They’re hoping to be part of the ruling class, not the ones that get herded into the death camps.
They’re woefully misguided!

You cannot fix stupid.
True. But as history shows, they’ll be the first ones shot by the commie filth they put in power.
The fate of Marxist revolutionaries everywhere. A few of the original leaders of the revolution die of old age or alcoholism, most of the young "useful idiots" die as cannon fodder in the revolution itself, or are shocked when they are considered a threat to the established leadership and sent off to die in the gulag. Even cronies of the old guard aren't immune, refer to Stalin's purges of the 30s and the murder of Trotsky.
Well. That is the draw, isn’t it? When you see these things, EVERYONE is all onboard for it because they all believe THEY will be part of the “Inner Party”.
They are the same ones who, when being dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, scream “What are you doing this for? I am on your side? I fought for this! What have I done wrong?”