Interestingly, the only "true" believers in communism these days seem to reside in the alternate universe of education.
"A lot of their response would be, 'Materialistically it's great. We can get whatever we want. We don't have to wait in long lines.' But they also said that morally it's really going down because now it's a money society," she said.
Morally there's nothing better than supporting yourself. Morally and spiritually.
The idea of a "planned society" is most appealing to those with the conceit to think they will be in the planning class
And academia has quite a few who could never make it in the "Deliver a product!" capitalist world, but have the hubris to think they could run a society