.
In the context you are suggesting, there is a degree of truth to your statement. Certainly in their current belief system of how they view society. Abortion, Taxation, Welfare, Education, Medical Care etc etc.
However, ask any of them to define Marxism. Ask any of them to explain the difference between communism and capitalism. Ask any one of them why the west considers communism evil, i.e. Ronald Reagan calling Russia "the Great Evil Empire.
Ask 100,000 students across United States college campuses, and I doubt you will find 1 student who can answer any one of those fundamental questions