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Well, this is quite upsetting to read. (europe.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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More (not so) fun facts:

54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.

21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.

High immigration numbers don't fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 96 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's not really a good scenario for a modern democracy to find itself in for reasons that are unfortunately already very clear

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think one way we see this play out frequently is watching people debate issues unproductively with obviously zero theory of mind for their opposition due to one or both parties involved having poor communication skills.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

you mean how like every time someone 'argues' with you on lemmy they call you names like zionist? or tells you how stupid and ignorant you are because they are 'very well informed' and you are just a stupid moron who is head is full of lies and propaganda?

[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

In fairness there's way more shameless propagandists on lemmy than anywhere else I've been shy of conservative reddit. But it's close.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't worry chatgpt will fix this, they'll explain all the hard concepts for us dummies with only a bit of advertising and corporate propaganda injected.

[–] postcapitalism@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

/s - fixed it for you