Thinking About Communism

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According to the speaker, what did her friends like to do?
Study political ideas
Skip class and go on demonstrations
Sit around and talk politics
Drink coffee and argue
How does the speaker describe her views on politics?
She keeps changing her mind.
She has not figured them out.
She is not interested in politics.
Her ideas conflict with those of her friends.
How much does the speaker agree with her friends' political views?
She disagrees on most things.
She pretends to agree.
She has no opinion.
She agrees on most things.
What will the speaker do about her political views?
She wants to learn more before she decides.
She will talk to her parents before deciding.
She is not at all interested communism.
She intends join the communist party.
What is the main purpose of the speaker's talk?
To explain the value of politics
To reflect on her personal beliefs
To describe her college friends
To discuss the merits of communism
So last year was my first freshman year of college.
And I made friends with all these seniors, um, who_ their favorite activity would be to sit around and talk about politics, especially communism.
And, I didn't really have solidified, uh, political beliefs at all.
Um, so that's one of my goals right now.
I need to solidify my political beliefs.
But... all these people would sit around talking about, communism.
And, you know, they'd_ some of them were not _ would not consider themselves communists, but some would.
Some call each other comrade, you know, bake bread together say, "hey comrade, you know, pass the salt."
And uh_ so I usually agree with this_ with these people about most things.
But  I'm not so sure about communism.
So I, picked up the Communist Manifesto and  I've read half of it so far.
And I really like it.
But I mentioned this to my communist friend, and he said, "oh yeah, that's just propaganda, you have to read Das Capital."
So I guess, that'll be my next project for the next time I feel like reading a thousand pages.