I think their choice of ideologies is perfectly relevant to what is rotten. Historical attempts at socialism in their country are exactly what set up the condi

I think their choice of ideologies is perfectly relevant to what is rotten. Historical attempts at socialism in their country are exactly what set up the conditions for the rotten core you speak of to come about. So if these students had their way, they would simply (albeit indirectly, inadvertently, over time) recreate the same rotten core. This doesn’t excuse the current regime but it is worthy of attention. I’m assuming there can be no perfect (reality matches theory) implementation of socialism, but I think that’s a good assumption. And rather than pay attention only to the symptoms instead of the root causes, I think it’s good to pay attention to both.