Last Updated Dec 29th, 2019 at 3:03 pm

According to a recent YouGov poll, more than one-third of millennials now approve of communism — up a staggering eight percent since just last year.

Other remarkable findings from the poll published last month include:

Communism is viewed favorably by 36 percent of millennials, up 8 percent from 2018.

Favorability of capitalism among Generation Z and millennials is only 50%, down 6 percent and 8 percent from 2018, respectively.

15 percent of millennials said the world would be better off if the Soviet Union still existed.

15 percent of Americans age 35 and under trust the government more than themselves.

Only 57 percent of millennials believe the Declaration of Independence guarantees freedom and equality better than the Communist Manifesto.

22 percent of millennials believe that "society would be better if all private property was abolished."

45 percent of Generation Z and millennials believe that "all higher education should be free."

Marion Smith, executive director of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, said: