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A large number of college students prefer socialism to capitalism — with many praising oppressive countries such Cuba over the US, a troubling new poll shows.

The surveyed students were asked whether they agree with the statement, “While socialist countries like Cuba and the Soviet Union have not been perfect, they offer a better economic model than capitalist countries like the United States.”

Nearly half of the undergraduate students surveyed at four-year colleges — or 46% — supported the statement, according to the survey conducted for Yale University’s William F. Buckley Institute.

Thirty-nine percent of students disagreed with the premise, believing capitalism is a superior economic system to government-controlled socialism, while the remaining 15% said they were unsure

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