In Cuba he talks about how the Communists taught people how to read and write and in China he points to how the Communists allegedly pulled people up out of poverty.
Aside from the fact that because they are tyrannies we can't be sure that Cuba and China are lying the simple fact is that freedom produces a lot more wealth and literacy than socialism or Communism.
For example the Chinese tyrants reduced poverty in China by abandoning socialism and embracing capitalism. By allowing the average Chinese person to be economically free--but not intellectually free-- the Chinese tyrants bought the loyalty of the people.
It wasn't socialism or communism that improved the economic lot of the Chinese people it was capitalism; the system that Bernie hates.
As for literacy the US and other free countries do a fine job of teaching kids to read and write; so long as the leftists don't force kids to spend more time learning lies like a man can become a woman.
But even if we ignore the fact that tyranny isn't the best way to fight poverty or ensure that our kids are well educated it's a horrible thing to say that people should be glad to trade their freedom for money.
Bernie is saying that the fact that tyrannies provide money means that that losing one's freedom for more money is a good deal.
Of course Bernie doesn't believe this. Put him in a country that bans abortion, he's for abortion even after birth, requires everyone to own a gun, and says that people have to go to church on Sundays or synagogues on Saturdays and he would never say that it was worth it because he's making more money.
He is basically saying that in return for stealing our freedoms he'll give us "free" stuff that in fact we and our children will actually pay for.
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