• i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    Not only do they not read theory, they don’t read period. 99% of Americans are completely illiterate regarding foreign policies or how things function in other countries.

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        No exaggeration, the average American adult reads at an 8th grade level (13 year olds). Nearly 1/4 are illiterate, while nearly half have low literacy. And our scores broken out by skills skew particularly bad on critical analysis and inference

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          It’s up to 8th Grade now? :P

          (Honestly I forget how USonian grades work) It’s honestly amazing that an ostensibly ‘developed’ country can even function in this situation. I guess the US doesn’t really function at all and it’s just superprofits keeping them afloat.