• Bipta
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      129 months ago

      It’s really weird to call a 7th grade reading level or better elitism in the first place, and calling it “weird elitism” is even worse.

        • @SCB@lemmy.world
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          09 months ago

          Because most people are little more than animals, by choice and aren’t worth the effort of trying to help.

          I’m all for providing for their basic needs, often against their own voting habits and thus their own desires, but expecting some poor redneck to suddenly be valuable as a person is just insane.

    • Primarily0617
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      -89 months ago

      You don’t want a well-educated population for the sake of having a well-educated population. You want it so that you can have a productive population. And clearly, a high reading level isn’t required to be a productive member of society since otherwise reading level wouldn’t drop over time like this figure is implying.